News and Success Stories

“The first time I used the search feature for one of my cases, I came across some property on another officer’s case. He was able to identify and confirm the property. Warrant signed!”

Ofc. Dale Woods
Colerain Township Police Department
Ohio

“I was investigating a burglary to a residence where numerous items were stolen. I contacted an investigator within our department and requested for them to conduct a search in LeadsOnline of any sold items for the suspect I had. After searching the name, it was discovered he recently sold two of the items that were stolen and he was apprehended later that morning.”

Ofc. Joseph Seals
Crestview Police Department
Florida

“A victim reported a burglary to Delhi Township Police Department The victim’s tools were stolen from the basement of a two family house where he resides. The victim suspected guests of the other tenant. Through investigation and LeadsOnline, we located the victim’s stolen tools. The main suspect in the case never sold anything in his name. The suspect asked his mother and cousin to sell the items in their name instead of his own. The store video was obtained, and the main suspect is seen on the video with the other people who sold the tools. Charges were pressed against all of them, but without LeadsOnline it is doubtful the stolen tools would have been located since the suspect we were looking at didn’t actually sell the items.”

Ofc. Joseph Ruwe
Delhi Township Police Department
Ohio

“While investigating a theft from a vehicle, I used LeadsOnline to find two of the stolen items (iPad and iPhone) had been sold at a metro area pawn shop and at the ecoATM in a local mall. After contacting the two sellers of the stolen items, information was gathered on the two suspects who committed the actual theft. At this time, arrest warrants are pending and four people will be arrested in connection to this incident. Without LeadsOnline, this case would have likely been inactivated with no arrests.”

Ofc. Corey Fifer
Denver Police Department
Colorado

“We had a burglary where several items were taken. By using LeadsOnline, we were able to quickly identify the items pawned and pull the video from the businesses. We had a prime suspect who was a male, but found that it was a woman who had pawned the items. By using Leads, we were able to track down the business, pull the video, and see our prime suspect standing behind the woman while negotiating prices. He has been a suspect in several burglaries in the past, but this was the first one we were able to find enough evidence to charge him. He has since been indicted for this burglary. What an amazing tool!”

Ofc. Laura Cattabriga
Dunbarton Police Department
New Hampshire

“El Paso Police were investigating a burglary of habitation. Witnesses reported seeing a suspect hanging around the area just before the burglary. Witness description led officers and detectives repeat offenders that strongly matched the description given by witnesses. Upon checking LeadsOnline for pawn history on these suspects, it was discovered that one particular suspect had pawned a distinct and rare ring which had been pawned on the day of the burglary. Because the ring was so rare, the victim was able to identify the ring as one of the items taken from the burglary. Thanks to LeadsOnline, we have put a repeat burglar away, AGAIN!!”

Ofc. Jose Sierra
El Paso Police Department
Texas

“I investigated a theft of an iPhone. The phone was located at a local shop, thanks to LeadsOnline. A hold was placed on the property, and it was recovered and returned to the owner. A photo and name of the suspect who sold the phone was obtained from the business. The suspect was arrested for the theft, and the owner was extremely happy to get his iPhone returned.”

Ofc. Jay Wilson
Fitchburg Police Department
Wisconsin

“I was recently sent to our Super Target store where a known subject had stolen approximately $500 worth of various video games. I didn’t observe any activity for the known thief, but I was able to locate a transaction with the exact same stolen video games sold by a female who was later determined to be on the same surveillance footage. The female was later apprehended and confessed to her involvement, which ultimately lead to the implication of a previously unidentified co-conspirator, as well as admissions to numerous other retail thefts in the area. All of the stolen video games were recovered.”

Ofc. Nicholas Cleary
Fitchburg Police Department
Wisconsin

“There was a theft at a local cell phone store with no more evidence than a suspect description (no video, leads, etc.). I was able to recover two stolen cell phones valued at around $1,400. In the images obtained, several other suspects were observed, one of which was found to be a suspect in a felony theft from another jurisdiction.”

Ofc. Ryan Utt
Gahanna Police Department
Ohio

“Dear LeadsOnline, Officers from the Greensboro Police Department’s Central Division Patrol Bureau were able to arrest a subject for felony larceny, possession of stolen property and obtaining property by false pretenses. The larceny occurred on a Wednesday and the items were in the system on Friday. Thanks LeadsOnline!!!”

Ofc. Je Douglas
Greensboro Police Department
North Carolina

“Thanks, LeadsOnline, I was searching for a suspect and all I had was the phone number that the suspect had used. I search the phone number in several sites without success. LeadsOnline was my last site to check. In fact, I started to NOT check LeadsOnline because I was unsuccessful on the other sites; however, I checked anyway. Turns out it was the site that open the door to my suspect. Awesome! My suspect used the phone number when he sold the items he had stolen. No other site provided information on the suspect, BUT LeadsOnline provided his name, address, and of course the phone number, which allowed me to dig deeper and I was successful in locating this suspect. Thanks, LeadsOnline. You rock.”

Ofc. Lafonda Jones
Houston Police Department
Texas

“My partner and I attended Leads Online training on Thursday at training academy. Today (Monday) we hit the ground running with it. It took hardly any time at all to get a hit on stolen property that was reported in a burglary of a building in our area. We followed the protocol that was taught to us in your training and are in the process of recovering the stolen property and filing charges on our crook. What an awesome tool you all have provided!”

Ofc. P.A. Urteaga
Houston Police Department
Texas

“This summer our agency experienced a theft at a local video game store where the offender distracted the clerk and walked out with a video gaming system. We obtained the serial number of the gaming system and entered it into LeadsOnline to monitor local businesses for transactions. The next morning my detective came into work and had an alert from LeadsOnline indicating that the item was sold. The offender was identified because the business took a photo of the stolen item as well as the offenders ID. Upon identifying the offender he was tied into another theft case based on information developed through LeadsOnline. The offender was subsequently charged in both circumstances and the property was recovered. Without LeadsOnline no suspect information would have been available and the cases would have remained open.”

Lt. John Dossey
Hanover Park Police Department
Illinois

“While looking into a large number of thefts from vehicles, I looked at the recent pawn shop transactions using LeadsOnline. I noticed an 18-year-old kid sold two GPS units to a local secondhand shop. The suspect had no local activity and recently moved into the city. A further investigation revealed the suspect matched the description of a burglary suspect. During an interview, the suspect confessed to committing over 10 burglaries and four thefts from vehicles. Had my department not purchased LeadsOnline, I would have never stumbled across this suspect.”

Lt. Michael Failing
Lorain Police Department
Ohio

“A saddle, along with some other items, were stolen at a ranch in Maverick County. The information was entered into the LeadOnline program, thus resulting in the recovery of the saddle the following day. I went to photograph the saddle and showed the photograph to the victim who immediately identified the saddle. A couple days later, a generator was reported stolen. I searched the word generator in the system, and found where a suspect pawned a generator. I photographed the generator and showed it to the victim. The victim identified the generator as his. During that same time period, a laptop that was stolen was also pawned by this person. The laptop was recovered and returned to another victim. Three solved cases in one week, thanks to LeadsOnline.”

Lt. Efrain Valdez
Maverick County Sheriff’s Office
Texas

“I conducted a follow up to a burglary of a building case that took place in Milam County. At the end of July, the victim had a construction company on his property building his new home. He noticed that some of his personal tools were missing out of his barn and contacted us. I then contacted the owner of the construction company and received names of the employees that were on the job site around the time these items were taken. I then ran those names through LeadsOnline and found that one of the employees had in fact sold my victim’s tools. I recovered the tools, received a full confession and put the bad guy in jail.”

Lt. Chad Marek
Milam County Sheriff’s Office
Texas

“A victim reported that her apartment had been broken into and suspected her tenants. After following up on stolen property, one arrest was made. The perp implicated a second perp. All involved in this case were serious drug users. A LeadsOnline hit was returned and showed that the suspect was pawning property and used an address that was previously unknown to investigators. Shewas arrested and the case was closed.”

Lt. Juan Duque
New York Police Department
New York

“I just wanted to share a story of a number of recent burglaries that have occurred in our city (Pharr, Texas) targeting Winter Texan trailer parks. Numerous burglaries were reported in the past few months and with very little leads. A couple of weeks ago I received information of a possible female suspect scene leaving the area on a bike from a crime scene. I recalled an elderly female that was residing in our city that was always on a bike and a suspect to a theft of a wallet in a trailer park. I immediately ran the name of the female on LeadsOnline and found that she had pawned off a number of pieces of jewelry to a pawn shop in our city. I assigned the cases and all the information I had on this suspect to Inv. Quilantan. He immediately went to the pawn shop and placed a hold on the items and photographed them. Five burglaries were solved that day including one where over $30,000 worth of jewelry was taken by this female. The female was picked up within a day and gave a confession on all the burglaries she committed in our city and one in Weslaco, Texas. LeadsOnline has still shown our department to be an excellent tool in solving crimes. I would like to thank you guys and the good work done by my investigator (Juan Quilantan).”

Lt. William Edmundson
Pharr Police Department
Texas

“LeadsOnline was instrumental in the arrest of a burglary suspect. We had previously interviewed the suspect who was denying involvement in the crime. We let him go and continued the investigation. Using LeadsOnline, we found out that he had pawned a lady’s ring two towns over. We obtained a detailed description of the ring from the victim and went to examine the pawned ring. The ring was identical to the one described by the victim. We took possession of the ring and the elderly victim was able to positively identify it as being her mother’s 50th anniversary wedding ring. Using the information that we now had we were able to elicit a confession for the burglary from a previously uncooperative suspect. When faced with the evidence that LeadsOnline provided us we were able get a confession and the victim was able to recover a family heirloom.”

Lt. William Ryan
Pharr Police Department
Texas

“After much research, we’ve found LeadsOnline the best system available for electronic collection and analysis of pawn records. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has definitely benefited from the additional investigative capabilities their system provides.”

Lt. Deanna Coultas
Pima County Sheriff’s Office
Arizona

“I entered a stolen GPS into LeadsOnline and got a hit. The victim stated that she didn’t want to press charges in the burglary because the suspect was a family member. LeadsOnline is a great tool, thank you for it.”

Lt. Robert Sauerbrunn
Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office
Kansas

“How is this for a testimonial? After convincing my administrators on how useful a tool that LeadsOnline would be to our Investigation Division, we finally opened and started a new account. As I was going through my tutorial, I used the name of a suspect from a case sitting on my desk. I have the suspect in custody, but I was still missing some property. So I entered that suspect’s name to use as a training tool and POW! there are two missing pieces of property at a pawn shop in a neighboring city. How is that for effectiveness? It not only made me happy, but my administrators were just as elated. Thanks for providing a very productive service.”

Lt. Ron Erickson
Rock Island County Sheriff’s Department
Illinois

“In the time since our department has started using LeadsOnline, we have literally recovered thousands of dollars’ worth of property that otherwise probably would not have been recovered. Our city passed an ordinance mandating all secondhand businesses submit their transactions to LeadsOnline, and the stolen items started appearing. I would highly recommend other departments subscribe to this service! Easy and fast recoveries assist in solving cases and getting the stolen items back to their rightful owners.”

Lt. David Harris
Saint Albans Police Department
West Virginia

“Officers responded to a burglary of a residence. Upon arrival, the officers identified that the homeowner left his residence between 9:30 – 9:40 a.m. and returned around the time of the call at 6:30 p.m. When the homeowner arrived home, they noticed someone had kicked in the backdoor of the residence and had stolen a Nintendo gaming system, NABI tablet and various pieces of jewelry. Officers processed the scene and a report was taken. When I arrived on scene I asked the initial responding officers if there were any possible suspects and I was advised that the homeowners noticed a male subject near their house just prior to them leaving for work. I logged onto Leads Online to conduct a search. While reviewing the results, a name of a known offender within our community popped up and showed recent activity, as recent as 11:30 a.m. on the same day of the burglary. The items pawned were identified as those stolen from the residence. Through LeadsOnline, we were able to show that only an hour and a half to two hours passed between when we knew the residence was secure to when the suspect was pawning the stolen items!! Solid Intel and solid bust.”

Lt. Patrick Valdez
Smithfield Police Department
Virginia

“I had a burglary/theft case involving a $900.00 lawn mower. I got a hit from LeadsOnline. Three days later I traveled to the suspect’s work an hour away from my jurisdiction and convinced him to talk with me in my vehicle. I received a full confession and the suspect agreed that the victim should not have to pay for the mower at the business. The suspect and I traveled to the business where he paid the owed money and I took possession of the stolen mower. I allowed the victim to speak with the suspect over my speaker phone during which the thief confessed and begged for forgiveness. So in conclusion, the thief is caught and the victim is out nothing at all, which in Missouri doesn’t happen. Oh, the victim still wants to press the charges. It was a Good Day.”

Lt. Lance White
Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Department
Missouri

“A laptop was stolen over a year ago. It was recently recovered, returned to the owner and the guilty individual was charged.”

Lt. William Hooks
Stewart Police Department
Georgia

“I have used LeadsOnline for less than a week and already recovered a stolen laptop. WOW! What a great tool to have in the department.”

Lt. Michael Provo
Tuskegee Police Department
Alabama

“A victim reported he had two rings stolen by a known suspect. The suspect’s information was entered into LeadsOnline by name and nothing was located. Fifteen days after the reported theft, the suspect was checked again by her driver’s license number. On this search, LeadsOnline indicated a positive hit. The hit showed that the suspect pawned the rings eight days after they were stolen. The rings were located at the provided location, and the victim was notified. After the victim arrived at our Police Station and identified the rings, the suspect was charged with two counts of theft and two receiving stolen property offenses. Leads Online has yet again saved our department time in investigations and stability in prosecution of these types of offenses.”

Lt. Gary McNeal
West Jefferson Police Department
Ohio

“Last month I had an officer ask about a suspect in reference to a stolen cell phone. Knowing the suspect and having used LeadsOnline to watch the suspect sell several cell phones at a drop box in a local Walmart, I checked LeadsOnline with no match. Approximately 30 minutes later I received a hit straight to my cell phone on the suspect which showed him selling the cell phone that was stolen in our case. I forwarded the information to the officer who was able to secure a warrant.”

Lt. Det. Daryl Bender
Pinehurst Police Department
North Carolina

“As always, I had a family wanting to speak with me about their home that was burglarized. Before sending them out to my investigation unit, I checked LeadsOnline and found their jewelry. It’s a wonderful feeling to call your investigators after you’ve solved the case. It’s great PR for the Sheriff to find their property within five minutes. LeadsOnline rocks!”

Maj. Brad White
Lamar County Sheriff’s Office
Georgia

“Our city manager’s garage was broken into. The suspect pulled the electric meter, causing the electricity to go out. I contacted Shawnee Police Department to see if they had similar burglaries where the suspect pulled the meter. Shawnee Police advised they had, and they also had a suspect’s name. Officer Jesse McCord searched the suspect through LeadsOnline and received a notification the next day that the suspect sold the items from the city manager’s garage. I went and picked up the suspect, and we got a full confession of the burglary. All of the city managers property was returned. The suspect said he was stealing and selling the property to pay for his bond from a previous burglary arrest. I’m so glad we have LeadsOnline.”

Maj. JR Kidney
Tecumseh Police Department
Oklahoma

“The day we got access to LeadsOnline, we solved a burglary that we did not have a suspect for within minutes. I did it with my cell phone while at the 4H Fair grounds while enjoying time with my family. The case work still had to be done, but a hold was put on the items which were sold a hundred miles from us. The owner got his belongings back and the suspect went to jail. I budget for LeadsOnline every year because this invaluable tool helps on almost a daily basis.”

Marshal Russ Voils
Marshal Thorntown Police Department
Indiana

“A victim reported that he had property missing after a moving company moved he and his family into their new home. The property was located at a pawn shop approximately an hour away in the home town of one of the movers. The property was recovered and returned to the owner.”

Lt. Keith Stalvey
Glynn County Police Department
Georgia

“A victim reported that several fishing poles were stolen out of his boat. While searching LeadsOnline, I discovered where a person had sold the same type of fishing pole. That led to identifying the suspect and recovering more poles that the victim didn’t know were stolen. Thanks to LeadsOnline.”

Lt. Keith Stalvey
Glynn County Police Department
Georgia

“During a search of property from a burglary using LeadsOnline, I discovered an individual had sold a large amount of the reported stolen property. LeadsOnline is such a great tool that the suspect had sold items that the victim had not evened noticed was missing. The property was returned, the victim was happy, and the bad guy will go to jail. Thanks again for this great tool!”

Lt. Keith Stalvey
Glynn County Police Department
Georgia

“My agency had a felony theft reported from a residence with numerous items being stolen. I located the listed suspect in LeadsOnline, and where she sold one of the stolen items at a local business. The property was recovered and returned to the owner. The offender was arrested and charged.”

Lt. Keith Stalvey
Glynn County Police Department
Georgia

“In February, a landlord reported that two window air conditioning units had been stolen out of his rental house. The tenant was interviewed by police and she told the officer the date that the units were stolen. She provided the officer with a story that a neighbor called her and told her that someone had damaged the home and had stolen the A/C units. While reviewing reports, I searched LeadsOnline and discovered where the tenant sold the two units in January. She will be arrested for the false statements and for selling the property.”

Lt. Keith Stalvey
Glynn County Police Department
Georgia

“I was investigating a stolen property case that consisted of a stolen Stihl chainsaw, Stihl pole saw, heavy duty impact sockets and a portable wheeled battery charger. The items were taken from a business located in the County. After receiving information, I had contacted the local businessman who had no idea that he was missing these items or that the suspect had charged a couple of the items to the businessman’s account. I had searched the items along with the suspects name on LeadsOnline and was able to locate all the items. All but one of the items were recovered and are back in the hands of the owner. The fact that the suspects picture as well as the property serial numbers were on the LeadsOnline ticket and that we didn’t have to tear up the roads trying to locate the property at the many businesses located around the Richmond area was truly remarkable. LeadsOnline is a very important tool that can be used in a variety of different ways to assist Investigations in the recovery of stolen items as well as the prosecution of the offenders.”

Lt. Tim Hixenbaugh
King William County Sheriff’s Office
Virgina

“I was investigating a residential B & E and checked LeadsOnline. A person of interest in my case sold an XBOX and games to a store in a neighboring county the day after the break in was reported. I was able to recover the items and confirm that the XBOX was the one stolen from the victim in my case. I was able to obtain a warrant on my suspect.”

Lt. Donna Hartman
Maiden Police Department
North Carolina

“I was able to recover a $500 hedge trimmer that was stolen as well as find the person responsible for stealing another $400 backpack blower. We exhausted nearly all leads before checking LeadsOnline. I realize now that we should have checked LeadsOnline first. Thanks LeadsOnline.”

Lt. Spencer Cline
Newton Police Department
North Carolina

“While investigating a theft I entered a serial number of the stolen laptop into the LeadsOnline search. Several weeks later I was notified by email that the stolen laptop had recently been sold at a local pawn shop. From that pawn, we were able to identify a suspect which ultimately lead to his arrest for multiple thefts and burglaries in our jurisdiction. Our surrounding law enforcement partners are now looking at the same suspect for multiple criminal offenses within their jurisdiction.”

Lt. Dennis Serena
Tulane University Police Department
Louisiana

“I recovered a GPS unit that was stolen almost a year ago. The item was picked up at the shop the thief sold it to, and it was returned to the owner. Thanks!”

Lt. Carl Campbell
Angier Police Department
North Carolina

“A report came in on Monday about a $26,700 jewelry theft that occurred over the weekend. The suspect was known, so once I typed him in the LeadsOnline search Monday afternoon, of course he popped up. He had pawned most of the jewelry Saturday, and we were able to respond and put a hold on the pieces. Once a friend of the suspect got wind of the investigation, he convinced the suspect to turn the remaining pieces over to the case investigator. Warrants were signed and all jewelry recovered. Team work and LeadsOnline led to a quick and successful conclusion. Thanks so much for all that y’all do.”

Lt. Michael McKeel
Athens-Clarke County Police Department
Georgia

“I received notification of an item that was stolen in August 2012. It was sold to a business, and we recovered the expensive plasma cutter. Thanks LeadsOnline.”

Lt. Bob Shelton
Blanco County Sheriff’s Office
Texas

“We had been hit with a series of 14 residential break-ins when I was introduced to LeadsOnline by a detective from our local Sheriff’s Office. So I decided to sign up for a trial with since I had a couple suspects and serial numbers for some items. The first time I logged in, I closed 7 of my 14 break-ins. I had both suspects in custody by that afternoon with full confessions. A new suspect popped up on one break-in, and he subsequently admitted his responsibility. This program may be a little expensive for a small department with only eight officers, but the amount of time and fuel I saved by using this program more than offsets the cost. I think it a wise investment and your victims will appreciate the recovery of their property.”

Lt. Rick Spencer
Boiling Spring Lakes Police Department
North Carolina

“I just wanted to pass along another success story. We had a report of items stolen from a residence with a good known suspect. We found out the suspect had left the area, so we decided to run his name through LeadsOnline and we were able to locate stolen items he sold in Nashville, Tennessee. When the suspect returned to our jurisdiction we confronted him with the knowledge and solved the case. This was a felony in Missouri and charges are pending. Without LeadsOnline, I don’t believe we would have ever known for sure where these items were sold. Thanks again for providing this valuable service to Law Enforcement for a reasonable cost!”

Lt. Bob Welliver
Boonville Police Department
Missouri

“Thanks to LeadsOnline I have closed another case. I ran the serial numbers of a stolen weed trimmer, and there it was. I also found the victim’s stolen lawn mower even though the victim did not have the serial number for it. Warrants will be issued on the suspect. Thanks to all of you at LeadsOnline!”

Lt. Lee Whitesides
Davie County Sheriff’s Office
North Carolina

“I was assigned a burglary on Tuesday, and when I put in the serial number of one item, I found five pawn/sales by the same female, all of one of which were items from my burglary. I checked with victim, and that same person was the last one in the home. Case closed… today is Thursday!”

Lt. David Sudduth
Easley Police Department
South Carolina

“After months of investigation, I was able to obtain access to LeadsOnline and as soon as I started searching I received hit after hit. I have solved approximately 30 thefts, and several scrapping enterprises, thanks to LeadsOnline! Thank you.”

Lt. Patrick Murphy
Fort Benning CID
Georgia

“A resident at a local elderly care facility reported her diamond engagement ring was missing. We quickly matched employees’ names against the LeadsOnline database. One of the employees pawned an item that resembled the description of the stolen ring. After we identified the suspect, the resident described a female nurse aid tugging on her ring as she was being placed into bed. The physical description of the nurse aid matched the suspect identified in the LeadsOnline database. The nurse aid was called in for an interview and provided a full confession. She was arrested on the spot. LeadsOnline presented vital information that aided in the arrest of the suspect. LeadsOnline does it again.”

Lt. Scott Summers
Franklin Police Department
Indiana