+jollybgood Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Didn't see this posted anywhere else.... Man who stalked girlfriend with a GPS forced to wear one... http://www.local6.com/news/4038536/detail.html Quote Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Now he could take up geocaching Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Now this is a moving cache I'd want to approve. Quote Link to comment
+Mastifflover Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Whew!! Just went out and checked my truck. No Gps mounted there yet. Quote Link to comment
magellan315 Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 He got off easy. All he has to do is wear a tracking device. No fines, jail time, or picking up trash on a work detail. Judge needs to do more than just make sure he obeys a restraining order. Quote Link to comment
+WascoZooKeeper Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 "I have to go geocaching today, dear . . . the court ordered me to!" Quote Link to comment
Memento Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Either the judge or the reporter doesn't understand gps. Otherwise how is wearing a unit punishment?? Quote Link to comment
+IV_Warrior Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Either the judge or the reporter doesn't understand gps. Otherwise how is wearing a unit punishment?? Well, it's probably not an Etrex. I'm sure it has a transmitter attached, and the authorities can keep track of the offender's location/travels. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 "I have to go geocaching today, dear . . . the court ordered me to!" Not quite as severe-but I have a note from my doctor telling me that if I can't find time for geocaching 2-3 times a week , I'll have to find some indoor exercise. My wife thinks I put him up to it. If that hasn't helped my weight and cholesterol ( both a little high) we'll have to medicate. Quote Link to comment
+clearpath Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 "I have to go geocaching today, dear . . . the court ordered me to!" I love it ... hehehe. Yeah dear, and the judge ordered me to go fishing all week and when I get home it's off to the woods for a few days of hunting ... Quote Link to comment
+jollybgood Posted January 1, 2005 Author Share Posted January 1, 2005 (edited) Another link detailing the original stalking charge. http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/new...rld/9585370.htm "She called the police and had him arrested after seeing him underneath her car, changing the phone's battery. The phone, which had a motion switch that turned on when the car moved, sent a signal to a satellite, allowing Mr Gabrielyan to track her movements on the internet" Isn't that just the way it ALWAYS is? It's always the batteries that do you in. So it was a GPS enabled cell phone. Wonder how it worked. How was he able to track her by internet? Neat trick. Edited January 1, 2005 by jollybgood Quote Link to comment
+WCNUT & TATER Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 "I have to go geocaching today, dear . . . the court ordered me to!" Not quite as severe-but I have a note from my doctor telling me that if I can't find time for geocaching 2-3 times a week , I'll have to find some indoor exercise. My wife thinks I put him up to it. If that hasn't helped my weight and cholesterol ( both a little high) we'll have to medicate. You must follow DR's orders...... Quote Link to comment
+programmer64 Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 I want an implant! Quote Link to comment
+SamLowrey Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 It was her fault for being estranged. Quote Link to comment
+Team Fegel Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 (edited) The phone, which had a motion switch that turned on when the car moved, sent a signal to a satellite, allowing Mr Gabrielyan to track her movements on the internet" Isn't that just the way it ALWAYS is? It's always the batteries that do you in. So it was a GPS enabled cell phone. Wonder how it worked. How was he able to track her by internet? Neat trick. A lot of new phones have a GPS function. Supposedly its for 911 to be able to find the caller, but some services, like Verizon, allow a subscription service where you can track the phones on the internet. The reason the company I worked for used it was to track where each service tech was for dispatching services. The problems where A) as we all know GPS signal reception can be spotty especialy inside vehicles and in buildings, so it was unreliable Techs quickly learned to either shield the phone, or shut off the GPS tracking function on the phones. This leads to the question of how did this phone mounted under the vehicle ever get a reliable GPS signal? hmm. Edited January 1, 2005 by Team Fegel Quote Link to comment
+SamLowrey Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 A lot of new phones have a GPS function. Supposedly its for 911 to be able to find the caller, but some services, like Verizon, allow a subscription service where you can track the phones on the internet. The reason the company I worked for used it was to track where each service tech was for dispatching services. The problems where A) as we all know GPS signal reception can be spotty especialy inside vehicles and in buildings, so it was unreliable Techs quickly learned to either shield the phone, or shut off the GPS tracking function on the phones. This leads to the question of how did this phone mounted under the vehicle ever get a reliable GPS signal? hmm. I've heard of this before, but how does this work. It can't send a signal to a satelite, can it? I can't imagine it having that much power. I imagine it is simply a receiver that then just sends the coordinates elsewhere via some sort of telemetry, eh? Quote Link to comment
+WascoZooKeeper Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 I've heard of this before, but how does this work. It can't send a signal to a satelite, can it? I can't imagine it having that much power. I imagine it is simply a receiver that then just sends the coordinates elsewhere via some sort of telemetry, eh? It was probably something like this. Quote Link to comment
+TeamK-9 Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Didn't see this posted anywhere else.... Man who stalked girlfriend with a GPS forced to wear one... http://www.local6.com/news/4038536/detail.html You people seem to be making such a big fuss over such a small thing. The guy will undoubtedly be wearing a bracelet on his ankle or wrist that tracks his movements. This is nothing new, alot of states use this. A similar system is used to contain people under house arrests. But anyway, it's nothing huge, it's a punishment that happens all the time. Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Wonder if that guy is a registered geocacher on here? Quote Link to comment
+mtn-man Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 I saw an article today that said a local guy here is wearing an ankle braclet and a waist belt. They showed a map of his journey to the probation officer's office (the red dot). They said that the "state Board of Pardons and Paroles is conducting a yearlong experiment with the technology. With help from a Georgia State University criminal justice professor, the parole board will evaluate the equipment at the end of the trial period." <snip> "He must wear a personal tracking unit, or receiver — which resembles a black plastic brick, only lighter and smaller — in a holster on his belt. When he comes home, he places the receiver in a docking cradle connected to a telephone line, which uploads all his movements onto Smith's computer." The article was at www.ajc.com but you have to be a registered member to view it. Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 He even LOOKS guilty. Quote Link to comment
+top pin Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 You know this just ruins it for all us single guys with a gps. All the single women are gonna start believing were convicted cons just because were carrying a gps around with us.... There is no hope left now....... Quote Link to comment
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