Stolen laptop on University of Essex campus, police dismissed case under 24 hours

[thunderysteak]

Someone jacked my sister's laptop from the university campus when she was in the gym. Security and police were called on site and he stole her keys too. Security knows exactly when the thief left from the gym and where he attempted to open random doors, and was also caught on camera multiple times. 

 

This is where it gets pretty stupid. 

 

The security started saying that the footage is too blurry to see who the suspect is, they refuse to show my sister the camera footage and police closed the case under 24 hours the same day. Now both police and security refuses to help her. Also the suspect turned on her laptop few hours ago and connected to the university wifi and apparently the laptop is only 2 minutes away. 

 

We plan on calling the Slovak embassy since nothing has worked so far. 

 

Also here is the chat log with the university in the attachment. 

 

It's a Windows 10 Home machine without find my device service disabled and it was recently patched. What should she do next? 

 

[mr moose]

Student services?

Student Union?

 

[Froody129]

If it's 2 minutes away get some friends together and go take your laptop back...

[SCHISCHKA]

wow in NZ the police would not attend a call out for a stolen laptop. they would just tell you to go to police station to fill a form for the insurance claim

[jools]

private investigator and threaten to bring civil case against college/uni on some protection of property grounds. and who has cameras that don't take good photos just for insurance not protection.

[thunderysteak]

2 minutes ago, Froody129 said:

If it's 2 minutes away get some friends together and go take your laptop back...

Problem is that it's known that it's nearby but not which room is it 

 

7 minutes ago, mr moose said:

Student services?

Student Union?

 

I'm not familiar with that so I'll tell her to ask them for help too

[EasonIDontKnowAnything]

If it's just 2 minutes away just take a bat and beat the shit out of him. That'll teach him to not steal again. Motherfuc-

[Froody129]

3 minutes ago, EasonIDontKnowAnything said:

If it's just 2 minutes away just take a bat and beat the shit out of him. That'll teach him to not steal again. Motherfuc-

6 minutes ago, thunderysteak said:

Problem is that it's known that it's nearby but not which room is it 

 

 

[EasonIDontKnowAnything]

Just now, Froody129 said:

 

Boi just call ur friends and go into every room that is 2 minutes away. Foking piece of shite stealing things. I'd strangle anyone that steals from me.

[MrPants_]

8 minutes ago, EasonIDontKnowAnything said:

Foking piece of shite stealing things. I'd strangle anyone that steals from me

Holy shit dude

[rn8686]

10 minutes ago, EasonIDontKnowAnything said:

Boi just call ur friends and go into every room that is 2 minutes away. Foking piece of shite stealing things. I'd strangle anyone that steals from me.

Chill a little, that how you get arrested (Especially if you grab the wrong person). 

[mrzoltowski]

I cannot recommend this enough, http://preyproject.com/ its an open source free anti-theft software. It does GPS tracking, Wifi Tracking, webcam connection, remote lockdown, remote erase and more. I have it on all my laptops.

Has premium features for like $15

[thunderysteak]

36 minutes ago, mrzoltowski said:

I cannot recommend this enough, http://preyproject.com/ its an open source free anti-theft software. It does GPS tracking, Wifi Tracking, webcam connection, remote lockdown, remote erase and more. I have it on all my laptops.

Has premium features for like $15

Ya

I run it myself on my devices (Cerberus app is a scam on Android) but she did not install anything like this. 

[LUUD18]

5 minutes ago, thunderysteak said:

Ya

I run it myself on my devices (Cerberus app is a scam on Android) but she did not install anything like this. 

Why is Cerberus a scam?

[Jimmy5Burgers]

Should Bitlocker the laptop and take down the MAC ID ! but this info is of no use to you now lol sorry about your sisters laptop getting nicked!! Hope you find it! Just keep checking gumtree and local 2nd hand shops  

[thunderysteak]

20 minutes ago, LUUD18 said:

Why is Cerberus a scam?

They promise you lifetime license and turn it off after a few months after paying 

Happened to me

[LUUD18]

1 hour ago, thunderysteak said:

They promise you lifetime license and turn it off after a few months after paying 

Happened to me

The license is yearly. At least it is for me.