Sometimes when former college athletes are out of the spotlight for some time, the media will see fit to look back upon their glory days by tracking them down to answer the question, “Where are they now?”
The Hamilton County, Indiana police had raised that very same inquiry about former Indiana University basketball hero Todd Leary. Their reasoning was not one of nostalgia for his Hoosier glory days; rather, Mr. Leary had been suspected of robbing appliances from foreclosed homes in the area– quite a step down from hitting buzzer-beaters.
Two of Leary’s thieving cohorts had been identified by a neighbor of one of the burgled houses in a police lineup; rather than arrest the two on the spot, the police decided to keep up their location inquiry with the help of GPS tracking, aiming to take down their entire small-town syndicate.
Following the positive identification of Leary’s two accomplices the cops covertly slapped a GPS device onto their van and waited for them to commence criminal activity. They only had to wait a few weeks to catch the duo in the act; only this time it appeared they were taking directions from Leary stationed in a nearby Chevy Avalanche. Leary now faces charges on five felony counts in the state of Indiana, but at least if anyone sees fit to locate him for a “where are they now?” segment, they won’t have any trouble tracking him down behind bars.
As for the recent controversy over the legality of law enforcement tagging GPS devices on vehicles, we’ll chalk this one up to probable cause.
