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Article: GPS units becoming target of thieves

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March 18, 2008
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Global Positioning Systems (GPS) have joined iPods and laptop computers as preferred items of choice for car looters in Lancaster County.

In recent days, thieves grabbed GPS units from several vehicles in Lancaster and Manheim Township.

And recent local police reports show that GPS directional-guide systems, which motorists attach to dashboards and windshields, are disappearing from vehicles at an alarming rate.

"Every couple days there are several of them,'' said Manheim Township police Sgt. Thomas E. Rudzinski.

Stealing GPS units is as easy as grabbing loose pocketbooks from vehicles and probably more profitable, Rudzinski noted.

"Most of them ...

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