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My fiance works in an elementary school. She is a teacher. On Friday -- a student stole her cellphone, one of her credit cards, and all the cash from her purse. The student snuck into the classroom after a teaching assistant neglectfully didn't re-lock the door when the students were at lunch. That evening..I was making supper and hadn't heard from my fiance all day. I texted her and asked her if we had any wraps to make fajitas -- and received a strange response from her cellphone: "do u wan na have kids still?" -- She doesn't write informally, even when she texts. I called her phone and received no response. Later, I received a phone call from her father indicating that her cellphone, credit card, and cash were all stolen from her classroom. When she got home she looked online and noticed several applications and kid ringtones had been charged to her cell phone account (50 dollars worth). I sent the kid a text to see if he would respond and sure enough - he did. I asked who he was and he sent me HIS PICTURE -- calling himself "Lil Greg." Smart move, right? He didn't know that I was the fiance of the person whose phone he had stolen. We now have a gigantic, color, 7.1 megapixel blow-up self taken FACE SHOT of this 5th grade boy from her school. He is even wearing his school uniform that indicates the building he goes to school in! We have printed this off - and I have it saved on my phone - along with the conversation that he texted me. There is no way whatsoever that this kid did not steal the phone. We also have records of the phone numbers that he dialed and programs that he downloaded onto her phone.

A police officer told her to print off the picture and give it to the principal and to call the police Monday morning so they can arrest the kid when he walks into the school. I am certain that he threw the phone away or that we will never see it again (300-400 dollar smart phone). But what now? Do we have to take the kids parents to small claims court to sue them for the difference?

Thanks.

Curfo

The kid probably still has the phone. Get the police to pick him up.

Scherazade

if you have the phone's serial number, then it can be tracked even with a new sim card

Anthony D

Sounds like an iphone. And i believe with the iphone as long as its in working order you can go to an apple store and they will trace it. Although i am a little sketchy on the evidence. I can take a pic of my dog and send it to people and say its me. I don't know if it'll hold up in court. Good luck.