Puyallup Woman Gets Stolen Kindle Back After Writing To Thief

PUYALLUP, WA - Most people use Kindle Fire readers to read their favorite books. But a message published on a Kindle by a local woman ended up resolving a crime.

The woman's Kindle Fire was stolen from her car in Puyallup sometime on Saturday afternoon. The woman was able to use a security feature on the device to send a message that would appear on the screen, according to Puyallup police. The message notified anyone who looked at the screen that the device was stolen.

The message asked anyone in possession of the device to return it to the Jiffy Lube along South Meridian - and the message worked.

A man showed up at the Jiffy Lube with the device and said he had bought it from someone in Tacoma who said he was a disabled veteran in need of cash.

Puyallup police were still investigating the incident to track down the allegedly disabled veteran and arrest him on charges of vehicle prowl and trafficking in stolen property.

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