“LOJACK” leads officers to find stolen computer in Tuscaloosa

A man has been arrested after an armed robbery in Tuscaloosa, in which LOJACK was used to find the stolen loot.
The Tuscaloosa Police Department reports that Derrick Deon Coleman was arrested on November 16, 2009 in the 4900 Block of 1st Street East by the Criminal Investigations Division.
Coleman was charged with 1 count of Burglary 1st degree and 3 counts of Robbery 1st degree.
The charges stem from an offense that occurred on September 20th 2009.
On that day at approximately 9:00pm CT, Coleman and another male allegedly forced entry into an apartment in the 2000 Block of 8th Avenue.
Both suspects were armed with handguns and robbed the occupants at gunpoint.
The suspects took several computers and assorted electronics.
One of the computers they took was equipped with Computrace LOJACK for Laptops security software, made by Absolute Software.
LOJACK contacted TPD with the location of the computer and the identity of the person using the computer.
Investigators, with assistance from Fairfield Police Department, located the computers current user and the computer at the location identified by LOJACK.
The investigation led to the identity of one of the suspects and evidence leading to his arrest.
The user of the computer does not appear to have been involved in the robbery, but obtained the laptop from the suspect after the robbery occurred.
Investigators are continuing to try and identify the other suspect.
Coleman was placed in the Tuscaloosa County Jail pending a $240,000.00 Bond.