Man in possession of stolen GPS device called 911 to report himself lost

A Florida man who called 911 to say he was lost and being chased by wild hogs was found to have a stolen GPS device in his backpack. Andrew James Joffe, 24, of Chuluota, called 911 at around 1:50am on Thursday, saying he didn't known his exact location, but that he was walking somewhere along Deen Still Road.

Deputies found him still on Deen Still Road. They discovered that he had an open warrant for driving with a suspended/revoked driver’s licence and was taken into custody. As Joffe’s backpack was being inventoried for safe keeping, a deputy found items ranging from electronic equipment, cell phones, ear rings and a GPS device.



The GPS was turned on and a “home address” was programmed in the GPS. The home address was not Joffe’s. It was determined that the resident was a victim of a burglary from her car and was missing her GPS device. Upon questioning, Joffe admitted to deputies that he illegally entering the vehicle and taken the GPS.

“We have had people with warrants call us to turn themselves in before, but it’s unusual for someone with an active warrant, who just burglarized a car, to get lost and call us for help. In his defence, it does get pretty dark out on Deen Still Road in the middle of the night ,” said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. Joffe was arrested and taken to jail in Bartow.