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See Snopes.Com on this:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/intent/gps.asp

Rating: Partly True

Naturally, leaving attractive items (e.g., GPS) in plain sight in
parked car is ...ah... unwise, if for no other reason than to avoid a
break-in into the car.

Cheers,
Rick

On May 1, 1:46�am, Peter Fogg  wrote:
> A story from the UK:
>
> �Recently, a friend told me that someone she knew had their car broken into
> while they were at a football game. Their car was parked on the green, which
> was adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to football
> fans. Things stolen from the car included a garage door remote control, some
> money and a GPS that had been prominently mounted on the dashboard.
>
> When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked
> and just about everything worth anything had been stolen.
>
> The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then used the
> garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the house.
> The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what time
> the game was scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had to
> clean out the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty

   

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