Stolen laptop cannot be recovered, GPS not exact

Tulsa police cannot retrieve stolen property even after a cell phone GPS tells them where it is.

Tulsa Police Sergeant Brett Bilyeu tells us the victim's laptop had been stolen from a vehicle and traced to a residence near 1100 South Quincy Avenue around 10:50 p.m. Tuesday, but it will require a search warrant to be issued before the computer can be recovered.

"(Police) do not have the authority to force open a door to go retrieve someone's property. That's not enough probable cause," Bilyeu said.

GPS devices on cell phones and other small electronic devices are not exact, he said.

We're told that the investigation will continue if a search warrant can be obtained.