Student finds stolen Xbox using wireless controller

Note to prospective tech thieves: if you're going to steal something, you'd better steal all of it. Especially if Ryan Ketsenburg is on the case.

According to school newspaper The Standard, the Missouri State University student managed to track down his stolen Xbox 360 by cleverly using the console's wireless controller, which the thief unwisely failed to snag.

Ketsenburg's amateur detective work began when he awoke one morning to find his Xbox 360 had gone missing. Distraught, the sophomore turned on his wireless controller and found that it still connected to the stolen console. Since 360 controllers have a range of about 30 feet, he knew the system was nearby and proceeded to canvas his dorm building, using the controller's green connectivity light as a guide. Eventually he was able to pinpoint the location of the box, and soon enough, the two were back together.

But the whole experience so irritated Ketsenburg that he doesn't plan on letting the thief off with a measly warning.

"I'm going to try to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law, because I had to follow all the rules, so let's make sure it gets done right," he told the Standard.

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