Stolen Mac helps nab burglary suspects is an article on news.com that explains how a stolen Mac’s remote desktop feature helped capture images of the thief while he was using the stolen computer, and how those images helped identify the suspect and lead police to his eventual capture.

While police in White Plains, N.Y., were coming up empty with their
investigation, Duplaga learned that her computer was being used on the
Internet and turned on the Back to My Mac feature installed on her Mac
from another Mac, according to the report.

The feature allowed Duplaga to see immediately how the computer
was being used at the time, as well as operate it remotely. Recalling
that she had a camera installed on the computer, the fast-thinking
Duplaga snapped images of one of the burglary suspects before he
realized what was happening, according to the Times. Duplaga showed the
image to friends who recognized the suspect as someone who attended a
party at the apartment.

The photo lead police to arrest two suspects on Wednesday and recover nearly all the stolen property

“It doesn’t get much better than their bringing us a picture of the guy
actually using the stolen property,” Daniel Jackson, the deputy
commissioner of public safety in White Plains, told the newspaper. “It
certainly made our job easier.”