Quick thinking in cell call nabs theft suspects

AVON, Ohio (AP) -- A high school senior retrieved her stolen cellular phone by calling it and schmoozing with the person who answered.
The work by Cyndal Dempsey, a senior at Avon High School, led to the arrest of two men suspected in a series of vehicle thefts in a four-county area of Northeast Ohio.
Cyndal's camera phone, programmed to play Latin dance music when it rang, was stolen sometime after midnight Feb. 22 from her 1989 Buick, which was unlocked and parked in her family driveway.
Convinced the phone was too cool for someone to throw away, Cyndal decided to dial the number.
A female voice answered.
"Hey, girl," Cyndal said.
The voice on the other end tried to guess who was calling.
"Crystal? Tiffany? Jenn?" the voice asked.
"Uh, it's Tiffany," Cyndal said.
"Hey, girl," the voice said. "I haven't seen you in, like, forever."
"I can come right over," Cyndal said. "Tell me where you are."
The voice gave the address to Cyndal, who said goodbye and then called police.
Police went to a house in rural Columbia Township and arrested two men suspected in a theft ring that broke into 100 vehicles in rural areas of Cuyahoga, Erie, Lorain and Medina counties, said Randy Koubeck, Lorain County sheriff's detective.