Recovery Stories
13 Jul 2026
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STOP received a call from an employee at the Best Buy Return Center in Shepherdsville, KY regarding a laptop with a STOP Security Tag. FedEx had mistakenly delivered the device to the facility after the original shipping label was damaged. We confirmed the laptop belongs to a large accounting firm and notified the registered owner to coordinate its return. Recovery in process.
09 Jul 2026
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STOP received a call from an Enterprise Rent-A-Car employee in Arkansas who found an HP laptop with a STOP Security Tag in a rental vehicle. We confirmed the device was previously registered to an independent school district but determined it had likely been retired or decommissioned. As the district did not respond to our outreach, we advised that the device could be properly disposed of.
08 Jul 2026
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STOP received a call from a Hobby Lobby employee who found a Dell laptop with a STOP Security Plate in a bag in the store’s parking lot in Texas. We confirmed the device belongs to a university medical center in Texas and provided the incident details to the STOP administrator. The organization is coordinating with university police to recover the laptop. Recovery in process.
26 Jun 2026
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STOP received a call from a Good Samaritan who found a Lenovo ThinkPad laptop with a STOP Security Tag in a newly acquired storage unit in Oregon. We confirmed the device belongs to a healthcare organization and notified the administrator. The organization confirmed it is coordinating the recovery of the laptop. Recovery in process.
23 Jun 2026
USA211026
An employee at a school academy in the Bronx, NY found a Lenovo ThinkPad with a STOP Security Tag at the school. We confirmed the laptop belongs to a New York charter school and that it had been retired and decommissioned in 2018.
22 Jun 2026
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A former employee of a medical center contacted STOP after locating a laptop with a STOP Security Tag that she wanted to return to the organization. We notified the institution’s administrator, who confirmed they are coordinating the return. Recovery in process.
17 Jun 2026
USA461531
STOP received a call from the owner of a newly acquired storage unit who found a laptop with a STOP ID Tag while cleaning it out. We confirmed the device belongs to a community college in Portland and notified the STOP administrator. The college confirmed it is working with the finder to recover the laptop.
12 Jun 2026
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STOP received a call regarding a laptop with a STOP Security Tag that was mistakenly shipped to a technology consulting firm by one of our clients, a large accounting firm. We notified the accounting firm, which confirmed it is working with its partner to recover the device. Recovery in process.
12 Jun 2026
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A Good Samaritan found an Apple iMac near a dumpster in Pennsylvania with a visible STOP Security Tattoo, indicating the STOP Security Plate had been removed. We confirmed the device had been decommissioned by a school district and is free and clear of ownership.
11 Jun 2026
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STOP received a call from a police officer who found a Lenovo ThinkPad laptop with a STOP Security Plate on a university campus lawn. We confirmed the device belongs to a medical center in Illinois and provided the incident details to the administrator. The organization confirmed the laptop recovery is in process.
