Kicker - Kindergarten crook

NICK EICHER, HOST: Alright, this story gives new meaning to the term smart speaker. 

How smart is it? 

This thing is so smart, it solves crimes.

Police in Germany say they cracked a burglary case at a kindergarten—good German word that’s made it into our lexicon. They cracked the case after one piece of the loot gave up the suspect.

The suspected kindergarten crook stole various items during a break-in of a local classroom back in April.

Among them were a laptop, picture books, cups and glasses, some fish sticks—remember, kindergarten—as well as a smart speaker for playing children’s stories.

After about a month, the man tried to download new stories onto the device—interesting that he stuck with the kindergarten fare for awhile—but when he downloaded the new content, the device sent his home location to the manufacturers, who turned around and called police.

The device has since been returned in working condition to the kindergarten, where officials report it was eagerly received by the children.

There was no similar happy ending for the suspect. He faces criminal charges.

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