Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A New Yorker has been convicted of robbery after police used his vehicle's GPS to find him. Kevin Cheeks was convicted Tuesday in a Queens court of holding up the Shinki Nail Salon in December 2009, The New York Post reported. Advertisement Claiming to have a gun, he herded four customers and three employees into the back of the salon and stole their valuables and $300 from the cash register, witnesses testified. An employee saw him jump into his employer's ambulette, which he was using on his day off. Police used the van's GPS to track it to the Bronx and then Cheeks' Queens home before returning to the company garage on Long Island, where Cheeks was arrested. He also was seen on the salon's surveillance video wearing clothes found in his home. Jurors took 2 hours to convict Cheeks, who faces up to 20 years in prison. Read More Van's GPS leads to robber's conviction Cab driver admits charging $800,000 fare Beach visitors rescue washed-up squid Inmate loudly objects to his release
