the pair stole items including a car from the home of john and susan maloney last november. prosecutors say gutierrez and true committed the crime after learning the maloneys and their two children were killed in a car accident. >>> a silicon valley college student who often travels to egypt is trying to figure out why he thinks the feds might have used his car to spy on him. >> reporter: this man is american, 20 years old, born and raised in the united states. he's also muslim. his dad immigrated from egypt and used to be president of this mosque in santa clara. >> i feel like i've been, you know, violated of my rights, my privacy. i feel like i've been indirectly harassed. i feel like i've been followed everywhere. >> reporter: he feels this way after he took his car in last sunday for an oil change and found this thing, attached by magnets underneath the right rear side. it was battery powered with wires connected to a tranceiver. >> i opened my eyes and realized this is serious and i need to find out what's going on. >> reporter: the mission college student posted the ph