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iPhone used to commit a crime and then police use to solve it

May 10, 2021 | technology and crime

technology and crime

This is an interesting case where technology not only made the crime possible, but it also made it easy for the police to catch the criminal.

Florida man ‘attached an iPhone to a robbery victim’s car before using its location settings to track him down and steal more luxury goods’ . . . Herlong is accused of later activating the ‘Find my iPhone’ app to trace the vehicle to a home and rob the shopper. During the burglary, however, another person inside the home was fatally shot. Investigators discovered the iPhone on the Lexus and traced it to Herlong. He is now facing charges of second-degree murder with a firearm, home invasion with a firearm and and grand theft.

Andrew Court, “Florida man ‘attached an iPhone to a robbery victim’s car before using its location settings to track him down and steal more luxury goods’,” Daily Maily, May 8, 2021.


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