Technology is at least making the lives of some criminals more difficult.
A 31-year-old Pompton Lakes man is accused of using an airsoft gun to hold a young woman captive in her West Milford home while he rifled through her possessions and demanded thousands of dollars.
However, the young victim cleverly contacted her mother using her Apple watch while the burglar was distracted and police arrived just as he was fleeing, an affidavit filed in West Milford Township Court states.
Authorities charged Andrew Canning with armed robbery, burglary and kidnapping, along with a slew of other charges, accusing him of entering the West Milford home, where he handcuffed the 20-year-old female resident and later robbed her 45-year-old mother Sunday afternoon, according to a statement by prosecutors. . . .
This led Canning to handcuff her to a bed, leaving one of her hands free, the affidavit states, and allowed the daughter to text her mother using her watch and told her to call the police. . . .
Nicholas Katzban, “West Milford woman handcuffed at gunpoint used Apple Watch to summon help, prosecutor says,” NorthJersey.com, August 16, 2021.
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