April 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is considering the lawfulness of police warrants obtaining broad cellphone location data in investigations Monday.
The case stems from an armed robbery in Midlothian, Va., on May 20, 2019. When the search for the suspect went cold, investigators were granted a "geofence warrant" by a federal judge, allowing them to obtain data about cellphone users in the area of the robbery from Google.
The data was used to identify Okello Chatrie as the prime suspect, but data was also turned over for 18 other identified cellphone users.
Chatrie made away with $195,000 in the robbery.
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