Wed. Dec 8,2021 | By Shira Schoenberg – CW |
Through these warrants, the police obtained information about 50,951 unique phone numbers. They used the data to identify Jerron Perry and Gregory Simmons as suspects. After obtaining additional warrants to search the men’s phones, homes, and cars, both were arrested.
Perry, who was indicted for murder and other charges, is now challenging police use of data obtained from a so-called “tower dump.” His case, which will be heard by the Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday, has the potential to regulate or even eliminate the police’s ability to obtain mass location data from cell phone towers.
A number of privacy organizations have filed briefs in the case arguing that the concept of a “tower dump” is unconstitutional, and that investigators are casting too wide a net in gathering information…
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Watch the webcast here of the oral arguments held on Dec. 8. 2021, before the MA Supreme Judicial Court.
