Connecticut case challenges use of cellphone tower evidence

An appeal before the Connecticut Supreme Court is adding to the divided legal landscape nationwide surrounding the validity of cellphone tower evidence used in criminal trials. Eugene Edwards Jr. is serving a 20-year prison sentence for robbing an 82-year-old woman in her Wethersfield, Connecticut…

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ACLU Sues City of Albuquerque For Information Regarding Use of Stringray Devices

The ACLU sued Albuquerque for information on how its police use Stingray cellphone spying technology, and whether they use it for immigration enforcement, but Albuquerque claims all such records are confidential — including whether they use Stingrays at all.

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Phone may have tracked route killers took to dump body

Using cellphone data that allowed the telephone’s path to be tracked from cell tower connections, prosecutors and an FBI agent on Friday morning detailed a possible route from Rideout’s Penfield home to the woods in Yates County where his corpse was dumped.

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New “Seize and Freeze” Order Targeting Heroin Dealers Phones

Milwaukee law enforcement officials are trying a new tactic, dubbed a “seize and freeze” order. Prosecutors ask a judge to allow them to freeze the phone number for a period of time, rendering the line unable to send or receive calls or text messages. Once addicts realize the number is dead, it loses its value and dealers lose the stream of income.

In the heroin business, the cellphone number is the lifeline of the trade. Well-established numbers can generate more than $11,000 a day — potentially millions a year…

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Bradley murder trial: FBI agent provides details on phone records

 A convicted killer is heading back to prison for another murder. The jury found James Bradley guilty of 2nd degree murder for the death of Shannon Rippy Van Newkirk. An FBI Agent testified as a cell phone expert. He pulled cell phone records from Bradley, Van Newkirk, and others involved in the case. He explained to the jury where each of those people was the night Van Newkirk went missing.

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Bradley Found Guilty in Murder of Newkirk