“Whether you’re a Pokémon Go enthusiast or not, only a few are blissfully unaware of the new smartphone game which has taken over everywhere,” Alison Daye reports for CNN. “Now, it has helped two unsuspecting gamers to catch out an attempted murder suspect.”
“The reality-game-meets-exercise app was instrumental in aiding two Marines to help local police officers catch an attempted murder suspect,” Daye reports. “Seth Ortega and his roommate were playing Pokémon Go close to Fullerton Park in California when they noticed a suspicious looking man approach a mom and her three kids.”
Daye reports, “Following the incident, the Fullerton Police District were keen to remind Pokémon Go users to exercise caution when playing the game.”
Please Pokémon Go responsibly…#PokemonGo #PokemonGoResponsibly #DontPokemonGoDistracted#DontPokemonAndDrive pic.twitter.com/4TcclSL9fO
— Fullerton PD (@FPDPIO) July 13, 2016
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: This going outside stuff seems to have myriad benefits.
SEE ALSO:
Pokémon GO is already the biggest U.S. mobile game ever – July 13, 2016
Ten things I wish I knew when I started playing Pokémon GO – July 12, 2016
iPhone users: Pokémon GO can spy on your entire Google account – July 11, 2016
Tim Cook attacks Google, U.S. federal government over right to privacy abuses – June 3, 2015
The price you’ll pay for Google’s ‘free’ photo storage – June 3, 2015
Apple CEO Tim Cook champions privacy, blasts ‘so-called free services’ – June 3, 2015
Passing on Google Photos for iOS: Read the fine print before you sign up for Google’s new Photos service – June 1, 2015
Why Apple’s Photos beats Google Photos, despite price and shortcomings – May 30, 2015
Is Apple is losing the photo wars? – May 29, 2015
How Google aims to delve deeper into users’ lives – May 29, 2015
Apple CEO Cook: Unlike some other companies, Apple won’t invade your right to privacy – March 2, 2015
Survey: People trust U.S. NSA more than Google – October 29, 2014
Apple CEO Tim Cook ups privacy to new level, takes direct swipe at Google – September 18, 2014
Apple will no longer unlock most iPhones, iPads for government, police – even with search warrants – September 18, 2014
U.S. NSA watching, tracking phone users with Google Maps – January 28, 2014
U.S. NSA secretly infiltrated Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say – October 30, 2013
Google has already inserted some U.S. NSA code into Android – July 10, 2013
Court rules NSA doesn’t have to reveal its semi-secret relationship with Google – May 22, 2013
Edward Snowden’s privacy tips: ‘Get rid of Dropbox,” avoid Facebook and Google – October 13, 2014
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
I’m telling ya, this game can be adapted for all sorts of purposes. LAPD already has a special version.
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Racist much???
Racism is a label. Anyone who commits a crime is a criminal, regardless of race.
… killing suspected ‘criminals’ of one ethnic background while arresting those of another ethnicity you have WITNESSED committing a violent crime … that’s a bit racist, wouldn’t you agree?
While most officers are above this level of racism, there are way too many – especially in the LAPD – who find it convenient and who find that their co-workers applaud such action.
Decent pic. I see a peaceful gathering of young people. What do you see?
so being outside was the factor, they could have been playing chess online or reading macdailynews because the wifi coverage was better there.
That CNN article is devoid of any information. Nothing about the suspect or the alleged murder, why he was deemed “suspicious” and how that led to his arrest. Exceedingly poor excuse for a story.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pokemon-go-attempted-murder-fullerton-20160713-snap-story.html reports that they weren’t even playing the game because it froze up. So they were just out for a stroll at that point…
What, a news agency with no idea what the game is, trying to appear as if they are up with it? Don’t believe it!
Wow. Exercise. What a novel concept. Who da thunk?
I read this on Twitter today:
In the 90s, kids went outside to play.
In the 2000s, kids stayed inside to play video games.
As of a week ago, they’re now going outside to play video games.
Lol