Police tracked down two Chicago men accused in connection with an armored truck robbery Tuesday, thanks to the help of an Apple AirTag hidden inside a container of stolen money.
Two Brink’s guards were in the parking lot of a Jewel-Osco store for a pickup. They entered the store, and then while one guard used the washroom, the other guard returned to the truck. That’s when Singleton, described as wearing all black and being thin and about 5-foot-6, allegedly approached the guard from behind, pointed a green and silver gun at him and told him not to move, the complaint said.
Davis, who is about 6-foot-2 and was wearing light clothing, also was armed, authorities said. He joined Singleton and they forced the guard into the truck, took the Brink’s bins and sped away in a Nissan Maxima with 10 deposit bags, each with $50,000, and seven bins, each containing about $100,000, the complaint said.
In a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in federal court, authorities recommended Devonte Davis, 26, and Darrell Singleton, 18, be charged with armed robbery.
Singleton was already wanted by the FBI for his alleged involvement in another armed robbery of a Brink’s truck last October, a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Investigation Chicago Field Office confirmed.
According to federal investigators, Brink’s security officers contacted law enforcement and informed them a tracking device has been stolen in the robbery, subsequently providing live updates on the location of the device.
“They were created for lost goods and Apple doesn’t advertise them being used for recovering stolen items, but they’re certainly being used for that more and more,” said retired FBI agent and CEO of Veracity IIR, Doug Kouns. “Perhaps the owner of that particular branch of the company was safeguarding themselves by randomly throwing an AirTag in every so many bags or bins and in this case it worked out.”
MacDailyNews Take: Apple AirTag. Better safe than sorry!
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With more than $1M recovered, I’d say that AirTag paid for itself, pretty much.
ahhhh two more Mensa candidates seeking rEpAraTiOns
We need to attach one to Scenic’s head. He keeps losing his mind, an AirTug will help him find it.
Months ago I got a pack of AirTags for my 80-something mom and her husband. She decided it would be good to attach one to her purse. When they recently returned from a local trip, an iPhone message alerted her that her purse had been left behind, and the message provided the name and address of the location. She quickly reached out to her contact there, who found the purse and kindly returned it personally. All the contents were intact.
At home, the AirTags placed in his wallet and checkbook and attached to a key fob have also gotten some use, almost eliminating entirely the anxiety that arises when those items are occasionally misplaced.
Good for forgetful people if those people have the aid of Apple savvy users.
Useless for theft prevention.
The “Boyz n the Hood” should have relocated to California where a free state that never had slaves is pushing for 1.2 million each in reparations for every black resident.
The land of “Fruits and Nuts” no longer aptly characterizes that sh*thole state! Which, by the way, under Biden’s great economy, just defaulted on its 18.6 Billion in debt. And PacWest bank teetering on collapse. And 700,000 illegals waiting to cross the border when Title 42 ends this coming week.
FJB says in his reelection ad, “there is more to do”. I say, you’ve done enough!
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