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credit union robbery
Coverage of credit union robbery in the Nexus archive.
- US Supreme Court in Virginia case says police need warrants for cellphone location data
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that law enforcement must obtain warrants to access cellphone location data from third-party companies under the Fourth Amendment. The decision centered on a 2019 Virginia credit union robbery case, where police used geofence warrants to identify suspects, but the Court left unresolved when such searches are considered reasonable.
- US Supreme Court in Virginia case says police need warrants for cellphone location data
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police need warrants to obtain cellphone location data under the Fourth Amendment, as demonstrated in a Virginia case involving a credit union robbery. The 6-3 decision acknowledged privacy rights but left unresolved when such searches are considered reasonable.