Save a 9-year-old child from a car thief with the help of iPhone tracking capability

A woman named “Jerica Moore” from the US state of Georgia, using the tracking option Find my Phone Headphones Iphone He managed to track down the car thief and save his 9-year-old son from his clutches.

Arrest the thief with the help of iPhone

Jerica, 31, left her child in the car for a moment last week to enter the Goodwill store in Atlanta. But in a very short time, the 38-year-old thief got into his car and was able to steal it with the child. However, the baby phone It was equipped with a feature Which allowed law enforcement to track it.

The “Georgia State Police” then used this feature and tracked the stolen car in their phones, to find the thief.

The police report states:

Ms. Moore was able to track her son’s iPhone using the “My Location” feature and pass on the tracked information to officers. Atlanta Police, with the help of the Georgia State Patrol (GSP), used tracking information to locate the vehicle.

The suspect initially tried to escape from the police, but GSP agents eventually managed to stop the stolen car and arrest the thief without incident. According to the National Center for Missing and Abused Children (NCMEC), 40 children have been abducted in car thefts since the beginning of the epidemic until May 21 last year.

In the past, the Find My iPhone service has been used in similar cases. Years ago, for example, the thief was arrested for using more than 100 cell phones at the Coachella Art and Music Festival. Apple also unveiled a $ 29 Airtag tracker last year that can find lost objects through the Find My app.