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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 04:57 PM Jul 2016

In First, U.S. Judge Throws Out Cell Phone 'Stingray' Evidence

Source: Reuters

For the first time, a federal judge has suppressed evidence obtained without a warrant by U.S. law enforcement using a stingray, a surveillance device that can trick suspects' cell phones into revealing their locations.

U.S. District Judge William Pauley in Manhattan on Tuesday ruled that defendant Raymond Lambis' rights were violated when the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration used such a device without a warrant to find his Washington Heights apartment.

The DEA had used a stingray to identify Lambis' apartment as the most likely location of a cell phone identified during a drug-trafficking probe. Pauley said doing so constituted an unreasonable search.

"Absent a search warrant, the government may not turn a citizen's cell phone into a tracking device," Pauley wrote.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-stingray-idUSKCN0ZS2VI

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In First, U.S. Judge Throws Out Cell Phone 'Stingray' Evidence (Original Post) Purveyor Jul 2016 OP
The DEA lol. Rex Jul 2016 #1
I hope this holds up on appeal - n/t lapfog_1 Jul 2016 #2
Even if it does though it wont stop law enforcement from using it as the judge said all they had to cstanleytech Jul 2016 #5
But warrants are issued by judges, not LE. For the searches that require a warrant, a showing of 24601 Jul 2016 #6
They set these things up in the parking lots of jamband shows Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #3
What ever happened to the expectation of privacy? uawchild Jul 2016 #4
K&R. nt OnyxCollie Jul 2016 #7

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
5. Even if it does though it wont stop law enforcement from using it as the judge said all they had to
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 09:34 PM
Jul 2016

do was get a warrant.

24601

(3,940 posts)
6. But warrants are issued by judges, not LE. For the searches that require a warrant, a showing of
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 09:43 PM
Jul 2016

probable cause is required. When those conditions are met, a stingray is no more unreasonable or intrusive than presenting a warrant at your front door and going through all your stuff at home.

But do I believe DEA plays fast & loose with the rules - a different subject but I do believe that.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
3. They set these things up in the parking lots of jamband shows
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 05:02 PM
Jul 2016

When wookie von wookerton calls his friend "Hey brah, meet me under sign H-4 and we'll smoke a bowl", then they can have the SWAT team all ready to arrest him and his buddy for smoking pot.

Your tax dollars at work.

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