The Supreme Court will hear a case involving a bank robber who was caught through a geofence warrant. The warrant was served on Google, which found that the robber's cellphone was in the vicinity of the bank around the time of the robbery. The court will decide whether geofence warrants are constitutional. This case has significant implications for law enforcement's use of technology to track individuals. The court's decision could impact the way police use geofence warrants in the future.
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Media Coverage · April 26, 2026
The Supreme Court is hearing a case about whether geofence warrants, which allow police to collect location history from cellphones near a crime scene, violate the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable searches. The case involves a bank robber whose cellphone was tracked by police using this method. The court's decision will determine the limits of this technology in law enforcement.
newspaper Read articleChatrie made off with $195,000 from the bank he robbed in suburban Richmond, Virginia, and eluded the police until they turned to a powerful technological tool that erected a virtual fence and allowed them collect the location history of cellphone users near the crime scene. The geofence warrant police served on Google found that Chatrie’s cellphone was among a handful of devices in the vicinity of the bank around the time it was robbed. Now the Supreme Court will decide whether geofence warrant
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The Supreme Court is hearing a case about whether geofence warrants, which allow police to collect location history from cellphones near a crime scene, violate the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable searches. The case involves a bank robber whose cellphone was tracked by police using this method. The court's decision will determine the limits of this technology in law enforcement.
Chatrie made off with $195,000 from the bank he robbed in suburban Richmond, Virginia, and eluded the police until they turned to a powerful technological tool that erected a virtual …
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