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Texas man uses Apple AirTag to track down person who stole his truck, then kills him: police
NY Post ^ | 2 April | Adam Sabes

Posted on 04/02/2023 6:45:33 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

The alleged thief wasn’t aware that the vehicle was being tracked, officials said.

Authorities found several bullet casings and two cars with their windows shot out.

Officials are determining if the suspect will be charged in the fatal shooting.

AirTag was designed to help people locate their personal belongings, not to track people or another person’s property, and we condemn in the strongest possible terms any malicious use of our products.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: airtag; airtags; apple; banglist; texas; theft
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A man's truck is his palace. Do NOT mess with it.
1 posted on 04/02/2023 6:45:33 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

So the people across the street from me, that use an Airtag to track their cat, are criminals?

(It’s kinda funny to see them out, staring at their phones, looking for their cat.)


2 posted on 04/02/2023 6:48:36 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The palace could also be your mobile tool bin. That’s unforgivable to steel a man’s means of livelihood.


3 posted on 04/02/2023 6:48:48 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Apparently this man’s FAFO meter was way into the red.

Time was when stealing a man’s means of conveyance (horse) would result in a long drop with a short rope. When the justice system treats you as an inconvenience when you are wronged and lets criminals plead down charges to the level of picking flowers without a permit don’t act all surprised when people take justice into their own hands.


4 posted on 04/02/2023 6:49:47 AM PDT by turfmann
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To: DUMBGRUNT

This is the result of a broken justice system.


5 posted on 04/02/2023 6:50:30 AM PDT by ALPAPilot
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Justifiable homicide.


6 posted on 04/02/2023 6:50:49 AM PDT by In_Iowa_not_from
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To: DUMBGRUNT

My bet is the thief pulled a gun when confronted by the owner.


7 posted on 04/02/2023 6:51:48 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Meanwhile, in ny, Bragg is charging a man who was shot twice by a criminal with attempted murder for wrestling the gun away from the criminal and shooting him with his own gun, and charged with “criminal possession of a gun”


8 posted on 04/02/2023 6:52:32 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: DUMBGRUNT

It’s a defense of prosecution in Texas. You can kill someone to prevent them from stealing


9 posted on 04/02/2023 6:54:22 AM PDT by I got the rope
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To: DUMBGRUNT

John Law says if you have a car stolen, let the cops find it. My brother had a really nice van, that was all decked out stolen a number of years back. The cops told him if they find the van, they could only charge the maggot who stole it with “joy-riding”. Well, they found the van. Totally stripped. They told him where he could go to pick it up. Pay the towing and storage fees and then patted themselves on the back on the wonderful job they did getting it back. His van was just a victim of “joy-riding” in Phoenix. No harm done.


10 posted on 04/02/2023 6:54:53 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (It's time to indict the Dung Beetle Party's token affirmative action fat@$$ shyster lawyer.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
My bet is the thief pulled a gun when confronted by the owner.

Don't care. If you steal property, you deserve death.

11 posted on 04/02/2023 6:54:53 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Cattle rustlers and horse thieves were once hung on the spot.

Steal property, you deserve death.


12 posted on 04/02/2023 6:55:59 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: turfmann

I love to read mushy feel good stories like this one.


13 posted on 04/02/2023 6:57:15 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Erik Latranyi

Tell that to a Soros DA and see what happens.

I always carry a drop-gun for such situations.


14 posted on 04/02/2023 6:57:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: HighSierra5

Grand theft auto is basically the same as stealing a horse in the old days, and worthy of the same kind of punishment.


15 posted on 04/02/2023 6:58:44 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: moovova

I’ve got a couple of tags I should use for something.


16 posted on 04/02/2023 6:59:29 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Shameful, horrible, premeditated act of violence against probably some desperate individual who had no other choice but to resort to theft in order to pay the rent and feed his family.

OTOH... "I didn't see nothin'."

17 posted on 04/02/2023 7:03:16 AM PDT by OKSooner ("We're gonna put everybody over twelve out of business.")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Horse thieves used to get hung.


18 posted on 04/02/2023 7:06:50 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

AirTag was designed to help people locate their personal belongings, not to track people or another person’s property, and we condemn in the strongest possible terms any malicious use of our products. That is Apple’s response. They do not even know the circumstances of the shooting and they are condemning the person. If no charges are filed, he should sue Apple for defamation.


19 posted on 04/02/2023 7:07:16 AM PDT by pas
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Wonder what would have qualified for grand theft auto in AZ back then, and how the cops came to that conclusion before apprehending (if at all) any suspect?

Know someone whose stolen car was found and returned over 4 weeks later. It is better for the owner to hope his car is never found.


20 posted on 04/02/2023 7:07:47 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot
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