US man pleads guilty in case testing use of geofence warrant


Geofence warrants seek location data on every person within a specific location over a certain period of time. — Photo by Clique Images on Unsplash

RICHMOND, Virginia: A Richmond man has pleaded guilty to federal bank robbery charges in a closely watched case that tested the constitutionality of broad search warrants that use Google location history to find people who were near crime scenes.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports Okello Chatrie pleaded guilty on May 9 to armed robbery and use of a firearm in the 2019 robbery of the Call Federal Credit Union in Midlothian.

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