Mom used phone app to track carjacker accused of pointing gun at teen daughter, US feds say

While investigating, officials also linked Harvey with a robbery at a restaurant earlier in September. — AFP

A Philadelphia mom used a phone app to track her car after a man threatened her daughter with a gun and stole the vehicle, US federal officials say.

Amir Harvey, 20, was arrested and charged with carjacking and carrying a firearm in relation to a Sept 19 incident, according to a Sept. 29 news release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. No lawyer was listed for him.