Uber driver’s Find My iPhone app leads cops to accused carjacker, US cops say


The Uber driver, according to police, had a second phone that remained in the vehicle after it was stolen. Officers used the Find My app to track the car via that phone. — Image by Freepik

A man accused of stealing a 74-year-old Uber driver’s vehicle didn’t get far thanks to the victim’s Find My app, Michiganpolice say.

The Birmingham Police Department said the Uber driver was carjacked Thursday, March 30, by a man who “opened the driver’s door and began assaulting him.”

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