Dropped cellphone leads to arrest in US killing

Police recovered an iPhone with a blue case lying in the dirt in a Boyd Streetside yard, which they traced to Spence, the complaint said. — Photo by Ali Abdul Rahman on Unsplash

A Mon Valley teen dropped his iPhone after fatally shooting a 47-year-old man this March – and that, combined with surveillance footage of the crime, led to his arrest this week, Allegheny County Police said.

Sanchez Spence, 18, of McKeesport, remained in Allegheny County Jail on Friday after being charged in the March 1 killing of Robert Joyner, court records show.