Cellphone data helped US police identify suspect in robbery, stabbing

Data from the man’s cellphone showed that he was in the vicinity of the incident at the same time that cameras captured the suspect's vehicle, the warrant states. — AFP

MIDDLETOWN: Police used surveillance camera footage and cellphone location data to identify a man accused of stabbing a Middletown resident while attempting to steal the wheels from the resident's car in December, according to an arrest warrant.

Data from the man’s cellphone showed that he was in the vicinity of the incident at the same time that cameras captured the suspect's vehicle, the warrant states.