Tech giant Apple has released new safety information on the usage of its AirTag tracking accessory following multiple reports of the devices being used to stalk people and even target cars for theft.
Drivers in San Francisco are leaving their car’s trunk open in an effort to fend off potential auto burglaries as the city reported a 32 percent increase in car break-ins over the past year.
According to a recent police bulletin, car thieves are using the $29 AirTag devices produced by Apple to track cars they have targeted for theft. Crooks apply the AirTags to target vehicles in public places, then use the tracker to follow their victims home, where they then steal the vehicle.
Car thefts have increased in Portland, Oregon; in September, 903 vehicles were reported stolen in the area, KGW 8 reported on Friday.
A TV journalist was robbed of his camera at gunpoint while he was reporting on car thefts in the San Francisco area, authorities said.
A police chase through Newberg, Oregon, ended abruptly on Monday when one car thief collided with another.
Figures from the Swedish police’s National Operations Department (NOA) have revealed that foreign gangs are behind 90 per cent of the car thefts in the country.
A pregnant woman in Atlanta, Georgia, was dragged across a gas station parking lot on Monday when a thief allegedly stole her Chevrolet Camaro while the engine was running.
Police arrested a suspect in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on July 11 for the theft of 18 cars during a 24-hour period.
Authorities said that an unnamed car thief was beaten to death by the father of the children who were still in the car when he stole it.
Ohio police have dubbed an eight-year-old boy a “hero” for pulling his big sister from a moving car as it was being stolen.
Jason Kirscher of Fresno was arrested after allegedly driving by the Clovis Police Department Friday and attempting to escape police in a stolen Honda Accord.
Travis Lee Davis, 30, stole the vehicle into which he had been confined while the officers interviewed the victim.
An 11-year-old boy in Connecticut fought off a would-be robber attempting to steal his father’s car Saturday while he was inside the vehicle, police said.
