A device that law enforcement agencies use to secretly track cell phone users was offered this week to anyone on eBay - anyone with $50,000, and perhaps anyone with ulterior motives for using it. The ...

The Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Courthouse, home of the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Virginia. (Acroterion/ Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News) RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A Maryland man arrested after police ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland House Judiciary Committee is considering a bill that would allow law enforcement officials to obtain location records from mobile devices without a search warrant.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie County law enforcement’s use of cell phone tracking technology during the past four and a half years is legal and justified, Sheriff Timothy Howard said Wednesday. In an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A key piece of evidence in many criminal cases is cell phone tracking data, which allows law enforcement to determine who was near ...

Buffalo, NY - The Erie County Sheriff's Department is breaking its silence about our exclusive investigation into controversial cell phone spying technology purchased with taxpayer money to the tune ...

A run-of-the-mill public records request about cell phone surveillance submitted to a local police department in Florida has unearthed blatant violations of open government laws, including an ...

A Justice Department document obtained by the ACLU of Northern California shows that federal investigators were routinely using a sophisticated cell phone tracking tool known as a "stingray," but ...