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AI illustrationA SWAT team raided a 77-year-old grandma's home over a Find My iPhone ping. Was the jury right?
Your callA jury awarded her $3.76 million. Was the jury right?
TL;DR
- 1In January 2022 a stolen truck's owner tracked an iPhone left inside it with Apple's Find My app; the ping covered at least six properties in Denver's Montbello neighborhood.
- 2A detective got a warrant for 77-year-old Ruby Johnson's house. A SWAT team searched it for hours while she stood outside in her robe and slippers, and found nothing. Denver police said internal affairs found no basis for discipline.
- 3With the ACLU of Colorado she sued under the state's 2020 police accountability law, and in March 2024 a jury awarded her $3.76 million.



