The defendant in the 2017 New York City truck attack attributed to ISIS moved to suppress his cell phone search, primarily on the ground that ubiquity of cell phones alone isn\u2019t enough. There was more. The court credits the FBI agent\u2019s affidavit that defendant likely was in contact with ISIS through the phone by calls or social media. Probable cause was shown, and the warrant was particular. United States v. Saipov, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115614 (S.D. N.Y. July 11, 2019).*<\/p>\n
\u201cLike the district court, we conclude that the affidavits supporting each of the GPS warrant applications provided probable cause to believe that Petruk was involved in methamphetamine trafficking and that the location data from the vehicles would lead to evidence of that trafficking.\u201d United States v. Petruk<\/a>, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 20601 (8th Cir. July 11, 2019).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The defendant in the 2017 New York City truck attack attributed to ISIS moved to suppress his cell phone search, primarily on the ground that ubiquity of cell phones alone isn\u2019t enough. There was more. The court credits the FBI … Continue reading