‘Find My iPhone’ app leads N.H. car theft victim to his missing vehicle (and AirPods) - Boston.com

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Frederick Estes IV, 26, and Anna Heine, 40, some of Concord, New Hampshire, are facing charges including receiving stolen spot and resisting arrest/detention.

Two radical were arrested Sunday aft a car stolen from Concord, New Hampshire, was located successful Weare, New Hampshire, reportedly with the assistance of the “Find My iPhone” app.

Mike McCormack told WMUR-TV that helium had tally backmost into his Concord flat to drawback thing portion his car was warming up extracurricular connected Friday, and erstwhile helium returned, the car was gone.

A mates days later, helium remembered that helium had near his AirPods successful the car, telling the quality station, “I near the gym with my woman and decided to cheque the find my telephone connected my iPhone. And my AirPods conscionable — they popped up and said they recovered determination connected East Road successful Weare, New Hampshire. And I was like, ‘Let’s get them close now.'”

Concord constabulary contacted Weare constabulary astir the determination of the stolen conveyance connected Sunday, according a property release.

Weare constabulary located the car and attempted to get the operator to propulsion over, but the operator reportedly refused. Officers followed the car down a dead-end roadworthy wherever some the operator and rider jumped retired of the car and ran away, Weare constabulary said.

With the assistance of different section and authorities constabulary and witnesser statements, officers established a perimeter and arrested the suspects without incident.

The suspects were identified arsenic Frederick Estes IV, 26, and Anna Heine, 40, some of Concord, New Hampshire.

Estes was charged with receiving stolen property, unauthorized usage of a propelled centrifugal vehicle, resisting arrest/detention, reckless operation, disobeying a constabulary officer, possession of a controlled drug, cognition without a valid license, and cognition aft suspension.

Heine was charged with receiving stolen spot and resisting arrest/detention.

Both suspects were expected to beryllium arraigned successful Hillsborough County North Superior Court connected Monday.

“With the colder upwind upon us, delight retrieve to support your vehicles locked astatine each times and bash not permission them moving unattended,” Weare constabulary noted.