Colorado grandmother sues police detective following SWAT raid based on false 'Find my iPhone' ping

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The affidavit allegedly "lacked probable cause that evidence of crime could be found" at Johnson's home, since it was based on an unverified and vague ping by Apple's "Find My" app, which is used to track Apple devices.The next morning, according to the complaint, Staab interviewed the owner of the truck by phone, who said he had used the "Find My" app to search for his stolen belongings and that it had twice pinged Johnson's address the day before.'The house was left in disarray'Johnson — who the filing describes as a “United States Postal Service worker and grandmother who lives alone in Denver’s Montbello neighborhood" — was "frightened and confused" when the SWAT team arrived in military gear, with tactical rifles and a police trained German Shepherd dog, and used a bullhorn to demand that anyone inside the home come out.The complaint alleges they used a battering ram to “destroy’ the back garage door and door frame — even after Johnson gave them instructions about how to open the garage door.Following the raid, Johnson left her home — first, to spend a week with her daughter, who lives nearby, and then to stay with her son in Texas for several months — because she "could not bear to remain in her house," according to the complaint."

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