AirTag helps foil plot to steal pickup truckWhat you need to know
Apple's AirTag helped to prevent the second theft of a pickup truck.
The new owner found the item tracker after being alerted to it with his iPhone.
The AirTag stories go both ways.
An AirTag has helped foil a stolen truck plot.
As reported by Fox 7 in Austin, a man discovered an AirTag in a truck he recently purchased after he received a notification about it on his iPhone. After reporting the incident to the police, they found that the truck that the man bought was actually stolen.
Lt. Beyer of the Fayette County Sheriff's Office says that the thieves had most likely placed the AirTag in the truck, sold the stolen truck to the man, and then planned to find it and steal it all over again.
Lt. Beyer believes a double steal was about to be in play. "I'm sure the individuals who had the tracking device in there probably had a key to it so all they had to do was follow this guy, to where ever the car was parked, get in it, take off in it," he said.
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AirTag helps foil plot to steal pickup truck
