Fourth Circuit Finds In Favor Of Geofence Dragnet Deployed To Catch Robbery Suspect

Back in 2022, a federal court responded to a challenge of a geofence warrant with some good questions. But its ultimate ruling was a shrug. A geofence warrant obtained by investigators searching for a bank robbery suspect covered a whole lot of ground, subjecting hundreds of innocent people to a search of their geolocation records.

In this decision, the court actually arrived at the conclusion that the search was probably illegal and unsupported by probable cause to effect the search....