Một thám tử từ Lancaster County đã bị buộc tội theo dõi sau khi đặt thiết bị theo dõi trên xe hơi của một người đàn ông ở Leola: cảnh sát | Tin tức địa phương. Thám tử Shaun Sponagle, 56 tuổi, đến từ Lititz, bị buộc tội theo dõi và quấy rối vì đặt thiết bị theo dõi trên xe hơi của một người đàn ông ở Leola, theo cảnh sát. Sponagle đã bị đình chỉ công việc cho đến khi các cáo buộc được giải quyết. Theo hồ sơ buộc tội được nộp vào thứ Hai, người đàn ông Leola đã đến cảnh sát Đông Lampeter vào ngày 14 tháng 6 để giúp định vị một Apple AirTag đã thông báo trên điện thoại của anh ta rằng nó đang di chuyển cùng anh ta.
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A Lancaster County constable is charged with stalking and harassment for placing a tracking device on a Leola man’s vehicle, according to police.
The constable, Shaun Sponagle, 56, of Lititz, declined to comment Tuesday and referred questions to his attorney, Michael Winters, who also declined to comment.
Sponagle has been suspended until the charges are resolved. Stalking is a first-degree misdemeanor and harassment is a summary offense.
According to charging documents filed Monday, the Leola man went to East Lampeter Township police on June 14 to help locate an Apple AirTag that had been notifying his phone that it was moving with him.
An AirTag is a $29 device that can be attached to objects such as keys, a wallet or purse — anything, basically — and is intended to allow the object’s owner to find the object should it go missing using their smartphone.
And, according to Apple, it’s also designed to discourage unwanted tracking. If someone places an AirTag on someone else’s property, it will send an alert to that person’s phone.
That’s apparently what happened in this case.
The man told police that he’d been receiving the notifications for three weeks, causing him distress, but hadn’t been able to locate the AirTag. An officer located the AirTag underneath the passenger seat.
Police issued a search warrant to Apple, which enabled them to trace the AirTag to Sponagle, the documents said.
Charging documents did not say why the AirTag was put in the vehicle, and a message left with the officer who found it was not immediately returned.
The Leola man said he could not comment because the matter is under investigation.
In Pennsylvania constables are elected and serve six-year terms as sworn law enforcement officials with limited law enforcement powers. They are not salaried, but they are paid for work such as transporting prisoners and performing other duties for Pennsylvania’s district courts, the lowest level of the judiciary.
Until 2016 in Lancaster County, they also served arrest warrants, but that duty was shifted to sheriff deputies. Constables pay for their own training, equipment and insurance.
They are supervised by the president judge of the county they work in. Lancaster County President Judge David Ashworth suspended Sponagle from working with county courts in a court order dated July 10.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 20.
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