Federal Agent Cell Location Searches Raise NJ Privacy Concerns
Federal Agent Cell Location Searches Raise NJ Privacy Concerns
Publish Date: 2026-05-12 11:35:00
Source Domain: news.bloomberglaw.com
New Jersey judges searched for a workable line Tuesday in an oral argument over when out-of-state agents can avoid requirements for cell phone location searches .
Under the state constitution, New Jersey police need probable cause to get a state court’s blessing to track a defendants’ location through cell phone tower pings. That’s not true under federal law, or state law in Ohio where the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives started tracking a defendant who eventually pleaded guilty in the Garden State to firearms trafficking.
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division Judges Robert J. Gilson and Lisa Perez …
