Crimeblotter: School board VP accused of illicit images on iPhone
Crimeblotter: School board VP accused of illicit images on iPhone
Publish Date: 2026-06-28 07:04:00
Source Domain: appleinsider.com
Signals from AirPods solved two crimes: a woman was arrested for refusing to leave an Apple Store, and a Bangladeshi presenter’s iPhone was stolen, all in this week’s Apple Crime Blotter.
The latest from an occasional AppleInsider feature, looking at the world of Apple-related crime.
School board member accused of having child sex abuse material on iPhone
A school board vice president in upstate New York has been indicted on child pornography and child endangerment charges, and child sex abuse material has been found on his iPhone. That’s according to court documents cited by CNY Central.
Travis J. Longo, the 46-year-old former vice president of the Cazenovia Board of Education, allegedly “engaged in a pattern of sexually explicit communications with a child under the age of 12.” A search of the iPhone 17 Pro Max, authorities say, led to the offending images, which were discovered by a Department of Homeland Security agent.
Following his arrest, the rest of the board unanimously voted to compel Longo’s resignation.
Woman arrested for refusing to leave Apple Store
A 59-year-old Texas woman was arrested for criminal trespass after she refused to leave the Apple Store at Orland Square Mall in Illinois.
According to Southwest Regional Publishing, the incident took place in April. The woman went to the Apple Store to have her iPhone serviced, but was unhappy with the service.
After she “became loud,” she refused to leave the store, declaring that the mall was “public property.”
After refusing to leave, she was charged with criminal trespass.
AirPods signal led to a truckful of stolen goods
On Memorial Day weekend, a crime victim followed a signal from a pair of stolen AirPods, which led police to a trove of stolen materials.
WLAF explains it started when a Kentucky man reported that numerous items had been stolen from his vehicle and that, when he followed the Find My iPhone signal, his AirPods were showing as located near a Popeyes.
The victim also…
