Two men were arrested May 24 on St. Croix after police tracked a stolen SUV using a pair of AirPods left inside the vehicle, the Virgin Islands Police Department announced.
At approximately 10:43 p.m., officers from the Christiansted Patrol Bureau responded to a report of an unauthorized use of a vehicle outside the Ocean View Terrace Apartments. The vehicle, a gold Kia Sportage, was reported stolen by the owner, who informed officers that her AirPods had been inside the SUV at the time of the theft, according to the police report.
The owner was able to track the location of the AirPods to the Scenic Road area, prompting police to issue an All-Points Bulletin through the 911 Emergency Call Center. Officers patrolling Salt River Road soon located the stolen vehicle and initiated a traffic stop, the police report stated.
Police said the vehicle’s occupants complied with verbal commands to exit the SUV. They were identified as Deshawn Henley and Dixon Martin, both 20 years old. Henley was operating the vehicle at the time of the stop, with Martin in the passenger seat, the report stated.
Both men were arrested on charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle. Bail was set at $25,000 each. They were transported to the Police Operations and Administrative Building for booking and processing, and later remanded to the John A. Bell Correctional Facility pending their advice of rights hearing, it said.
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