She was contacted by Apple about the device and then set her phone to make a noise to alert her when the device was nearby.
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David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
The lawsuit Reilly filed alleges that police were contacted by staff at Midstate Medical Center and told of Mollow’s statements about wanting to kill Ashworth.
During their initial investigation, police found that two men approached the home's front door.
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Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
The teen was playing basketball at the park when he was approached by a group of young adults, who asked the teen if he was affiliated with a gang and tried to start a fight, police said.
Several weeks later, when one of Crow’s staffers went to the facility, following a different but related set of protocols, two conservative members of the Aurora City Council accosted him.
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Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
The majority being accosted and disappeared are Black, Muslim, Latinx, and Asian.
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