Man charged with putting electronic tracking device on woman's vehicle

GOSHEN, Conn. (TND) — A woman called police to report finding an Apple AirTag on her vehicle, and this week — nearly a year later — they were finally able to make an arrest.

It was late last March that the victim told a Connecticut State Police trooper she got "an alert on her phone indicating that an AirTag device was moving with her," but she brushed it off since a relative had left a set of Apple AirPod earbuds in her vehicle.

Then, she got another alert and searched for two hours before finding the tracking device.

It had been attached with adhesive to the inside of her front driver’s side wheel rim, and she explained being afraid for herself and her family.

The first step in the investigation was getting “a search and seizure warrant for subscriber information associated with the” AirTag’s serial number.

A month later, authorities got word “the AirTag’s serial number was associated with an Anthony Magro,” but the victim said she didn’t know him.

It turned out, Magro had moved from the address they were given.

A few days later, the trooper reached Magro but he explained “he did not drive and that he would need to arrange for transportation to meet with the trooper before scheduling a time to meet.”

And then the trooper was ghosted, unable to reach Magro, with calls “forwarded to a voicemail box.”

In August, investigators learned Magro had a new phone number, but calls were also forwarded to voicemail.

By then, they got an arrest warrant, but it wasn’t until Wednesday, Feb. 7, that Magro was found.

The 25-year-old was arrested on a charge of electronic stalking, and he has been released from jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.

Police have not said how he may know the victim.