Faulty GPS Leads Cops on Errant iPhone Chase

A faulty GPS, coupled with the popular Find My iPhone app, led Scarsdale police on a chase through Yonkers for a resident's missing smart phone.

A Wakefield Road resident contacted local cops last Thursday, and noted her daughter's iPhone had been pilfered from her backpack while at Scarsdale High School, police said. Using a computer and the app Find my iPhone, the mother was able to trace the missing phone to a home on Round Hill Road in Yonkers.

Police traveled to the location, but did not find the phone—a 4s—on the ground. They proceeded to knock on a home's front door; when no one answered, they called the phone, but could not hear it ringing, cops said.

When circling back with the mother, police learned the phone had moved to a nearby home in Yonkers. Cops scoured the streets out front, but did not find the gadget, according to reports.

Shortly afterward, the mother had the phone's alarm activated remotley—and a custodian at Scarsdale High School heard and found the device in the library, police said.

Police said the phone was near the computer terminals in the library, and its GPS had simply been faulty.