The Supreme Court seems inclined to rule that police could use geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes.

WASHINGTON —At 4:50 p.m. May 20, 2019, an armed man holding a cellphone walked into the Midlothian, Virginia, branch of the Call Federal Credit Union and handed a note to a teller demanding cash.

The conservative justices appeared divided on what the Constitution requires for law enforcement to access location data.

The technique allows police to tap into giant tech-firm databases to find out who was near the scene of a crime and may have been involved.

The U.S. top court is expected to rule on whether to allow police to identify criminal suspects by dragnet searching the databases of tech giants.

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering the lawfulness of police warrants obtaining broad cellphone location data in investigations on Monday.

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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday seemed inclined to rule that police could use geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes. The ...