Man Steals Over 100 iPhones at Coachella Festival, Attendees Use ‘Find My iPhone’ App to Catch Him

Authorities are crediting the use of an app to find dozens of stolen cell phones at Coachella.

FOX’s Anna Eliopoulos reports:

The first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival closed with hundreds of people claiming their iPhones had been stolen.

This concertgoer says her friends were victims:

(Woman) “They got pick-pocketed for sure, all at the same time, cause we were walking holding hands and we were so squished that it would have been easy to put their hand into a purse or something real fast.”

But thanks to technology, many of them got their phones back. By using the ‘Find My iPhone’ app, authorities were led to 36-year-old Reinaldo de Jesus Henao of New York, who had over a hundred iPhones in a single backpack.

There is still one more weekend to go and authorities are urging visitors to be vigilant and stay safe.

Anna Eliopoulos, FOX News.