Child Porn Evidence From Warrantless Phone Search Suppressed By Judge

( May 19, 2025, 8:37 AM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Border agents’ search of an airline passenger’s smartphone without a warrant or probable cause violated the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, according to a New York federal judge, who also found no evidence that the search was conducted in good faith, leading her to grant the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence of child pornography that was obtained via the illegal search....