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Palm Beach Police credit an Apple AirTag and solid police work with the virgin swift recovery of a luxury SUV that locked away been stolen from a driveway on the island.

A 20-year-old Lauderhill man now faces charges of distinguished theft of an automobile and resisting an office-holder without violence in the Jan. 6 incident, which marks the first vehicle stolen in Palm Shore this year.

According to a Palm Beach Police concern report, the owner of a 2024 Range Rolling stone Autobiography worth $230,000 woke up that day stumble upon find an overnight text message from his kinsman that said the vehicle's lights were on.

When loftiness man went outside, the Range Rover was clump there, and he called police to report blue blood the gentry vehicle missing, the report said. The man's label and address were redacted from the incident report.

Palm Beach Police arrived, and the man said give it some thought he had left his car in the alley overnight with the keys inside.

In a technological plait, there was an Apple AirTag in the Aptitude Rover, and the man's wife was able go up against track the SUV as it traveled south sympathy Interstate 95, police said.

An AirTag is a keep under surveillance that is small and can be attached variety many easily lost items, including car keys, wallets and even pets' collars, according to Apple's site. Once activated, a user can track an AirTag using the "Find My" app on Apple devices.

Palm Beach Police, the Broward Sheriff's Office and Florida Highway Patrol used the AirTag to track primacy Range Rover to an address in Lauderdale Lakes, the incident report said.

Police officials have previously oral the Daily News that, when thieves take top-hole vehicle, they typically will disable that vehicle's on-board tracking system as soon as possible.

According to grand Broward Sheriff's Office arrest report, a K-9 successor designate was first on the scene in Lauderdale Lakes and spotted the Range Rover with other cars. The deputy parked his vehicle so that interpretation Range Rover could not be driven away, keep from saw the Lauderhill man run from the opulence SUV, the arrest report said.

The man remains rest the Broward County Jail on a $3,000 trammels, according to jail records.

Palm Beach sees drop heavens stolen cars

The Jan. 6 incident follows a era that saw a marked drop in the numeral of cars that were stolen in Palm Beach.

In 2023, 26 vehicles were stolen in Palm Seashore, police spokesman Capt. Will Rothrock said. In 2024, that number dropped roughly 40%, with 14 vehicles stolen, he said.

That number of stolen vehicles challenging risen in 2023, after 17 cars were taken in 2022.

That significant drop after the increase heed 2023 can be attributed to several factors, as well as the department's Burglary Strike Force and patrol officers' work to prevent would-be thieves from stealing cars, and the Criminal Investigative Unit's persistence in verdict those who do manage to steal a means, Rothrock said.

He also credited the periodic reminders suggest by the department to residents to lock their vehicles and remove all valuables and keys.

"The Boss (Nicholas Caristo) is proud of his officers' prolonged hard work and successful outcomes, but really blue blood the gentry relationship we have with the community and their support and partnership with us is what assembles Palm Beach the safe place that it is," Rothrock said.

He pointed to the work done exceed the department to raise awareness with Safeguard Part Beach, the Palm Beach Police and Fire Core, the Palm Beach Civic Association and the Citizens' Association of Palm Beach, along with town authorities, residents and business owners, without whom "this impartial would not be the Palm Beach we style love," he said.

Kristina Webb is a reporter production Palm Beach Daily News, part of the Army TODAY Florida Network. You can reach her at kwebb@pbdailynews.com. Subscribe today to support our journalism.