iPhone Crash Alert Leads Tampa Deputies To Birthday Airbnb Ambush

TAMPA, Fla. — Four people face charges after an armed robbery at a local rental home left a man injured on his birthday, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were alerted just before 1 a.m. on Oct. 15 when an automated iPhone crash-detection signal led them to a vehicle on East 21st Avenue. Upon arrival, deputies found the driver suffering from facial injuries.

The victim told investigators he had been attacked and robbed shortly before deputies found him. He was celebrating his birthday at an Airbnb rental in the 7800 block of New York Drive in Tampa…

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