A moron lost a phone in a bar. Someone found it and thought it might be worth something to a media outlet. When the lawyers asked for it back, they got it back. Screw the emotions of the LEOs.
Well, from what I've read in several articles, the police are acting on this because they believe the law was violated and they are investigating right now. They obviously were able to get a judge's order on this based upon the facts that are known. Now we'll see if charges are filed and if they figure that a crime was committed. And they obviously do think that a felony violation of the law happened here.
We'll see how it pans out ...
Steve “Hitler” Jobs used his considerable political clout and influence to get the cops to be his stooges. Jobs is a thug. Closed, secretive, and throws temper tantrums when things dont go his way. Apple is everything they accuse Microsoft of being. Apple treats its most loyal fans and customers with contempt.