(Boston Herald) The fight between Apple and the FBI has come to Boston with agents going after an iPhone that belongs to a reputed Boston gang member accused of being a triggerman in a street feud that bloodied a rival.
The FBI took two phones from Desmond Crawford in November 2015, and one of them is an iPhone that agents say is locked and cannot be opened.
Crawford — a member of Columbia Point Dawgs, a street gang taken down by the FBI and Boston police — is facing federal charges of racketeering, committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering, using a firearm during a crime of violence and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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