Jorge Molina falsely arrested based on Google data

Police then turned to Google to help them crack the case, issuing a warrant for geofence information on all the active accounts in the area at the time of the crime…The warrant produced four accounts, including Molina’s, which Google said had been logged into on a device in the area around the time.
Police found that a device logged into Molina’s Google account was in the area at the time of the murder. Another important clue based on the data then surfaced: Whoever was using that account had searched for “shooting in Avondale” on the night of Knight’s murder.
Jorge Molina, 23, of Arizona, was arrested at his job at Macy’s and spent six days in jail in December 2018.
“I told Jorge that we knew, one hundred percent, without a doubt, that his phone was at the shooting scene,” the police report on Knight’s murder states.
Police had arrested the wrong man based on location data obtained from Google and the fact that a white Honda was spotted at the crime scene.
Prosecutors never pursued charges against Molina, yet the highly publicized arrest cost him his job, his car, and his reputation.
He has lost his job at Macy’s and been unable to find new work because he consistently fails background checks