Pa. mugging victim uses GPS to track suspects

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh police say a man used the global positioning capabilities on his cell phone to track the men who allegedly mugged him and stole the phone.

Police say the man was mugged about 1 a.m. Saturday by two men, one of whom pulled a pellet gun. The men took the victim’s wallet and iPhone and made him give them the personal identification number to one of his bank cards.

Police say the victim went home, called police and, by the time they arrived, the man was using his computer to cancel his stolen bank and credit cards and tracking the location of his phone.

Police have charged 22-year-olds Bryant Rather, of West Mifflin, and Brent Potter, of Swissvale, with robbing the man.