Authorities are still trying to execute a search warrant issued in December for 'Rust' actor Alec Baldwin's cellphone. It was issued on Dec. 17 by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department. In a video posted to Instagram, Baldwin said, "the best way to honor the death of Halyna Hutchins is to find out the truth." New Mexico's First Judicial District Attorney released this statement just a few days ago, saying the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office is working with a New York Sheriff's Department to execute this warrant.Sister station KOAT legal expert John Day said search warrants like these are usually routine and take a few days at most."Normally, search warrants have to be executed within ten days of their being issued. What we see here is an extended delay. The evidence is supposed to be gathered within 10 days. If you go beyond that, how stale is that search warrant information?" He says the more time passes, the greater the possibility of something happening to the evidence on that phone. What exactly are investigators looking for in Baldwin's phone? "What they're looking for is communications between Alec Baldwin and other people connected to the production about guns, ammunition and shooting," Day said.Day says investigators will have to switch their focus to cell service providers if the information is deleted from the phone. They'll be able to issue search warrants or subpoenas to find it.Day also says authorities could issue search warrants for the people Baldwin was communicating with to ensure no information was deleted from Baldwin's phone.Watch the video above for the full story.
Authorities are still trying to execute a search warrant issued in December for 'Rust' actor Alec Baldwin's cellphone. It was issued on Dec. 17 by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department.
In a video posted to Instagram, Baldwin said, "the best way to honor the death of Halyna Hutchins is to find out the truth."
New Mexico's First Judicial District Attorney released this statement just a few days ago, saying the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office is working with a New York Sheriff's Department to execute this warrant.
Sister station KOAT legal expert John Day said search warrants like these are usually routine and take a few days at most.
"Normally, search warrants have to be executed within ten days of their being issued. What we see here is an extended delay. The evidence is supposed to be gathered within 10 days. If you go beyond that, how stale is that search warrant information?"
He says the more time passes, the greater the possibility of something happening to the evidence on that phone. What exactly are investigators looking for in Baldwin's phone?
"What they're looking for is communications between Alec Baldwin and other people connected to the production about guns, ammunition and shooting," Day said.
Day says investigators will have to switch their focus to cell service providers if the information is deleted from the phone. They'll be able to issue search warrants or subpoenas to find it.
Day also says authorities could issue search warrants for the people Baldwin was communicating with to ensure no information was deleted from Baldwin's phone.
Watch the video above for the full story.
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