A North Carolina mother used a popular but controversial tracking app to catch her son having sex with his high school teacher in her car, according to reports.
The unknown parent had installed Life 360 on his son’s device — and became suspicious after he was alerted to his absence from rugby practice.
Instead, the app curiously showed that he was idling near a local park.
The mother drove to the location in Mecklenburg and found him in flagrante delicto with 26-year-old South Mecklenburg High School teacher Gabriela Cartaya-Neufeld, according to WSOC.
After taking several pictures of the educator’s vehicle and license plate, the shocked mother called the police to the scene and Cartaya-Neufeld was arrested.
The parents, the police said, had heard rumors about their son’s illicit relationship earlier and had been on the alert before the incident got out of hand.
Gabriela Cartaya-Neufeld was allegedly caught having sex with a high school student. MECKLENBURG COUNTY JAIL
Cartaya-Neufeld, a science teacher, experimented with the teenager in her car, inside her mother’s house, and in her own home, prosecutors said.
Rumors of the illegal union had also circulated around the school for months before the arrest, prompting administrators to question both the teenager and her teacher, the district attorney said at Cartaya-Neufeld’s hearing.
The educator was hit with five counts of criminal sexual activity with a student by a teacher.
The victim’s mother used the Life 360 tracking app to catch the pair. Life360/Facebook
He was initially taken to the Mecklenburg County jail late last month but has since posted bail.
Life 360 — which counts Mark Zuckerberg’s sister Randi as a board member — has become increasingly popular with “helicopter” parents hoping to monitor their children.
The technology can ping parents if the device holder is in a speeding car, or has left a pre-designated area.
Life 360 has about 50 million active monthly users and is expected to earn $300 million in revenue this year.
Rumors of the illegal union had also been circulating around the school for months before the arrest, the district attorney said at Cartaya-Neufeld’s trial. Google Maps
But critics have questioned the app’s all-encompassing and sometimes oppressive presence — and data collection practices.
Human trafficking activists have suggested victims are being tracked using the app, while company representatives have dismissed the incident as an aberration.
Teenagers and young adults whose parents use the app have also cried foul, with entire Reddit threads devoted to how to trick or disable it.
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