Give Up Your Password Or Go To Jail

(NBC) William Montanez is used to getting stopped by the police in Tampa Florida for small-time traffic and marijuana violations; its happened more than a dozen times. When they pulled him over last June he didnt try to hide his pot telling officers Yeah I smoke it theres a joint in the center console you gonna arrest me for that? They did arrest him not only for the marijuana but also for two small bottles they believed contained THC oil a felony and for having a firearm while committing that felony (they found a handgun in the glove box). Then things got testy. As they confiscated his two iPhones a text message popped up on the locked screen of one of them: OMG did they find it?" The officers demanded his passcodes warning him theyd get warrants to search the cellphones. Montanez suspected that police were trying to fish for evidence of illegal activity. He also didnt want them seeing more personal things including intimate pictures of his girlfriend. So he refused and was locked up on the drug and firearms charges.