Prosecutors say the journalist's Airtracker pinpointed the officer's house.

Sgt. Darryl Brown is accused of stealing a bag with $10,000 worth of equipment that Angelina Katsanis, a photographer on assignment for the Associated Press, dropped at the scene near the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark on Saturday night. Brown was charged with third-degree theft on Wednesday, the state attorney general’s office said.