[Updated February 9, 2009 with information provided by Houston criminal defense lawyer Cindy Henley.]
[Further update March 9, 2009: Houston criminal defense lawyer Carmen Roe says, "I called Sprint at the number below; they looked up every number I had and gave the carrier name."]
I wrote two weeks ago and four weeks ago about subpoenaing cellphone records. Here’s a summary of the contact information I have for the major cellphone service providers.
Subpoenas for T-Mobile records (including what used to be Aerial and VoiceStream) go to:
Custodian of Records
T-Mobile Subpoena Compliance
4 Sylvan Way
Parsippany NJ 07054
(f) 973.292.8697
973.292.8911
Subpoenas for Verizon records go to:
Custodian of Records
Verizon Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless
Subpoena Compliance
180 Washington Valley Road
Bedminster, NJ 07921
Fax (888) 667-0028
Voice (800) 451-5242
Subpoenas for AT&T records (including what used to be Cingular) go to:
Custodian of Records
AT&T Subpoena Compliance
P.O. Box 24679
West Palm Beach, FL 33416
Fax (888) 938-4715
Voice (800) 635-6840
Subpoenas for Sprint records (including Boost [thanks, @LawScribe] and what used to be Nextel) go to:
Custodian of Records
Sprint Corporate Security
6480 Sprint Parkway
Overland Park, KS 66251
Fax (913) 315-0736 or (913) 315-0735 (816) 600-3111
Voice (800) 877-7330
Subpoenas for Cricket records go to:
Custodian of Records
Attention: Subpoena Compliance
Cricket Communications/Leap Wireless
10307 Pacific Center Court
San Diego, California 92121
Fax: (858) 882-9237
Or scan and email to: compliance@cricketcommunications.com
Voice (858) 882-6084 (858) 882-9301
These data are current, as far as I know. I will post updates as I learn of them.
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Looking for an AT&T Cell Phone Expert for an automobile accident. Also need the expert to be experienced with billing records for the explanation of text, data transfers and call times.
Do you know of any way to obtain transcripts of text messages between two cell phone users? I contacted ATT&T and they indicated contact of text messages can only be obtained via the handset itself. In the recent commuter train accident case in Los Angeles, federal investigators were able to obtain transcripts of the engineer’s text messages at the time of the crash so there must be a way.
My understanding is that some of the celcos are able to retrieve text messages for a short time (like 30 days) and that they will produce them in response to a court order (but not a subpoena). Did the federal investigators in Los Angeles have access to teh engineer’s handset?
I’m not sure. I think they may have obtained a court order.
Hi Mark, thanks for posting the info for each of the custodians of record. My question is: will they accept service by mail/fax of a subpoena duces tecum? We are in San Diego, CA, and have a criminal case pending for which I need to obtain records regarding tower/location of cell phone when calls were made. I just don’t know if they require personal service, or if service by mail is valid. Thanks.
I have found that they accept service by fax or email for subscriber and toll information, but cell tower information requires a court order.
Thanks for the information. It was helpful.
how about cingular in California (209) 256-xxxx
What are you asking me?
Once you get the records with the tower locations, how do you read these? The records I got give me a chart with eight columns: Call type, calling number, called number, call duration, answer dt, disconnect dt, first cell, and first LAC. Under “first cell” there seems to be a five-digit number code (which is not a zip code) and under “first LAC” there is a number code that is either two digit, three digit or five digit. Is there a map or key I should be using with this or should I have received something from T-Mobile to translate the locations? Any help would be extremely useful. Thanks.
By the way, if you are subpeonaing from California, T-Mobile will accept service by fax, even for cell tower information – no court order required. Sue Johnson handles California subpoenas. Her phone number is 973-292-8906 (direct line).