PACE, Fla. -- Apple AirTags are small round devices people use to track easily lost belongings like car keys, purses, or wallets. But are they being used for stalking and car thefts?
Law enforcement across the country are warning people about AirTags, a device that can be used by people to stalk you and even steal from you.
Channel 3 began investigating Monday if it's happening in Northwest Florida.
Pace resident Michelle Stokes received a surprising notification on her phone on Jan. 7.
"It said there was an unknown device tracking my location," Stokes said.
The notice was just the beginning. Stokes says there were two other notices on her phone that same day.
Each notification saying that she had been tracked for over two hours and that the locations of where she was during that time had been shared.
"So, it saw me watching my son play football, and it saw me stop at the store down the street, and it looked at my location here at home," Stokes said.
Stokes and her boyfriend told Channel 3 they thought someone had placed an AirTag on her car.
The small device is roughly the size of a quarter and it's used by people to find easy to lose items. Its can also used for your pet's collars and children's backpacks.
The couple searched the car and believe the device may have simply fallen off the car somewhere.
"I have seen TikToks from girls in larger cities that this was happening to them," Stokes said.
In fact reports like this have been coming in all across the country.
Video from Good Morning America described a similar incident.
A New York model says an AirTag was placed in her jacket.
Both Stokes and the model received the same warning message on their phones.
The notification message reads that an "AirTag was found moving with you."
Apple's website says you will be notified if an unknown AirTag is seen moving with you to discourage illegal tracking.
Some law enforcement agencies across the nation say they are seeing instances of AirTag stalking.
Channel 3 contacted Pensacola police and the Escambia County Sheriffs Office. They said they haven't had any AirTag incident reports.
Stokes says she contacted the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office and they told her to turn off her location settings. She says she didn't file a report.