A three-month investigation ended last week when police arrested Peter Karasev, 36, on suspicion of bombing transformers on Thornwood Drive in December and on Snell Avenue in January.
An investigation by Electronic Frontier Foundation found that of the 1.6 million plates scanned by SJPD last year, only 1,509 led to a successful match of a vehicle of interest to law enforcement.
Prosecutors subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of at least two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, including Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell.