Yeah, seems like the alleged “warrantless search” was referring to the geofencing. If I’m following the story correctly (maybe not), it looks like this was alleged on Monday by the attorney for some of the football players, and then Paniro’s lawyer then (Tuesday) made a similar claim, maybe based on the first one.
https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/iowa-dci-agent-accused-of-warrantless-search-to-start-sports-gambling-investigation
https://cbs2iowa.com/sports/i-on-the-hawks/agent-says-in-deposition-dci-engaged-in-illegal-search-of-iowa-student-athletes