ALPR HELPS OFFICERS LOCATE PROLIFIC MAIL THEFT SUSPECTS 
On
August 10 at approximately 11:23 p.m., San Bruno Police officers
responded to the 700 block of Shelter Creek Lane for a report of
suspects burglarizing mailboxes. The suspects fled before officers
arrived in a white Honda sedan.
Using investigative information and our Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) system, officers identified the suspect vehicle and began checking other apartment complexes throughout San Bruno.
Officers
soon located the white Honda abandoned at another apartment complex.
ALPR information then helped officers determine the suspects had just
stolen a red Honda sedan from an apartment complex on Piccadilly Place.
With
a new suspect vehicle identified, San Bruno Police Communications
quickly issued a Be On the Lookout (BOL) notification to surrounding
law enforcement agencies.
At approximately 2:52 a.m., the California Highway Patrol located the stolen vehicle in Oakland with three individuals.
Inside
the vehicle, officers located dozens of pieces of suspected stolen
mail, credit cards, and identifying information belonging to numerous
victims. (Due to the sensitive nature of these items, we have elected
not to post photographs of the recovered property.)
A 24-year-old San Jose woman, 19-year-old Los Banos man, and 18-year-old San Jose man were arrested and
booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility for charges related to
mail theft, possession of stolen property, possession of a stolen
vehicle, possession of narcotics, and conspiracy.
This
case highlights how technology and proactive police work can work
hand-in-hand. ALPR technology can provide officers with timely
investigative leads, but it does not replace good police work—it
enhances it. In this case, those leads, combined with diligent
investigative work, helped officers connect multiple crimes, identify a
newly stolen vehicle, and provide neighboring agencies with information
that ultimately helped locate the suspects across the Bay.
Riechel
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