High Tech License Plate Reader Alerts Deputies To Stolen Car

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, CA — A high-tech device that can read license plate numbers led deputies to two suspected car thieves early Wednesday morning in La Canada Flintridge.

A Flock Safety camera system was at work in the middle of the night when a stolen white Nissan Sentra drove through the La Canada Flintridge area, alerting deputies from the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station, sheriff's officials said. The camera system identified the stolen car at 1:20 a.m., and a short time later, deputies spotted the vehicle near Gould Avenue and Foothill Boulevard and stopped the car in a shopping center, officials said.

The two people inside the vehicle were detained while deputies searched the car and found narcotics and evidence of identity theft, according to the sheriff's department.

The suspects were arrested for suspicion of grand theft auto, the officials said.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.