Crime & Safety
Cameras Help Police Arrest Accused Car Thief In Marin
A Lexus reported stolen from Fremont was found in Sausalito the next day after it triggered a license plate recognition camera.
MARIN COUNTY, CA — A 28-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after license plate recognition cameras alerted Sausalito police to a stolen vehicle that had entered that city, officers said.
The sole occupant of that 2005 Lexus, Chelsie Erkel, 28, was arrested for possession of the stolen vehicle, narcotics found in the car and for possessing counterfeit currency, Sausalito police said.
The Lexus had been reported stolen from Fremont the day before. It had entered Sausalito at the 4000 block of Bridgeway when the alert sounded.
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Officers soon found the Lexus near the intersection of Bridgeway and Harbor Drive, and pulled it over near Nevada Street, where they detained Erkel without incident.
The car was searched, and officers found suspected methamphetamine and a counterfeit $100 bill.
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