In Gwinnett County, Ga. they have some new infrared license plate scanners capable of scanning up to 15 plates per second.
It seems that not everyone got the news.
Mike Morris – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Thursday, June 25, 2009
When William Harold Brown drove past Deputy James Redfern on Indian Trail Road, the license plate recognition system installed in Redfern’s patrol car alerted him that the tag on Brown’s 1998 Hyundai Accent was stolen, said Gwinnett sheriff’s spokeswoman Stacey Bourbonnais.
The deputy followed Brown, 34, until he stopped at a nearby laundromat, Bourbonnais said.
“The deputy approached Mr. Brown, spoke with him and informed him he was under arrest for having a stolen license plate on his vehicle,” she said.
Our desperado is now in cuffs. End of story right? — Of course not.
Brown then told the deputy “that there were a lot of weapons in his vehicle and that he had just returned from shooting,” Bourbonnais said.
“Deputy Redfern located in the vehicle two shotguns, one rifle, six handguns and a large case that contained 1,249 rounds of ammunition for the different guns,” she said.
Deputies later discovered that Brown had a prior burglary conviction in South Carolina.
“Because he is a convicted felon, he is not allowed to own firearms,” Bourbonnais said. “He was charged with nine counts of possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, theft by receiving and driving with a suspended/revoked driver’s license.”
He’s a convicted felon driving a 98 Hyundai with stolen tags. –Probably because he didn’t have any money to buy and register a car since he seems to have spent all his hard earned/stolen cash on guns and ammunition– and he decided to do it in one of the few places in the country with the latest technology installed in their cop cars.
Now that’s a bad day.
