Volusia County Sheriffs Capture Robbery Suspect with Assistance from NDI License Plate Technology

NDI Recognition Systems’ license plate reader (LPR) technology helped Volusia County Sheriff’s Deputies arrest a suspect in the January 6, 2017 armed robbery of an e-cigarette store near Orange City, FL.

The person of interest is also a suspect in several other robbery cases in Central Florida and was already wanted in Volusia County on a warrant, charging him with burglary, grand theft, dealing in stolen property and giving false information to a pawnbroker. Surveillance images and witness descriptions were also used to identify the suspect and help in his capture.

The burglary-related charges stem from a break-in on Fergason Avenue in Deltona. Around 4:52 p.m. Jan. 6, deputies responded to a home where the front door was kicked in and a guitar was stolen.

Using surveillance video from a nearby residence, detectives identified a newer-model white SUV that pulled up to the house at the time of the burglary. A man exited the vehicle, then returned about six minutes later and drove away.

The SUV matched the description of the one seen in surveillance footage of the E-Cig robbery, which occurred earlier that afternoon, just before 4 p.m. on North Volusia Avenue near Orange City.

Detectives soon reviewed other camera footage in Deltona and spotted a white SUV driving on Providence Boulevard. Using license-plate reader technology, detectives and analysts with the Volusia County Crime Center identified the vehicle as a 2016 Toyota RAV-4 with a partial tag that came back with a potential match to Strickland’s address on Harwick Lane.

Then detectives discovered the suspect’s physical description matched that of the armed suspect who robbed the E-Cigarette store.

Next, an investigator started looking for any recent pawn-shop transactions involving the suspect. He found several in recent months, including one on Jan. 6. It was the guitar stolen during that day’s residential burglary, pawned for $65.

Deputies went to the suspect’s house just after 9 a.m. to serve the search warrant, and the suspect was taken into custody and interviewed. He was taken to the Volusia County Branch Jail and held without bond.

About NDI Recognition Sytems

NDI-Recognition Systems is a global provider of Automatic Number Plate Recognition Systems (ANPR/ALPR) for law enforcement, military and commercial markets. For nearly 30 years NDI Recognition Systems has designed, manufactured, and delivered customer-driven license plate technologies. Our technologies help to alleviate the tedious, and often manual, task of identifying unregistered or stolen vehicles, persons of interest and organized crime. With headquarters in both the US and UK, NDI Recognition Systems remains committed to ongoing research and development for the advancement recognition systems.