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Associated Press affiliate KTAR-FM reports
[...] after 25-year-old Xavier Moran was involved in a crash on April 5, he told a sheriff's deputy he had been cut off by another driver and could prove it with his dashboard camera. He then signed a consent waiver to search the camera.
When the Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy reviewed the footage, he saw Moran burglarizing a beauty store. Authorities say the video showed Moran taking a baseball bat from the trunk and someone using the bat to break the glass door to the store.
He was arrested [April 10] on burglary charges.
Boing Boing further reports that the guy just can't stay out of trouble.
I first heard the story via NPR's "news" quiz show "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me".
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Wow! Look!! A stray meatball!! Let's interview it!
(Score: 4, Funny) by terrab0t on Tuesday May 01 2018, @12:07PM (1 child)
I was thinking the same thing. I would consult my lawyer and submit only the relevant dash cam footage in court.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by DannyB on Tuesday May 01 2018, @06:20PM
Talk with lawyer: Good.
Submit only partial footage: Bad.
The other side is probably going to want the entire original recording media. Not something extracted and potentially edited. They, and their experts get access to the evidence while a full copy is made in the presence of both sets of lawyers.
If all you want to present is an "edit" or extracted portion, this instantly raises lots of thorny questions. Did you edit this? How do I know you didn't edit it? I want this video evidence thrown out of court... through the 3rd floor window. Motion to strike... the plaintiff! Etc.
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