Kenner police arrested an Alabama man on May 16 after an automated license-plate camera pinged his vehicle, pulling a robbery suspect into a Williams Boulevard traffic stop.
Officers say they found the car in a business parking lot along Williams Boulevard and watched as the driver, identified by authorities as Anthony Obdulio Tabora-Casco, got into the vehicle with a second person. Police then conducted a traffic stop a short time later.
According to investigators, Tabora-Casco was booked on vehicle-related violations after officers determined he had never been issued a valid driver’s license and that the car was uninsured. During an inventory of the vehicle, officers reported finding a black BB-style gun designed to look like a real firearm, along with a face covering.
Kenner police say the stop followed an alert from the Flock Safety camera network that had been entered by Alabama investigators in connection with an armed-robbery probe. Evidence from the stop was forwarded to the Cordova Police Department in Alabama, and the car was towed in accordance with state law, as reported by WDSU.
Flock Cameras And Williams Boulevard Cases
Detectives in Jefferson Parish have leaned on automated plate readers for other Williams Boulevard cases this month, using camera footage to track suspect vehicles in a separate attempted-robbery probe earlier in May. used Flock footage to identify a gray Sentra tied to that case, while Flock Safety describes its platform as building searchable vehicle “fingerprints” that investigators can trace across a network of participating cameras.
Privacy And Oversight Questions
At the same time, lawmakers and security researchers have raised questions about the company’s security practices and the broader privacy implications of large automated license-plate reader networks. TechCrunch has reported that senators urged the Federal Trade Commission to probe whether Flock enforces multi-factor authentication after evidence surfaced of compromised logins that could grant outsiders access to law-enforcement camera data.
Kenner police emphasized the stop was a vehicle-related investigation and said the information gathered during the traffic stop was forwarded to investigators in Alabama. The department has not announced additional charges tied to the out-of-state robbery, and the broader probe remains active. Authorities asked anyone with information to contact investigators, as WDSU noted.
