Innocent woman says police use of Flock camera led to 13 days in jail

Lindsey Brooke Isaacs was asleep at home when and told the 23-year-old that her car had been involved in a crash that killed three people. She knew they had the wrong person. Her black Dodge Durango showed no obvious collision damage, and she had a receipt showing where she had been.

Still, the investigation eventually and 13 days in jail. "My heart was in my stomach," Lindsey told me on The CyberGuy Report Podcast at Cyberguy.com/podcast/. "I didn't know what was going on."

Months later, prosecutors dropped all eight felony charges against her and investigators arrested another woman in connection with the crash. Her case now raises a bigger question about how much weight investigators should give license plate camera data when a person's freedom is on the line.

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LICENSE PLATE CAMERAS ARE TRACKING DRIVERS EVERYWHERE

The deadly crash happened on Oct. 4, 2025, along eastbound Interstate 4 near DeBary, Florida. Motorcyclist Joaquin Deno died. Flagler County Deputy Administrator Jorge Salinas and his wife, Nancy Salinas, also died. Witnesses reported that a Dodge Durango was involved.

Investigators found Lindsey's black Dodge Durango through a Flock automated license plate reader. The camera recorded her vehicle traveling eastbound near the Seminole and Volusia county line at 9:51 p.m. That camera was about three miles west of the crash scene. The crash happened around 9:53 p.m. That timing became especially important later.

Lindsey's attorney, Patrick McGeehan, said his team performed a time-distance analysis and concluded Lindsey was already beyond the crash location when the collision occurred. So the camera really did capture Lindsey's vehicle. The problem came from what investigators concluded from that sighting. Lindsey put it more bluntly during our conversation. "They just picked up my car off a camera and called it the end of the day. We got her."

The Flock camera hit was far from the only information investigators had. A 911 caller described a maroon Dodge Durango and provided part of its license plate number. Later, investigators also found red or maroon paint transfer on a Ford Focus involved in the crash.

Meanwhile, Lindsey drove a black Dodge Durango. A specialized team later inspected Lindsey's vehicle and reported finding no damage suggesting it had been involved in a collision with another vehicle.

That finding lined up with something Lindsey said she had been telling investigators from the beginning. "Where is the damage on the vehicle?" she recalled asking police. "Because I'm standing right in front of it and I don't see any damage." Still, authorities impounded her SUV. Months passed.

On April 17, 2026, Lindsey got a call from her attorney. She had to surrender that day. "They are arresting you for this crime," Lindsey recalled him telling her. She faced eight felony charges: three counts of vehicular homicide, three coun