28-01-2025
Oklahoma City Police use advanced tech to track armed robbery suspects in real time
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — There are new details on how police quickly arrested a man and two teens accused of stealing a car from the Omni hotel last year. The armed robbery suspects were tracked down with high-tech cameras at the Real Time Information Center at the Oklahoma City Police Department.
The 911 call came on November 26 after a car was reported stolen.
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'The victim was approached by the suspect who had a gun and stole his vehicle,' said Keri W., the Senior Criminal Analyst at Oklahoma City Police Department.
The victim told police two masked men drove away in his black Dodge Charger and once the call came through, Oklahoma City Police used their Real Time Information Center to follow the car.
'He only had a partial tag. We were able to use our resources and find his full tag,' said Keri W.
The team said they put the tag into another database and got a hit, so they pulled up traffic cameras on the street to track the car.
'Saw it going through that intersection, pulled up the next intersection and got it turning into a gas station,' said Shelby H., a crime analyst at the Oklahoma City Police Department.
The team kept officers informed as the car made moves on the camera.
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'In the Real Time Information Center, we're doing things live, in real-time while it's happening,' said Shelby H.
Eventually, the car crashed into the backyard of someone's house and the driver ran off. Police ended up finding him in another yard.
To find the other suspect, the high-tech cameras were used again.
'The other suspect was picked up by a gold Malibu so Keri and I started searching for gold Malibu's,' said Shelby H.
Officers eventually found and arrested the other teen suspect, as well as Isaiah Holland.
Police said Holland, a former valet at the hotel, planned the robbery. He is due in court next Monday.
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