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On March 14, 2018 a neighbor's car that was parked outside his house was involved in a hit and run. His house is located about 1 block away further up the hill from our house. A Few days after the incident (Sunday March 18, 2018), this neighbor (who I never met before) knocked on our door and asked me if by any chance one of my security cameras might have seen something. He gave me a 23 hour window that the hit and run could have occurred. He told me that some digits from the suspects vehicle license plate were left impressed on his bumper. He was able to see 2 digits completely and a 3rd partial digit. He also said that the suspect vehicle appeared to have a license plate frame around the plate with some writing on it but he wasn't able to read any of the lettering from his bumper.
A few weeks earlier I had added my first license plate camera a Dahua IPC-HFW5231E-Z12 and it was pointed at the street he lives on. After reviewing the captures from that camera I found 1 possible vehicle. It was a truck that appeared to have some damage around the license plate area and bumper. The license plate number had the 2 digits he had given me. When I gave the victim the full license plate number he told me that he had been able to see a third digit on his bumper and that full plate number was an exact match to his bumper.
The truck was a company owned commercial vehicle with a company name stamped all around the truck. Because of an incident the day before the hit and run, I remembered seeing this vehicle drive down the same street when reviewing another incident. When I checked the video from the day before the hit and run I found the same vehicle with no damage around the license plate and bumper. I gave the photos of the truck to the hit and run victim. He gave the photos to the police and they found driver. The insurance company for the commercial truck agreed to pay the claim of the hit and run victim. I don't know what happened to the driver of the truck, but the victim was very grateful and offered me $100.00 for my time. I declined the money and told him that I was glad I could help a neighbor.
Here are 3 photos from the incident. The first photo shows the victims damaged BMW car. The victim told me that the impact was so great that his car had moved 7 feet from where it had been parked and that his undercarriage was damaged. The second photo shows the hit and run vehicle the day before the crash. The 3rd photo shows the hit and run vehicle right after the crash.
A few weeks earlier I had added my first license plate camera a Dahua IPC-HFW5231E-Z12 and it was pointed at the street he lives on. After reviewing the captures from that camera I found 1 possible vehicle. It was a truck that appeared to have some damage around the license plate area and bumper. The license plate number had the 2 digits he had given me. When I gave the victim the full license plate number he told me that he had been able to see a third digit on his bumper and that full plate number was an exact match to his bumper.
The truck was a company owned commercial vehicle with a company name stamped all around the truck. Because of an incident the day before the hit and run, I remembered seeing this vehicle drive down the same street when reviewing another incident. When I checked the video from the day before the hit and run I found the same vehicle with no damage around the license plate and bumper. I gave the photos of the truck to the hit and run victim. He gave the photos to the police and they found driver. The insurance company for the commercial truck agreed to pay the claim of the hit and run victim. I don't know what happened to the driver of the truck, but the victim was very grateful and offered me $100.00 for my time. I declined the money and told him that I was glad I could help a neighbor.
Here are 3 photos from the incident. The first photo shows the victims damaged BMW car. The victim told me that the impact was so great that his car had moved 7 feet from where it had been parked and that his undercarriage was damaged. The second photo shows the hit and run vehicle the day before the crash. The 3rd photo shows the hit and run vehicle right after the crash.
