Florida man’s own dashboard camera lands him in jail

FILE: Prison Cell (Yenwen Lu, Getty)
FILE: Prison Cell (Yenwen Lu, Getty)

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ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man ended up in jail after his dashboard camera showed police more than he intended.

The Palm Beach Post reports that 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 Tuesday on burglary charges. Records don’t list a lawyer. (Continued below.)

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Information from: The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post, http://www.pbpost.com

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