62岁华人女子涉嫌在Atherton旧物甩卖偷走翡翠首饰被捕，警方靠车牌识别锁定车辆
位于加利福尼亚州圣马特奥县的Atherton镇近日发生一起旧物甩卖盗窃案。Atherton警察局11月9日逮捕了62岁的Xiaochun Zhang，警方说，她涉嫌在一场住宅旧物甩卖（estate sale）上偷走一件翡翠首饰，警方靠车牌识别摄像头锁定了她的车辆。
警方说，盗窃发生在11月7日（周六），地点是Adam Way一户正在举办旧物甩卖的住宅。甩卖负责人事后查看现场监控录像，发现一名女子在甩卖期间从屋内拿走一件翡翠首饰，于11月8日傍晚向警方报案，警方按入室盗窃案件受理。
接报后，Atherton警察局利用Flock车牌识别摄像头追踪涉案女子的车辆，于11月9日将住在Sunnyvale的Xiaochun Zhang逮捕。她以涉嫌盗窃被捕，涉案翡翠首饰的估值以及检方是否提出正式指控，警方尚未公布。
Atherton位于圣马特奥县南部，毗邻Menlo Park与Palo Alto，是全美房价最高的社区之一。
资料引用：Palo Alto Daily Post、The Almanac
Woman, 62, Arrested on Suspicion of Stealing Jade Jewelry at Atherton Estate Sale After Plate Readers Tracked Her Car
Police in Atherton, a town in San Mateo County, California, have arrested a 62-year-old woman in an estate sale theft. The Atherton Police Department arrested Xiaochun Zhang on November 9, saying she stole a piece of jade jewelry during a residential estate sale and that license plate reader cameras led officers to her car.
The theft happened on Saturday, November 7, at a home on Adam Way that was holding an estate sale, police said. The person running the sale later reviewed security camera footage and saw a woman take a piece of jade jewelry from inside the home during the sale, then reported it to police the following evening, November 8. Police took the report as a burglary.
Using Flock license plate readers, Atherton police tracked the woman's car and arrested Zhang, who lives in Sunnyvale, on November 9 on suspicion of theft. Police have not released the value of the jade piece, or whether prosecutors have filed formal charges.
Atherton, in southern San Mateo County next to Menlo Park and Palo Alto, is one of the most expensive housing markets in the United States.
Reference: Palo Alto Daily Post; The Almanac
来源：Atherton警察局
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图片来源：图：Flock车牌识别摄像头（摄于加利福尼亚州Hayward）。Atherton警方在本案中正是利用这类摄像头追踪涉案车辆。RailTypes摄，CC0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A Flock license plate reader camera in Hayward, California. Atherton police used this type of camera to track the suspect's vehicle in this case. By RailTypes, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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