A Florida woman who spent 13 days in jail after being accused of causing a crash that killed three people took her story to the U.S. Senate, describing how a Flock Safety license plate camera record became part of an investigation that ultimately focused on the wrong Dodge Durango.
Lindsey Isaacs, 23, of Palm Coast, was arrested in April on eight felony charges stemming from an Oct. 4, 2025, crash on Interstate 4 in Volusia County. Prosecutors later dropped the case against her, and another driver was charged in connection with the same collision.
The Flock camera had captured Isaacs’ black 2025 Durango a few miles west of the crash. But Isaacs’ account and her pending federal civil-rights lawsuit point to evidence that did not fit that theory, including a witness description of a maroon Durango, a partial license plate that did not match hers, and the condition of her SUV.
Isaacs appeared before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism during a Sept. 23 hearing examining Flock Safety and the expanding use of automated license plate readers.
At Her Door
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Isaacs told senators she spent Oct. 4 with her mother before driving from Palm Coast to a store in Davenport. She stopped for gas, remained at the store for about an hour, and returned home around 10:25 p.m.
Hours later, an FHP trooper and three Marion County sheriff’s deputies arrived at her parents’ home in Ocala looking for her.
Her parents directed them to Isaacs’ apartment in Palm Coast. By about 4:45 a.m., she said, troopers were outside and an impound truck was taking away her Durango.
“I gave the troopers my receipt and information showing where I had been,” Isaacs testified. “I told them that I had not been involved in any crash.”
Troopers told her the SUV had damage consistent with the fatal collision. Isaacs said she could not see the damage they were describing.
Her Durango remained in FHP custody for more than six months.
A Different Durango
Isaacs later learned that a Flock automated license plate recognition camera had captured her Durango roughly two to three miles west of the crash site.
Investigators were trying to identify a Dodge Durango involved in the collision.
But Isaacs testified that witnesses had described that vehicle as maroon. She also said 911 callers provided information about the Durango, including the first three characters of its license plate: “458.”
The federal lawsuit and case records reviewed by Law Commentary describe another potentially important detail: the Flock camera recorded Isaacs’ Durango near the Seminole-Volusia county line at approximately 9:51 p.m., while the collision happened roughly two minutes later and about three miles away.
Isaacs’ lawsuit alleges that the timing, the maroon vehicle description, and the partial plate information were not included in the affidavit used to obtain her arrest warrant.
Those claims are allegations in pending civil litigation and have not been decided by the federal court.
Eight Felony Charges
On April 17, 2026, Isaacs was ordered to surrender at the Volusia County jail.
She faced eight felony charges, including three counts of vehicular homicide.
Isaacs testified that she initially spent approximately three and a half days in solitary confinement because of the severity of the charges and while awaiting an evaluation. She was later moved through a mental health unit before being transferred to a maximum-security housing unit.
A judge denied her bond on April 22.
Six days later, defense attorney Patrick McGeehan presented photographs of the Durango sitting in the FHP impound lot.
Isaacs told senators the photographs showed the vehicle without the collision damage investigators had claimed was present.
“That prompted the state to reevaluate my vehicle and the case against me,” she testified.
The Case Turns
The vehicle received another examination.
According to Isaacs’ federal lawsuit, FHP’s Specialized Investigation and Reconstruction Team found no damage suggesting her Durango had struck another vehicle. Evidence on the Ford Focus involved in the crash instead included red or maroon paint transfer.
Isaacs was granted bond April 29.
After 13 days in custody, she walked out of jail and into the arms of her parents.
The State Attorney’s Office filed a No Information on May 22, declining to prosecute all eight charges against her.
Later that day, Alisa Lee Montalvo was arrested in connection with the crash. She was charged with nine felonies, including three counts of vehicular homicide, and has pleaded not guilty.
A Federal Lawsuit
Isaacs filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit in June against FHP Sgts. Tiffany Jateff and Joshua Buday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
The complaint accuses the troopers of false arrest, wrongful imprisonment, and malicious prosecution. Among its allegations are that investigators described damage to Isaacs’ Durango that was not actually there and omitted evidence that pointed away from her vehicle when seeking the arrest warrant.
The lawsuit remains pending.
Flock Safety, meanwhile, has disputed claims that its technology caused Isaacs’ arrest. The company has said its cameras provide investigative leads rather than determine who committed a crime.
That distinction is also important to Isaacs’ account. Her argument is not that the camera inaccurately recorded her Durango. It is that the camera record became one piece of an investigation despite other evidence she says pointed away from her.
Before The Senate
The broader Senate hearing examined how police departments use automated license plate reader networks and what safeguards exist around the enormous collections of vehicle-location records they create.
Representatives from Flock Safety, Axon Enterprise, Motorola Solutions, and Verkada were invited to testify but did not appear. Other witnesses included privacy advocates, a sheriff, and cybersecurity engineer Benn Jordan.
Isaacs kept her own closing remarks focused on what happened after a camera captured her vehicle.
“In my case, a Flock camera captured my vehicle a few miles from the scene of a terrible crash,” she told senators. “That piece of information became part of an investigation that ultimately led to my arrest on three counts of vehicular homicide and 13 days in jail for a crash I had nothing to do with.”
She stopped short of telling lawmakers what conclusion they should draw from her experience.
“I’m not here to tell you how to do your jobs,” Isaacs said. “I’m here to tell you what happened to me.”