A Honda taken in an alleged armed carjacking turned up more than a day later looking a little different: someone had spray-painted the sedan black.
The Aurora Police Department said officers first responded just before 4 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, after a reported carjacking. The victim’s son told officers the suspect displayed a handgun, threatened the victim and took the Honda.
Police entered the sedan into their system as stolen, but it did not resurface until the following morning.
Just before 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, a Flock camera in a nearby high school parking lot detected the Honda. Police said a later alert showed the car had been spray-painted black in an apparent attempt to conceal it.
Found Again
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Two school resource officers located the Honda shortly before noon near East Mississippi Avenue and South Chambers Road.
Additional officers were still responding to help make the traffic stop when the Honda took off. Police said officers had not yet activated their emergency lights.
The Honda then ran a stop sign and crashed into another vehicle. Nobody was injured.
Four Students
Four male juveniles were taken into custody after the crash. Police said all four were students at the same high school where the Flock camera had detected the stolen Honda earlier that morning.
The department did not identify the juveniles or announce what charges, if any, each could face.
Aurora Police used the case to point to its use of Flock cameras around schools, saying the technology helped officers locate the stolen vehicle before anyone else was hurt.
The department also directed residents to its published safeguards concerning student and public privacy. Police did not identify which high school generated the camera alert.