Documented Incident

Florida woman jailed 13 days after Flock search led troopers to wrong Dodge Durango

Event: October 4, 2025 · First reported: August 13, 2026 · 7 sources

After an October 4, 2025 hit-and-run pileup on Interstate 4 near Sanford, Florida, that killed three people, Florida Highway Patrol investigators searched Flock automated license plate reader data for a Dodge Durango and arrested 23-year-old Lindsey Isaacs, the owner of a black Durango. Isaacs faced eight felony counts, including three counts of vehicular homicide, was initially held without bond and spent 13 days in jail before release on $250,000 bail. According to reporting by Reason and court filings, later crash-reconstruction work found her vehicle had no damage, the victim car bore red or maroon paint transfer, her airbag had not deployed, and a 911 caller reported a partial plate that did not match hers. Prosecutors dropped the charges roughly seven months after the crash when police arrested Alisa Montalvo, whose red Durango allegedly showed damage and signs of concealment.

Key facts

• Crash occurred October 4, 2025 on I-4 near Sanford, Florida; three people died, including motorcyclist Joaquin Deno.
• Isaacs' Durango was seized within hours and impounded; she was not arrested until roughly six months later, after she sued seeking its return.
• She was held without bond initially, spent 13 days in jail, and was released on $250,000 bail; charges were dismissed about seven months after the crash.
• Flock states it operates more than 120,000 cameras across 49 states with over 20 billion vehicle reads per month and cites 96 percent character-read accuracy; Roseville, California police reported 71 percent of their Flock alerts were incorrect.
• The Institute for Justice counts at least 27 wrongful stop or arrest cases since 2018 and at least 39 instances of officers using ALPRs to surveil intimate partners, most since 2024.

Timeline

• August 13, 2026Flock cameras and license plate readers are everywhere. Can we trust cops with them?
• August 13, 2026She Spent 7 Months in Legal Hell After Cops Used Flock Surveillance To Identify the Wrong Car
• September 18, 2026Flock Camera Ping Jails Innocent Woman For 13 Days
• September 23, 2026Senate hearing on Flock cameras to include Florida woman wrongfully arrested for fatal crash
• September 25, 2026Flock photo plays part in ex-Palm Coast woman's wrongful arrest

Sources

This summary was written from the published reporting below and links to it; BlockFlockNow does not reproduce article text.

• Flock cameras and license plate readers are everywhere. Can we trust cops with them? (Reason Magazine, August 13, 2026)
• She Spent 7 Months in Legal Hell After Cops Used Flock Surveillance To Identify the Wrong Car (Freerepublic, August 13, 2026)
• She Spent 7 Months in Legal Hell After Cops Used Flock Surveillance To Identify the Wrong Car (yahoo.com, August 14, 2026)
• Flock Camera Ping Jails Innocent Woman For 13 Days (Zerohedge, September 18, 2026)
• Senate hearing on Flock cameras to include Florida woman wrongfully arrested for fatal crash (Wkmg, September 23, 2026)
• Senate hearing on Flock cameras to include Florida woman wrongfully arrested for fatal crash (WKMG, September 22, 2026)
• Flock photo plays part in ex-Palm Coast woman's wrongful arrest (Daytona Beach News-Journal, September 25, 2026)

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Updated September 28, 2026. Corrections: blockflock@bytebunny.io. See all documented incidents or search the full article archive.