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Florida man’s own dashboard camera lands him in jail

Associated Press

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

The Palm Beach Post reported 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.