Rio Rancho Man Arrested for Destroying License Plate Reader Cameras

Name: Rio Rancho Man Arrested for Destroying License Plate Reader Cameras
Uploaded: 2026-09-10T22:31:56.320018Z
Duration: 127 s
Description: News report on a Rio Rancho, New Mexico vandalism case where a man destroyed Flock license plate reader cameras and replaced them with flags. Useful for viewers tracking surveillance backlash, ALPR privacy debates and law enforcement technology security incidents.

News report on a Rio Rancho, New Mexico vandalism case where a man destroyed Flock license plate reader cameras and replaced them with flags. Useful for viewers tracking surveillance backlash, ALPR privacy debates and law enforcement technology security incidents.

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odd case in Rio Rancho where license plate reader cameras were destroyed, then replaced with a flag. Police say the man behind the crime cost the city thousands in damages. News 13's Bianca Hoops has that video. A series of vandalized cameras have Rio Rancho police questioning who did it. So that's what our ALPRs were, the license plate reader. Someone stole the reader and replaced it with this flag. the same thing happened yesterday off of metal work. When did they do that? I have no idea. In May, Rio Rancho police found at least three flock cameras, also known as license plate readers, destroyed. The solar panels attached to them were stolen. Then a flag was hung on top of the camera poles. Is there a reason why they're doing this? Do you guys have an idea? I think it's somebody who doesn't like license plate readers. Within days of the investigation, police pull over a truck the description of the car tied to the flaw camera incidents. In the car they find multiple flags that were similar to the ones in the vandalized cases. The driver 44 year old Javon Martinez was arrested for an unrelated warrant and has since then been released. Police say Martinez admitted to the vandalism when they asked about the flags and he even took videos on his phone every time. Oh look at my work gentlemen. So all these cameras popping around the flock cameras, they are not ours. Look at that. Then within a week, Rio Rancho police got a warrant to look out for some of the missing equipment at Martinez's home. Even bringing in a SWAT team because of his criminal history, including assault. Because I'm missing three solar panels and one flock camera. Like I said, I threw them in the trash, put them on the side. Because we... we tracked one here in this area police say martinez caused more than twenty thousand dollars worth of damages and the reason this happened john barn is because of the history that you haven't worked oh yeah i'm looking forward to it i'm so looking forward to this you have no