St. Petersburg police credit Flock license plate readers with helping locate the suspect.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Police are crediting Flock license plate readers with helping make an arrest in a fatal hit-and-run nearly one month later.
The crash happened on Aug. 8 at the intersection of Dr. MLK Street South and 15th Avenue South.
St. Petersburg police said the victim, a 47-year-old woman, was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk when a vehicle entered the intersection and struck her.
The vehicle then reportedly fled the scene without stopping.
The victim was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.
Following the crash, police began searching for the suspect vehicle described as a dark colored sedan.
The vehicle, a red Kia Forte, was later identified on a Flock camera.
Through further investigation, police obtained an arrest warrant for the driver, 30-year-old Ashleigh Az’Janae Zinn.
Zinn was arrested in Hillsborough County late Thursday night and is awaiting extradition to the Pinellas County Jail.
She faces one count of failure to stop/remain at a crash involving death.