{"id":390793,"date":"2026-09-04T23:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/390793\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T23:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:01:19","slug":"flock-cameras-help-police-arrest-woman-in-deadly-st-pete-hit-and-run-sppd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/390793\/","title":{"rendered":"Flock cameras help police arrest woman in deadly St. Pete hit-and-run: SPPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police identified 28-year-old Ashleigh Az&#8217;Janae Zinn using license plate readers after a hit-and-run crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 47-year-old woman died after being struck while walking in a marked crosswalk on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zinn was arrested in Hillsborough County and faces extradition to Pinellas County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. &#8211; A woman was arrested after being accused of crashing her sedan in a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian in August, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>St. Petersburg deadly hit-and-run arrest<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The backstory<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say a red Kia Forte was driving south on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South around 2 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, as the car approached 15th Avenue South.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to reports, Ashleigh Az&#8217;Janae Zinn, 28, hit Kendra Dillard, 47, who was walking inside a marked crosswalk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Law enforcement said Zinn fled the scene without stopping to help or calling 911.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PREVIOUS: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Neighbors demand safety changes after deadly St. Pete crosswalk crash;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/neighbors-demand-safety-changes-after-deadly-st-pete-crosswalk-crash\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Neighbors demand safety changes after deadly St. Pete crosswalk crash<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Paramedics said they took Dillard to Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital, where she died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dig deeper<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zinn was identified using Flock cameras, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators state a warrant was obtained for her arrest. Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies arrested Zinn on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What&#8217;s next<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities say Zinn is awaiting extradition to Pinellas County to face a charge of failure to stop\/remain at a crash involving death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The information in this story was gathered from official press updates provided by the St. Petersburg Police Department and arrest records from the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Police identified 28-year-old Ashleigh Az&#8217;Janae Zinn using license plate readers after a hit-and-run crash. 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