{"id":390833,"date":"2026-09-04T23:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/390833\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T23:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:51:12","slug":"flock-license-plate-readers-used-to-find-driver-in-deadly-hit-and-run-st-pete-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/390833\/","title":{"rendered":"Flock license plate readers used to find driver in deadly hit-and-run: St. Pete police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Video above: See the week&#8217;s top headlines in Tampa Bay<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 St. Petersburg police announced Friday that they arrested a driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash with the help of Flock license plate readers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to police, Ashleigh Az&#8217;Janae Zinn was driving a red Kia Forte south on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South near 15th Avenue South on Aug. 8 when she hit a woman walking in a marked crosswalk near 15th Avenue South.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators said Zinn struck the 47-year-old woman and left without stopping to help or call for assistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:St. Pete man dies after being struck by 4 cars on I-275: FHP;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.wfla.com\/news\/pinellas-county\/st-pete-man-dies-after-being-struck-by-4-cars-on-i-275-fhp\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0St. Pete man dies after being struck by 4 cars on I-275: FHP\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The woman was taken to a hospital, where she died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators said they used Flock license plate readers to locate Zinn after a warrant was issued for her arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office arrested Zinn and booked her into the Hillsborough County Jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She is awaiting extradition to the Pinellas County Jail to face a charge of failure to stop or remain at a crash involving death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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