Between April 1 and Oct. 12 last year, a man in Suffolk, Virginia, allegedly destroyed 13 AI-powered license plate reader cameras built by the surveillance company Flock Safety.
Jeffrey Scott Sovern, 41, who was arrested and later released on Oct. 17, doesn’t admit to vandalizing the surveillance cameras that have stirred controversy around the country. But he told Straight Arrow News he believes license plate reader systems are unconstitutional — and that Flock Safety is responsible for ushering in “an unhealthy surveillance state.”
Sovern, an engineer, is charged with 13 counts of felony destruction of property, six counts of possessing burglary tools and six counts of petit larceny. Investigators say a search warrant executed at Sovern’s residence uncovered components that included six solar panels used by Flock’s cameras. He has pleaded not guilty…