PD: License plate reader used to track down deadly Phoenix hit-and-run suspect

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Phoenix police said Wednesday license plate reader cameras helped detectives identify and arrest a suspect after a 64-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run late last week.

Nivyabandi Augustin, 53, was arrested Tuesday.

According to police, the victim, whose name has not been released, was crossing Indian School Road near 32nd Avenue outside the crosswalk on Friday at about 6:30 p.m. when he was hit by two drivers…

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