A Virginia mother says a police surveillance technology error turned her life upside down after officers arrived at her home in the middle of the night, accused her vehicle of being connected to a shooting and towed her car, only for authorities to acknowledge that they had identified the wrong vehicle.
Rosalyn Crump told 12 On Your Side that the incident left her frightened, without reliable transportation and struggling with the consequences of losing her vehicle. She said she also lost one of her jobs following the ordeal.
The incident began shortly before 2 a.m. on July 29, when Richmond police arrived at Crump’s home on Sussex Street and prepared to tow her 2012 Hyundai Elantra. Investigators believed the car was connected to a drive-by shooting on St. James Street hours earlier that left two people injured…