Sheriff’s deputies thought they’d stopped a criminal. But license plate cameras led them to the wrong person

Ann Nomura was driving to work at a nursing home in Hayward on March 4 when an Alameda County Sheriff’s patrol car appeared in her review mirror, lights lit.

She pulled over near the Hayward City Hall, annoyed that she might be late.

But irritation turned to confusion when several more deputies parked behind her car and one of them used his vehicle’s speaker to order her to exit the car with her hands up. She stepped out slowly, holding her registration in one hand…

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