A Redwood City man and woman are facing armed robbery charges after San José police say license plate camera technology helped detectives track down the vehicle used in a July 4 robbery that left two victims struck in the head with a firearm. Jose Hilario, 29, and Alejandra Plancarte, 28, were arrested on October 6 in Redwood City, more than three months after the attack unfolded in a parking lot in the 1100 block of South King Road.
According to the San José Police Media Relations
account, the robbery happened at approximately 8:02 p.m. on July 4, when a male suspect approached two victims near their parked vehicle, brandished a firearm, and forcibly took cash and belongings before striking both victims in the head with the gun. Police say the male suspect fled the scene in a vehicle before officers arrived, while a female suspect operated that vehicle during the robbery.
Camera Network Leads Detectives to Redwood City
SJPD Robbery Unit detectives investigated the case and used automated license plate reader cameras to identify the suspect vehicle, eventually naming Hilario and Plancarte as the two primary suspects and obtaining arrest warrants for both. The department’s Real-Time Intelligence Center is housed within the Bureau of Investigations, according to the San Jose Police Department…