<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2wjbFG_0zfefcGA00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2wjbFG_0zfefcGA00" width="1320" height="743" >LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Cameras that capture license plates helped Las Vegas police identify a suspect car and later a suspect accused in punching a woman multiple times after a minor crash between their cars.A neighbor recorded a 22 second video of a man hitting and kicking a woman identified as Sarah Goolsby on June 9 by Rainbow Blvd near Tropicana.Goolsby claimed the two had a minor crash. They both stopped their cars in the far left hand lane, got out and that’s when she said the man started to hit her. He drove away before a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer driving by on the opposite side of the road made a U-turn to provide assistance after seeing the two cars stopped in the road.Goolsby nor did the neighbor see the license plate number associated with the car.In court documents obtained by News 3, a detective testified conducting a License Plate Recognition (LPR) search of a “red sedan” and later refined the search by using the mapping system. That initiated several results with one seeming to match the suspect car recorded by a neighbor’s camera of a man attacking a woman on June 9. The detective said the car in the video had distinctive features including a sunroof and chrome accent that helped him identify the car seen using the LPR.A search of Nevada DMV records using the license plate seen on the car returned the vehicle was registered to Jose Soriano. Prior arrest photos were used to compare Soriano’s identity to the person seen attacking a woman. An arrest report stated that “these sources confirmed Soriano’s identity, showing identical physical attributes, such as build, nose shape and hairstyle.”Soriano was identified and arrested in Newport News, VA on Aug. 12, but a judge dismissed his case after authorities did not receive the proper paperwork for extradition from the Clark County District Attorney’s Office, as first reported by News 3 in September.Soriano was arrested again on Oct. 2 in Sterling, Virginia and extradited to Las Vegas in December after the Clark County District Attorney’s office obtained a governor’s warrant because Soriano refused to voluntarily return to Nevada. He was booked in the Clark County Detention Center on Dec. 27 and had a preliminary hearing on Jan. 13.Soriano’s attorney Layla Medina filed a petition on Mar. 11 arguing there was not sufficient evidence to charge her client and questioned the authenticity of the stills captured from the LPR.In Soriano’s arrest report, it stated that they were captured by an LPR on June 9 around 6:30 p.m.However, Medina questioned the detective’s testimony during a preliminary hearing because it did not have an exact date, time and location on the stills. However, the detective tried to say it was a download before being interrupted by Medina. He did later say “I would say 100 percent that is the vehicle” when questioned that he wouldn’t be able to say with 100 percent certainty the stills match the car seen on a video.A hearing is scheduled for the petition on March 31 with a jury trial scheduled for June 16.</div></body>

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LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Cameras that capture license plates helped Las Vegas police identify a suspect car and later a suspect accused in punching a woman multiple times after a minor crash between their cars. A neighbor recorded a 22 second video of a man hitting and kicking a...

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License plate readers aid in identifying suspect in beating case

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