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"Get-a-Waymo: How a burglar used a robotaxi to flee the scene in a first-of-its kind S.F. case
The getaway car was parked just outside the Marina yoga studio, idling in the January night air as the burglar made his move.
In under three minutes, the burglar was in and out of Hot 8 Yoga with an armload of activewear. He stuffed the loot in the car’s trunk, hopped inside and disappeared down the street, comfortably carried away by an autonomous Waymo vehicle.
The suspect’s escape turned an otherwise unremarkable break-in into a novel case for San Francisco police, who said it was likely the city’s first instance of a criminal fleeing the scene in a self-driving car.
Nearly six months since the burglary, police have still not made an arrest or publicly identified any suspect, despite the fact that Waymos are outfitted with multiple high-definition cameras and require users to make accounts with their credit card numbers.
'I would think it would be easier to solve in a Waymo,' said the case’s detective, Sgt. Tim Faye, in a recent interview.
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Faye said he couldn’t discuss certain details of the case, but said the Waymo user’s account information didn’t lead police to the suspect. In general, he said, it’s not unusual for a criminal to order a service with stolen information or a burner phone."
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