Two Suspected California Car Burglars Outfitted Car With License Plate Flipper

Irvine police say the car of two suspected burglars had a device that flipped the license plate, shielding the numbers from any cameras. NBC News’ Steven Romo reports on how the suspect's cover was blown after a tip from a witness who saw the car in an apartment complex.

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[peanutmansemporiumofrandom]

The detective has never seen it. Lady, this technology has existed on the market for at least 15 years

[dallas]

The mind is a terrible thing to waste. You spend money for a license plate flipper. But how many people you know with a luggage/bike racks on a BENZ SEDAN?!?!?!??!???

[CoopyKat]

It's LEGAL to have a license plate flipper. Illegal to use it.
What kind of people do they hire to run our government??

[php]

The police forgot to charge them with felony identity theft for possession of other peoples credit cards and such.

[spooksmysteries]

To be honest, I'm feeling somewhat proud of them. Still there's a reason why I don't. That flipping license plate should have had another plate on the other side: One of a car with the same color and type. That scheme was just but almost thought through.

0:23 Not quite "like James Bond" when you drive by a CCTV camera with the drivers window down showing your face lol.

[oozboy]

“IVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT” breh this been an ebay car meme for years lmao

[genzod-ie]

I am sure when they are at home on the couch watching 007 and eating popcorn, they are like remember how we did that, ooh and that.

[joegug]

Good to know. I’m putting one one my car but I’ll never use it on the toll roads I promise.

[cmaurice]

Criminals spend more time trying to out smart the government then to use their talents for good of society

[nitinbhakta]

Cameras need to catch the vin number which never changes. License plate numbers can change.

[boombasett]

lol. You gotta give the two of them props for that.

[LK-pcsq]

Goto love that law "its legal to have the licence plate flipper but illegal to use it " lol to dam funny

[ThatJohnson]

Oh dear god they're like $20 on ebay and not even slightly new. Certainly not James Bond, just incompetent police

[d.r.]

It shouldn’t be illegal to cover your license plate

[Mike_Jones]

Their fatal error was that they victimized the same location twice and they became over confident in their technology.

[philparker]

What's the point of showing the plate on the camera and then hide them after....?

[annadiaz]

People are stupid ..this device been out for years and now you act like is new ..smh

[thegodblogger]

All that ingenuity invested in theft could've been redirected to honest jobs, but....I'm sure that's asking too much.

[nonametrick]

What purpose does flipping your license plate to no license plate have? Wont you still get stopped?