Colorado Woman Sues Flock After Cameras Used in False Package-Theft Accusation
A Ring video of a Colorado woman being handed a criminal summons for a porch-package theft she did not commit recently went viral after the accusation rested on a Flock Safety automated license plate reader hit. “I guess this is a shock to you, but I am telling you, this is a lock,” Milliman told Elser at the time. No doubt.” All of This Over a $25 Package The package in question was worth $25, and it disappeared from a Bow Mar porch shortly before noon on September 22nd, 2025.
- ▪A Ring video of a Colorado woman being handed a criminal summons for a porch-package theft she did not commit recently went viral after the accusation rested on a Flock Safety automated license plate reader hit.
- ▪“I guess this is a shock to you, but I am telling you, this is a lock,” Milliman told Elser at the time.
- ▪No doubt.” All of This Over a $25 Package The package in question was worth $25, and it disappeared from a Bow Mar porch shortly before noon on September 22nd, 2025.
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| Publication time | Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:14:02 +0000 |
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A Ring video of a Colorado woman being handed a criminal summons for a porch-package theft she did not commit recently went viral after the accusation rested on a Flock Safety automated license plate reader hit. Now, the woman involved in that case, Chrisanna Elser, is suing Flock Group, the towns of Columbine Valley and Bow Mar, Sergeant Jamie Milliman, and Chief Bret Cottrell in federal court on behalf of herself and other Coloradans whose plates the company has…
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