On New Year’s Day, Pinellas County deputies stopped a Kia Forte they believed was stolen, holding a father and daughter at gunpoint before handcuffing them and placing them in squad cars. The problem: the pair had done absolutely nothing wrong.
A simple data error turned an ordinary drive into a traumatic ordeal for an innocent family. The case underscores how mistakes in vehicle records can lead to frightening and unjust encounters with law enforcement.
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