Flock cameras help North Palm Beach police track down suspected boat burglar NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A network of Flock license plate cameras helped investigators track a suspected North Palm Beach boat burglar across multiple counties, connecting him to a series of Garmin GPS thefts, according to police records. Detectives with the North Palm Beach Police Department began investigating after a trail camera captured a man aboard a boat early Dec. 31, 2025. The man appeared to be photographing the vessel and nearby boats while speaking with someone in Spanish. Investigators later identified 26-year-old Brian Sebastian Miranda as the suspected serial Garmin GPS thief in the video. The key break came from a silver Mercedes bearing Florida dealer tag PNO44U. Naples police had linked the vehicle to another attempted Garmin GPS theft. North Palm Beach investigators entered the tag into the Flock license plate reader system. The data showed the Mercedes near the North Palm Beach boat during the Dec. 31 incident. See also: Palm Beach County property tax campaign hits the road on fire trucks Flock cameras also tracked the Mercedes through Collier County on Jan. 2, when investigators say another Garmin GPS was stolen from a boat. The vehicle was recorded entering Port of the Islands at 10:08 a.m., around the estimated time of the theft, then leaving at 10:43 a.m. A traffic camera later captured it entering a nearby 7-Eleven. The stolen Garmin was valued at about $3,100, per police. Investigators also used facial-recognition analysis on surveillance images, which produced an investigative lead identifying Miranda. Cellphone records obtained through a search warrant further placed Miranda's phone in North Palm Beach during the first incident and in Collier County during the Jan. 2 thefts. Police say the same dealer tag was later seen on a Lamborghini,