Search of suspect's home reveals assault evidence and illicit teen videos

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 31-year-old Nathan Ceballos after a contractor reported that Ceballos threatened to stab him while installing a Flock Safety automatic license-plate-reader camera in Palm Desert, also destroying the worker’s vehicle tires and damaging the equipment. Officers located Ceballos on the road later that day, stopped his vehicle and booked him without further incident. A search warrant executed at his home revealed additional evidence of the camera attack, other vandalism, and a collection of sexually intrusive videos of teenage girls recorded in both public and private settings.

Ceballos was booked into the John Benoit Detention Center on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, criminal threats and multiple counts of felony vandalism. He remains in custody while detectives continue to identify the girls depicted in the videos. The incident adds to ongoing controversy surrounding Flock Safety’s surveillance technology, which has faced criticism and contract suspensions in several jurisdictions.