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ID scanners, which
police pushed on nightspots after The Post exposed
rampant underage drinking in night clubs, are now
helping solve crimes, club owners and cops say.
Information that detectives pulled from an id
scanner helped cops find Eric Lee, a Yonkers man
they charged in the death of Brione Schneider, who
was shot near the now-shuttered West 29th Street hot
spot on Jan. 10.
Club owners, after being told that investigators
believed the killer and victim had both been at the
club that night, turned over a id scanner list of
200 patrons to cops, who sifted through the data to
pinpoint Lee as the suspect.
The id scanning machines not only check for fake
IDs, they also record a person's name, driver's
license, address, date of birth and the time of the
id scan.
Down the block at Sol, an id scanner is helping cops
probe another shooting in January, said the club's
owner. "The detectives just picked up another id
scanner list," he said. "We've had incidents where
the police have come and looked at the information
from the id scanning system. Obviously, the id
scanner becomes a really good tool for them."
Dozens of club owners began using the id scanners in
the wake of the murder of Jennifer Moore, an
18-year-old from New Jersey who was abducted, raped
and strangled after partying at Guest House on West
27th Street in July 2006.
Her slaying and a Post series exposing teen drinking
at the clubs spurred cops to create the Club
Enforcement Initiative. |
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