San Francisco police say they’re likely dealing with a first in the city: a burglar who used a driverless car as his getaway ride. What’s more, he got away with it. In under three minutes, a man slipped into Hot 8 Yoga in the Marina District, grabbed an armful of athletic wear, loaded it into the trunk of a waiting Waymo robotaxi, then rode off into the dark, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The burglary happened back in January and is just coming to light. Police have made no arrests.
Investigators got a search warrant forcing Waymo to turn over the rider’s account details and video from the white Jaguar used in the caper, but Sgt. Tim Faye says the account info didn’t point to a suspect—likely because of stolen data or a burner phone. It’s not clear how long Waymo keeps its interior video, but it was wiped by the time the warrant was filed, notes TechCrunch. Waymo equips its latest cars with 29 cameras, though it does not use facial recognition or similar techniques to identify people. In a Los Angeles incident last year, police chased a suspect leaving a grocery robbery, and the robotaxi pulled itself over because of the police lights. The San Fran robber appears to have absconded with men’s shorts.