FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — Two people were arrested for theft after the Fresno Police Department used a drone to track their vehicle following a reported theft in progress at a Dick’s Sporting Goods in Fresno.
It happened on May 6th before 2 p.m. at the Dicks at Shaw and Valentine Avenues.
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Initial information indicated the suspects were still inside the store, and that a male suspect was concealing items in the front of his shorts.
Police described the suspect as a Hispanic adult man wearing a white shirt and black shorts, accompanied by a woman wearing a sleeveless top.
Police used a Drone as a First Responder unit to track their vehicle left the parking lot and traveled from the area.
The drone followed the vehicle as it continued west past Brawley Avenue, made a U-turn, and proceeded south on Brawley Avenue.
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officers closed in and conducted a traffic stop at Weber Avenue and Brawley Avenue.
Officers were also aware of an earlier radio broadcast regarding a theft at the Dick’s Sporting Goods location in northeast Fresno earlier in the day.
During the investigation, officers said they were able to positively identify the occupants of the vehicle as the suspects in the theft that had just occurred at the Shaw Avenue and Valentine Avenue store, as well as the earlier theft at the Dick’s Sporting Goods in northeast Fresno.
Inside the vehicle, officers located additional items believed to have been stolen.
Organized Retail Theft detectives are working to identify additional victims who may be connected to the suspects.
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The suspects, a 39-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman, were arrested on suspicion of grand theft and their vehicle was impounded.