PORT ST. LUCIE – A Miami man who Port St. Lucie Police say was planning to break into cars was arrested before dawn on Oct. 23.
Germaine Samuel Mitchell, 22, of Miami, was on Southwest Deer Run in the gated community of Sawgrass Lakes in Port St. Lucie when he was spotted by a SWAT team officer at about 3:57 a.m., according to police reports.
Police were responding to a 911 call from a citizen who said he saw a man, described as Black, lurking around his home and driveway in the 400 block of Southwest Deer Run, according to police reports.
The caller was able to provide a detailed description from home security cameras, which provided the officer with information which led to Mitchell’s arrest.
A Skydio X10 drone helped deputies track Mitchell from the air, leading pursuing officers straight to him and allowing them to take him into custody.
Also found on Mitchell at the time of his arrest was a wallet from a neighboring home on the 500 block of SW Deer Run, which contained the victim’s drivers license, debit cards and cash, according to police reports.
Mitchell was charged with auto burglary, loitering & prowling and resisting without violence and is in the St. Lucie County Jail on a $3,150 bond.