ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A Fort Lauderdale woman is in the St. Lucie County Jail after a stolen Broward Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle was found abandoned on an Interstate 95 off-ramp Tuesday night, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office said deputies, Port St. Lucie police officers and Florida Highway Patrol troopers went to I-95 at about 9:40 p.m. Sept. 22. They had received information that a stolen Broward Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle was heading north near Gatlin Boulevard. The response was coordinated with the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
When units arrived, they found the patrol vehicle abandoned on the Gatlin Boulevard off-ramp, the sheriff’s office said.
Deputies then saw a woman nearby wearing an outer ballistic vest with Broward Sheriff’s Office insignia on it. They stopped her and identified her as Shannon Marie Dillon, 42, of Fort Lauderdale.
In St. Lucie County, Dillon faces charges of grand theft of law enforcement equipment, unlawful use of a police badge or law enforcement vehicle, unlawful possession of four or fewer identification items, possession or use of drug paraphernalia, possession of a weapon or ammunition by a convicted felon, driving while license suspended, and resisting an officer without violence.
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She also faces charges in Broward County of grand theft of law enforcement equipment from an authorized emergency vehicle and grand theft, according to the sheriff’s office.
Investigators with the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office and the Broward Sheriff’s Office are still working the case. The sheriff’s office said it will release more information when it becomes available.