{"id":19076,"date":"2025-10-24T16:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/19076\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:01:07","slug":"swat-drone-nabs-suspected-burglar-in-port-st-lucie-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/19076\/","title":{"rendered":"SWAT drone nabs suspected burglar in Port St. Lucie neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A drone-guided SWAT team swooped in on a Miami man early Friday after police say he burglarized cars in a Port St. Lucie neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Officers with the Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSLPD) say that a SWAT team deployed a drone to catch a suspected burglar, 22-year-old Germaine Mitchell of Miami, in the early hours of Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Police say Mitchell was attempting to break into cars on SW Deer Run in the Sawgrass Lakes community and take valuables.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/watch-bodycam-rock-thrown-at-ice-vehicle-leads-to-arrest-in-port-st-lucie-police-department-south-florida-treasure-coast-news-1030-am-on-oct-21-at-the-wawa-at-10308-sw-village-parkway-october-24-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BODYCAM: Son of arrestee allegedly shatters ICE vehicle window with rock during operation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, when dispatch received a call from a neighbor saying a man was lurking around his home around 4 a.m., police used security footage to identify and move in on the suspect, according to PSLPD.<\/p>\n<p>A SWAT Technician deployed a drone, which tracked him down in the backyard of another potential victim, as shown in the aerial footage.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrested Mitchell, they reportedly found a wallet from a neighboring home that contained the owner&#8217;s ID and cash.<\/p>\n<p>Police say they found probable cause to book Mitchell for counts of auto burglary, loitering and prowling, and resisting without violence.<\/p>\n<p>Find more ways to stay up to date with your latest local news. <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our newsletter<\/a> to get the day&#8217;s top headlines delivered right to your inbox. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBS12NewsWPEC\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> for the biggest stories and can&#8217;t miss video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A drone-guided SWAT team swooped in on a Miami man early Friday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-19076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}