Dillon, 42, was wearing a ballistic vest marked with Broward Sheriff’s Office insignia when deputies encountered her, according to WPTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n The agency reported the cruiser stolen from its Fort Lauderdale-area headquarters around 9 p.m. on September 22.<\/p>\n Investigators tracked it north with help from the Florida Highway Patrol, Port St. Lucie Police Department and St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n The vehicle reportedly reached speeds of up to 100 mph during the trip. Authorities said no crashes or injuries were reported.<\/p>\n Body-camera footage showed deputies ordering Dillon to the ground before taking her into custody.<\/p>\n St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n The Independent<\/a> reported that she faces several charges in St. Lucie County, including grand theft of law enforcement equipment, unlawful use of a police badge or law enforcement vehicle, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of a weapon or ammunition by a convicted felon.<\/p>\n Authorities clarified that the weapons charge stems from a department-issued rifle that was inside the stolen cruiser, not a firearm found on Dillon herself.<\/p>\n She also faces Broward County charges tied to the alleged theft.<\/p>\n Dillon has not been reported as having entered a plea. She remains in custody on the charges, with her total bond set at $107,500.<\/p>\n Authorities have not publicly explained how Dillon allegedly accessed the cruiser.<\/p>\n The Broward Sheriff’s Office has opened an Internal Affairs investigation.<\/p>\n This story Florida Woman Accused of Stealing Sheriff’s Cruiser, Driving It Nearly 100 Miles<\/a> first appeared on Globe<\/a>. Follow Globe<\/a> on <\/a>Yahoo<\/a> so you don’t miss what’s coming next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A routine Tuesday night at Broward County headquarters turned into a sprawling search after a sheriff’s cruiser was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[506,20552,28,30,618,29,1079,162575,1402],"class_list":["post-411208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-broward-county","tag-broward-sheriffs-office","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-highway-patrol","tag-florida-news","tag-port-st-lucie-police-department","tag-shannon-marie-dillon","tag-st-lucie-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411208","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=411208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"<span](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/globe_458\/6bd4f8d7d7e2600567d310add937c167.jpg\"\/)
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