A cellphone sale near Parker Road and East Cornell Avenue turned into a reported menacing involving a firearm last Thursday, and Aurora police say a drone ended up doing much of the chasing. Officers say the aircraft located a group of suspects after they fled the area, trailed them into a local thrift store, and ultimately helped bring the encounter to a close without incident.
According to the Aurora Police Dept
, officers first received information about the reported menacing during a meetup to sell a phone near Parker Road and East Cornell Avenue. From there, the department says its Drone as a First Responder program took over the search, locating the suspects after they had already fled the scene and keeping eyes on them as they entered the thrift store. Police say officers ultimately took the suspects into custody without incident once they exited their car, and that the response helped recover additional evidence, including a replica firearm allegedly used during the incident…