A man who swiped a bike lock from a Redmond Home Depot on NE 76th Street last Thursday didn’t get far before a police drone spotted him pedaling away — and tracked him all the way to a gazebo at Marymoor Park, where he simply sat down and waited to be arrested.
Redmond officers responded to the shoplifting call around 4 p.m. after store employees reported that a man had concealed a bike lock and left the area on a bicycle, according to a post from RedmondWaPD
on X. Employees confronted the man outside the store and told police they wanted to press charges; he ultimately returned the stolen merchandise. While that confrontation was unfolding, the department’s Drone as First Responder program kicked in, following the suspect to the park and feeding officers live aerial footage of his movements and location the whole way there…