Watch: Colorado fugitive found asleep in attic after police deploy drone

The Brief

  • Police in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, used a drone to locate a felony suspect hiding in the attic of a home.
  • Officers tracked the man to the residence after spotting a vehicle linked to his outstanding warrant and obtained permission to search.
  • The suspect was found apparently asleep in the attic and was taken into custody and booked into jail.

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. A Colorado man wanted on a felony warrant was found asleep in an attic after police used a drone to track him inside a Wheat Ridge home, authorities said.

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Wheat Ridge police said an officer on proactive patrol spotted a vehicle registered to a man with an outstanding felony warrant and watched as he got out and went into a nearby home.

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