A woman called 911 on September 28 saying a man had smashed her window and had a gun, giving dispatchers a description of his clothing before Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office drone operators sent an aircraft to her Grand Park neighborhood. The drone arrived within seconds, spotted a man matching the description, and tracked him as he ran through several streets before officers moved in and arrested a juvenile suspect in under 10 minutes.
According to the Jax Sheriff’s Office
, the drone followed the suspect to a home on 15th Street West, where District 5 patrol officers made contact and took the juvenile into custody. The arrest was for criminal mischief, and under Florida Statute § 806.13, penalties for that charge hinge on the dollar value of property damage, ranging from a second-degree misdemeanor for damage under $200 up to a third-degree felony carrying as much as five years in prison if damage reaches or exceeds $1,000, according to…