PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A quick-thinking citizen heroically tackled a masked thief in Port St. Lucie, aiding police in a dramatic chase that unfolded from a nearby jewelry heist to a local Publix.
According to the Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSLPD), the incident began at Mattress Firm, where the thief discarded an empty jewelry box.
Officers said that the store manager, suspecting something was amiss, reached out to the nearby Burlington store, which confirmed that a theft had occurred and identified the thief as the same person who had left the jewelry box behind…