‘Grappler’ technique helps Hollywood police nab alleged car thief wanted on multiple warrants

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A “grappler deployment” helped a Hollywood police officer nab a man who was driving a stolen Mercedes-Benz last week, authorities said.

According to an arrest report obtained Thursday by Local 10 News, Reuel Claude Sculley, 28, of Miramar, who was wanted on multiple warrants in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, was arrested last Friday, June 12, in Hollywood.

Hollywood police said an officer stopped Sculley at about 3:45 a.m. in the area of North State Road 7 and Lucky Street after using a grappler, which is a tool that deploys a tethered net from the front of the police car to entangle the rear tire of a fleeing suspect…

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