BRANDON, Fla. (WFLA)— A drone caught a theft suspect hiding in a sewer near the Brandon Town Center Mall, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced.
“You can try to hide, but when #teamHCSO is in the air and on the ground, there’s nowhere to run,” HCSO said in a post on Facebook.
Deputies responded to a retail theft at the Brandon Town Center Mall on July 4, around 5:20 p.m.
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Mall security told HCSO they believed the suspect ran into a wooded area…