Orlando burglar caught on nearby roof with help of police drones
By Madilyn Destefano
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ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — A local business owner called the Orlando police after the store’s alarm went off, and she noticed a man on the surveillance video inside the store while it was closed.
At approximately 4 a.m. on Dec. 18, 48-year-old Tyrell Staffine can be seen with a large bolt cutter behind the register of the store, according to the Orlando Police Department.
Staffine was filling a bag with coins, adding up to about $900 in value, and multiple boxes of cigarettes, of about $2,000 in value. With everything taken, an estimated $3,340 was taken from the store, the arrest report said.
When officers arrived at the business located on North Westmoreland Drive near West Colonial Drive, they say Staffine was on the roof of another business nearby.
Officers were able to use a drone to track Staffine while he was crawling across the roof of a nearby business in an attempt to hide.
Staffine eventually came down, and officers arrested him.
He is charged with burglary of an occupied structure, grand theft in the third degree, possession of burglary tools, criminal mischief and resisting officers without violence.
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