PAISLEY, Fla. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is detailing how its first operational use of remote drone pilot operations helped find a wanted man.
Deputies say they responded to Bear Street in Paisley the night of Sept. 23 after residents reported hearing a man screaming for help in the woods.
Deputies launched a drone and said it quickly found the man tangled in dense vegetation. The sheriff’s office said drone pilots helped guide deputies to the man.
The man wasn’t hurt but couldn’t get out of the woods on his own. Once reached, deputies discovered he had active warrants.
He was safely taken into custody.
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