{"id":37635,"date":"2023-10-22T20:51:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T00:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=37635"},"modified":"2023-10-22T20:51:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T00:51:59","slug":"auto-thief-on-run-found-up-a-tree-by-tampa-police-aviation-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/10\/22\/auto-thief-on-run-found-up-a-tree-by-tampa-police-aviation-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Auto Thief on Run Found Up a Tree by Tampa Police Aviation Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A man fleeing from Tampa police in an <strong>SUV stolen out of Polk County<\/strong> was found by a police helicopter pilot in a tree using heat sensors.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"424\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/capture___21175412162.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37636\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, a man who stole a sports utility vehicle from Polk County was eventually found literally up a tree in a Tampa neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a call Friday, Tampa police officers, using lights and sirens on their police vehicles, attempted to pull over a stolen sports utility vehicle that was being followed by a Tampa police helicopter. The helicopter pilot tracked the SUV heading west from the Tampa city limits along Interstate 4 to Interstate 275.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, before the officers could pull over the SUV, it fled into a nearby neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While patrol officers and K-9s searched the neighborhood on foot, the helicopter pilot canvassed the neighborhood from the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTampaPD%2Fvideos%2F6636039459784854%2F%3Fref%3Dembed_video&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Undaunted by the thief&#8217;s apparent escape, the helicopter pilot uses heat sensors and spots the thief hiding in a tree. The pilot alerted patrols on the ground who took the car thief into custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to being charged with vehicle theft, he was charged with fleeing to elude and resisting an officer without violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man fleeing from Tampa police in an SUV stolen out of Polk County was found by a police helicopter pilot in a tree using heat sensors. 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