Drone Helps Police Capture Burglary Suspects

Police said the burglars struck a Culver City grocery store called Nuts & More.

Posted Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 10:43 am PT

CULVER CITY, CA — Two burglary suspects are in custody this morning in Culver City after police deployed a drone to help capture them.

Culver City police responded at 2:12 a.m. to a call at Nuts & More, a gourmet grocery at 5850 Washington Blvd., said Sgt. Chris Ferrier.

After the suspects fled the area near the store, Ferrier said, police decided to use the drone in their early morning search.

"A supervisor on the scene said once the suspects saw that we had deployed the drone, they came out of hiding," the sergeant said.

The suspects' names were not immediately released. Charges are still pending, Ferrier said.

— City News Service