A Wisconsin robbery and auto theft suspect was captured by police thanks to a borrowed drone on May 31, according to court papers filed yesterday in Middleton, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Marquis Phiffer, 21, stole a car and robbed a convenience store in Middleton, Wisconsin on May 31.
After allegedly stealing a car that had been left running outside a coffee shop and robbing the store at a BP gas station (he declared he had a gun, but the clerk never saw one), Phiffer was pursued by police. A chase that reached speeds of up to 70mph ended when Phiffer crashed into a parked car. He abandoned the car and ran into a marsh near Tiedemann's Pond, just a few blocks from Middleton's National Mustard Museum.
The Middleton Fire Department lent the police a rubber raft and a camera-equipped DJI Phantom quadrocopter drone used in search and rescue operations to locate Phiffer. He was hiding in the water, and when the police reached him "his shoes were floating away from him," along with a "large wad of cash," Wisconsin State Journal's Ed Trevelen reported. More cash and a hypodermic needle were found in his pocket.
Seems like the same thing as calling in a chopper, but a lot less expensive. Anyone know what the cost differential is?
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Monday July 06 2015, @02:32PM
"Ugh, why won't this genie fit in this bottle? I just had it in there a bit ago."
Small towns you could only get to with a long, difficult horse ride, that afford nigh infinite privacy as a result are also gone. Mostly so is not being reachable within 10 minutes thanks to cells.
By and large, technology hasn't been the friend of privacy.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 06 2015, @02:44PM
Small towns you could only get to with a long, difficult horse ride
At least today's action flicks are in color.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday July 06 2015, @11:26PM
That doesn't make them better.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"