PSLPD Drone Operator Finds Suspect Hiding In Woods After Crime Spree
Port St. Lucie, Fl(treasurecoast.com)- A PSLPD Drone Operator finds a suspect hiding In woods after a crime spree.
Sunday morning at 12:52am, Officers responded to SE PSL Blvd/SE Wald St in reference to a motorcycle crash in which the driver fled the scene on foot.
in which the driver fled the scene on foot. Officers discovered the suspect was traveling eastbound on PSL Blvd but forgot to collapse the kickstand, causing him to crash into the curb. The motorcycle was not registered and had a stolen registration sticker affixed to the plate.
Officers immediately began searching the area for the suspect with the assistance of PSLPD Drone Operator Faleiros and K9 Officer Bianco/K9 Ciro. Officer Faleiros recently joined the Drone Unit and was operating the drone on his first call out mission. While searching the area, Officer Faleiros located the suspect hiding in a wooded lot and directed Officers right to the suspect’s location. Officers entered the wooded lot and apprehended 43-year-old Jeremiah Nantz. Officers learned Nantz had a suspended driver’s license and no motorcycle endorsement. Officers also located crack pipes and prescription medication that Nantz did not have a prescription for.Adding to all charges above…Nantz was also wanted for an incident that occurred 6 hours earlier where he entered a house and shoved a victim. Nantz then proceeded to pour bleach over the personal belongings of another, damaging $3000 in clothing and a $200 phone.
Due to injuries sustained from the motorcycle crash, Nantz was taken to a local hospital for medical clearance and then transported to jail for a plethora of charges to include battery, burglary, criminal mischief, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, possession of drug equipment, failure to register a motor vehicle, driving with a suspended driver’s license, and driving a motorcycle without an endorsement.
