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Drone helps Medina County Sheriff's office capture suspects 'deep in the woods'

The incident happened on January 15, according to Brunswick Hills police.

MEDINA COUNTY, Ohio — The Brunswick Hills Police Department says one of its drone pilots helped track down a couple of suspects for the Medina County Sheriff's Office on Sunday.

It happened sometime on Sunday evening, when Medina sheriff's deputies were looking for two suspects who had stolen a car, crashed, then took off from the scene, Brunswick Hills police said on Facebook.

The department tapped drone pilot Ptl. Zachary Getto to help. Getto responded to Interstate 71 and put his flying device in the air. After a quick scan of the area, using the drone's thermal imaging camera system, Getto guided the Medina deputies to where the two suspects were hiding out.

BHPD Drone Pilot Ptl. Zachary Getto assisted the Medina County Sheriff’s office on locating and arresting two individuals hiding deep in the woods on January 15, 2023. Ptl. Getto responded quickly to Interstate 71 to assist Sheriff’s Deputies that were pursuing a stolen vehicle that had crashed with the two suspects fleeing on foot. With a quick scan of the area using the drone’s thermal imaging camera system, Ptl. Getto was able to guide Deputies into the two suspect’s location. Both individuals were arrested with no further incident.

Posted by Brunswick Hills Police Department on Tuesday, January 17, 2023

The two suspects, who were "deep in the woods" were arrested.

Further details including the names of the suspects, or if they were charged, were not immediately released.

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Editor's Note: The following video is from a previous, unrelated report.

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