Okay-9 ‘Diesel’ helps Florida cops seize suspected semi truck thief
Police in Ocala, Florida, shared physique cam video of a police canine serving to to seize a person who allegedly stole a refrigerated truck loaded with lots of of hundreds of {dollars} value of meals objects.
Round 10:40 p.m. on April 9, the Ocala Police Division (OPD) obtained a 911 name from a sufferer relating to a semi truck that was stolen.
The truck was geared up with a GPS tracker and police have been capable of find the car on Berkshire Oaks Plaza, about two miles from the place it was stolen.
When the truck stopped close to SW forty third St. Rd., Alain Marti-Rosell, 39, exited the cab and ran from police towards a retention pond space.
“Okay-9 Officer Brinkley and his companion Okay-9 Diesel arrived on the scene and navigated by way of the retention space to trace down the suspect. The terrain included timber, sloped areas, and a small physique of water. Approaching a thicket of timber, Officer Brinkley noticed Marti-Rosell waist-deep within the water together with his again turned in the direction of him. Together with his palms hidden from view, Officer Brinkley commanded Okay-9 Diesel to take motion, resulting in a swift and profitable apprehension,” OPD stated.
Marti-Rosell was handled at a hospital for a canine chew, then taken to the Marion County Jail, the place he was booked on fees together with grand theft of a motorized vehicle, grand theft of cargo valued at $50k or extra, grand theft, dealing stolen property, and resisting with out violence.
Police say that the stolen truck was loaded with $200,000 value of meat and seafood merchandise.
“Officers additionally found the lock on the trailer had been lower and a field of tuna fish opened,” OPD famous in a information launch.
OPD says that Marti-Rosell shouldn’t be a U.S. citizen and doesn’t have ties to anybody residing within the Ocala space.
You’ll be able to see physique cam video of Officer Brinkley and Okay-9 Diesel apprehending Marti-Rosell beneath.
