SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. — Sunny Isles Beach police released video Monday showing its new $250,000 drone system in action.
Child sex crime suspect Wilman de Jesus Martinez Linares, 22, of Hollywood, was arrested after a traffic stop Friday on Collins Avenue near 191st Street.
His arrest, on a charge of lewd and lascivious battery, was captured on a drone camera.
The drone, which police said aids in officer safety by giving officers a bird’s-eye view of a situation, provided live streaming during the takedown.
“There’s always a concern when you come across a predator like this,” Lt. Melissa Porro, a Sunny Isles Beach Police Department spokesperson, said.
According to an arrest warrant, the victim, a 15-year-old girl, met Martinez Linares through a friend, also a minor, got the girls liquor, then took them to a section of Sunny Isles Beach.
Authorities accused Martinez Linares of sexually assaulting the girl while she said “no.”
“So we definitely want to get it out to the community that if there (are) any other victims to please contact us here at the police station,” Porro said.
As of Monday, Martinez Linares was locked up in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $50,000 bond and an immigration hold.
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