A suspect is taken into custody and another suspect was at large Sunday night in Watsonville following an alleged burglary attempt at a marijuana dispensary. Watsonville Police Sgt. Brian Fulgoni said police got a report of an alarm at The Catalyst Cannabis business on the 1300 block of West Beach Street just after 8pm. After police surrounded the area with officers and a K9, they deployed a pair of drones. They then flushed one suspect out while the other ran off. The incident is still under investigation.
Watsonville Police on Sunday used a newly acquired drone to capture a man in the act of allegedly burglarizing a marijuana growing business.
Omar Cortez Ramirez, 40, was charged with first-degree burglary and resisting arrest. He was booked into Santa Cruz County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bail, jail records showed.
In a video taken with the drone, Ramirez could be seen going in and out of the business with multiple bundles of marijuana and then stashing them nearby.
He then attempted to hide when he realized that police had surrounded the building, police said.
With the help of K9 officer Cruze, however, Ramirez was tracked down, bitten and arrested.
Ramirez stole