Crime & Public Safety
Woman alleged to have stolen Broward Sheriff cruiser, abandoned it on I‑95 in St. Lucie County
A marked Broward County Sheriff’s Office Dodge Charger reported stolen was abandoned on Interstate 95 in St. Lucie County after a northbound flight, deputies say. St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office personnel responded to I‑95 near Gatlin Boulevard after a BOLO was issued for the stolen patrol vehicle, according to law enforcement accounts.
The BOLO for the stolen Dodge Charger was issued at about 9:30 p.m., and deputies say the vehicle was traveling northbound on I‑95. By roughly 9:40 p.m., the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Operations Bureau, Port St. Lucie Police Department officers and Florida Highway Patrol troopers were responding to reports of the stolen cruiser near the Gatlin Boulevard area.
Florida Highway Patrol located the abandoned marked patrol vehicle on the I‑95 northbound exit ramp to SW Gatlin Boulevard at mile marker 118. During the response, St. Lucie County deputies say they located a 42‑year‑old Fort Lauderdale woman, Shannon Marie Dillon, in the vicinity wearing an outer ballistic vest bearing Broward Sheriff’s Office insignia.
St. Lucie County authorities allege Dillon faces multiple local charges including grand theft of law enforcement equipment, unlawful use of a police badge or law enforcement vehicle, unlawful possession of identification items, possession or use of drug paraphernalia, possession of a weapon or ammunition by a convicted felon, driving while license suspended and resisting an officer without violence. Broward County also has filed related theft charges, law enforcement officials report. The northbound I‑95 exit ramp to SW Gatlin Boulevard was temporarily closed while crime scene investigators processed the scene; deputies report it reopened at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday morning.
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