Breyon Mackey {BSO}
By Kevin Deutsch
Police used a high-tech surveillance system to catch a robber who held up a Walgreens in Coconut Creek Monday.
Breyon Mackey, 27, of Fort Lauderdale, threatened to hurt a clerk inside the store at 4600 Coconut Creek Parkway, then walked out with a pack of cigars and some other stolen items, according to Coconut Creek Police.
Moments later, technology in the police department’s Real-Time Crime Center—which accesses a sprawling network of cameras spread throughout the city—helped police locate Mackey at Windmill Park, 700 Lyons Rd., not far from the Walgreens, police said.
Now driving his car, Mackey jumped the sidewalk and drove into the closed park. Surrounded by police and with no means of escape, he refused officers’ requests to give himself up, police said.
Still in his car, he hit two police patrol cars before finally surrendering, according to the department.
No one was hurt during the robbery or its aftermath.
Police charged Mackey with robbery, resisting arrest, aggravated assault, and trespassing.
Records show he was being held at the Broward County Jail Tuesday on a $4,000 bond.
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