Rooftop Burglary Suspect Asks for Chicken Sandwich After PepperBall Arrest

Jacksonville, United States – A burglary suspect hiding on a roof in Jacksonville, Florida, asked officers whether he would get a chicken sandwich after police used PepperBall launchers to bring him down.

Drone and body camera footage released by Jacksonville Sheriff's Office shows a thermal drone locating the man on the roof of a house in the Springfield neighbourhood on Thursday, October 8, as officers set up a perimeter. After the PepperBall rounds, he climbs down a ladder, asking: "Do I get a chicken sandwich?"

The sheriff's office said officers were responding to a reported burglary in progress when its Drone as First Responder program located 44-year-old Curtis Parker. When he refused to come down, officers used PepperBall launchers, a non-lethal tool new to the agency.

Parker was arrested on a charge of resisting without violence, the office said.