Overview
- License-plate readers alerted deputies to a stolen Ford F-350 hauling lumber on County Road 512, directing them to a home on Melrose Lane.
- Investigators identified the suspect as Keith Rodgers, 37, alleging he used the stolen truck to buy lumber at a Sebastian Home Depot before retreating into the residence.
- A standoff lasting several hours ended when SWAT found Rodgers in the attic, and body-camera video shows him falling through the ceiling into officers’ arms.
- The sheriff’s office deployed SWAT and crisis negotiators, citing Rodgers’ extensive criminal history and prior statements about provoking a shootout rather than returning to jail.
- Rodgers faces multiple felony charges in Indian River and Osceola counties and is being held on $20,000 bond.