SWAT Team Makes Easy Arrest After Barricaded Suspect Falls Through Ceiling, on Video

A Florida SWAT team had an arrest fall right into their lap, literally … because a barricaded suspect hiding in his attic fell through the ceiling and into a sea of deputies … and it’s all on video.

Check out this footage out of Sebastian, FL … where a SWAT team and crisis negotiators were called in to capture a man with a long rap sheet who was wanted for allegedly driving a stolen car.

The Indian River County Sheriff’s Office says the guy who comes crashing out of his ceiling into the waiting arms of SWAT officers is 37-year-old Keith Rodgers … and he’d barricaded himself in his home and taken refuge in the attic after deputies confronted him about driving a truck that was reported stolen.

The sheriff says Rodgers fell through the ceiling after hiding out for several hours … and he was charged with resisting an officer without violence and grand theft auto.

While it looks like a lot of police manpower for a man wanted for driving a stolen truck, the sheriff says Rodgers’ “extensive criminal history and previous statements that he would get into a shootout before going back to jail” necessitated a SWAT team and crisis negotiators.