A migrant in Lehigh Acres looked up at a police drone, aimed a rifle at it, and pulled the trigger.
That drone filmed every second of what happened next.
And when the deputy walked up, what he said to that man on camera is something every American who loves this country needs to hear.
What the Camera Caught Over Todd Avenue
On June 13, the Lee County Sheriff's Office launched its Drone as First Responder unit to assist deputies on a call near Todd Avenue South.
While scanning the area from above, the drone operator spotted four men below – one of them visibly carrying what appeared to be a rifle.
The man looked up at the drone.
Then he aimed directly at it and fired two rounds.
Deputies already staged in the area moved in immediately and arrested the group.
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They pulled a BB rifle packed with steel pellets off 26-year-old Elvin Antonio Callejas-Serrato – a migrant whose country of origin has not been publicly disclosed.
Body camera footage captured the moment a deputy confronted him.
"Yeah, you're shooting at my drone … it's me, the police," the deputy said.
A $400,000 Program That Just Proved Its Worth
The Lee County Drone as First Responder system was built on a nearly $400,000 grant from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
The $69,000 BRINC drone – deployed from a dock at the 2nd Precinct – covers a 2-mile radius, transmits real-time video, and reaches crime scenes before officers do.
That is not surveillance theater.
That is a force multiplier that keeps deputies out of ambushes, saves taxpayer money compared to helicopters, and now – delivers ironclad video evidence that puts criminals behind bars.
Sheriff Marceno was direct after the arrest.
"The technology we have implemented is used to protect and serve our great residents," Marceno stated. "Our Drone First Responder allows us to quickly respond and keep both our deputies and community safe. If you threaten or harm law enforcement resources, you will be held accountable."
He meant it.
Callejas-Serrato now faces a first-degree felony charge under Florida Statute § 790.19 – firing or throwing deadly missiles into an aircraft.
That carries up to 30 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
And if federal prosecutors pick this up under FAA jurisdiction – which classifies drones as aircraft under federal law – he could be looking at an additional 20 years on top of that.
Florida Has a Name for What Happens Next
Lehigh Acres sits just east of Fort Myers in Lee County – a region that saw over 400 illegal aliens arrested during a single weeklong ICE operation in September 2025.
Florida leads the nation in 287(g) agreements – the program that allows local law enforcement to perform immigration enforcement duties – with 327 active agreements, a 577% increase since Trump took office in January 2025.
That is not a coincidence.
That is the blueprint working exactly as designed.
Sheriff Marceno's office is part of that network, coordinating directly with federal immigration enforcement to ensure that anyone like Callejas-Serrato – arrested on a Florida felony – gets flagged for ICE review before walking out of a courtroom.
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This is what Democrats spent four years trying to prevent.
Biden's open border delivered Callejas-Serrato to Lehigh Acres.
Trump's enforcement structure – and Marceno's drone – delivered him to a jail cell.
The viral video has now surpassed 361,000 views on the Lee County Sheriff's Facebook page.
Every one of those views is an American watching exactly what this technology was built to do: catch the people who think they can beat the system, on camera, with nowhere to run.
That is what accountability looks like in Trump's Florida.
Sources:
- Lee County Sheriff's Office, "Drone As First Responder Arrest Video," LCSO Official Facebook, June 15, 2026.
- WINK News, "Lee County Man Arrested, Accused of Firing Gun at Deputy Drone," winknews.com, June 15, 2026.
- WINK News, "Can Drones Fly Over Your Home? Lehigh Acres Incident Sparks Debate," winknews.com, June 16, 2026.
- DroneXL, "Sheriff's High-Tech Drone Revolutionizes Lee County Safety With $400,000 Grant," dronexl.co, April 24, 2025.
- Newsweek, "ICE Strikes Florida: 400 People Arrested in Huge Operation," newsweek.com, October 1, 2025.
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security, "Making America Safe Again," dhs.gov, 2026.
