A 20-year-old man was arrested after police say he tried to steal a car. A police car. With a Fort Pierce police officer sitting inside. Officer Robie Troutman was sitting in his cruiser at the Fort Pierce police station, with the motor running. Troutman wrote in his report, “While in my vehicle, I heard the rear passenger side door handle make noise and then the front passenger side door handle make noise, where I was positioned seated in the driver seat of my clearly marked Fort Pierce Police Department Patrol vehicle.” Troutman got out of the car and saw a man run away and hide behind another vehicle. The man, Aaron Orlando Rodriguez III, was detained and arrested for attempted grand theft of a motor vehicle as well as loitering and prowling and possession of drug equipment.
