FWC DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WEEKLY REPORT August 31 – September 6, 2012

FWC DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

WEEKLY REPORT

August 31 – September 6, 2012        

 

This report represents some events the FWC handled over the past week; however,

it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement.

 

NORTHWEST REGION

 

ESCAMBIA COUNTY

 

Officer Matt Cushing checked individuals fishing from a vessel near the Pensacola Pass. While speaking to them, Officer Cushing learned a third subject was scuba diving but observed there was no diver’s down flag displayed. Officer Cushing waited in the area for the diver to surface. When the diver surfaced, Officer Cushing found the subject to be in possession of an undersized gag grouper. Citations were issued for the two violations.

 

WALTON COUNTY

 

Officers Randall Brooks and Ken White responded to Santa Rosa Beach to assist a dolphin rescue team with a beached whale. The rescue team transported the whale to Gulf World in Panama City for treatment.

 

BAY COUNTY

 

Officer Mike Nobles was checking fishermen when he found one to be nervous and very evasive during conversation. Officer Nobles determined that the fisherman had outstanding warrants as a felony traffic offender. The subject was arrested and transported to the Bay County Jail.

 

Lt. Jay Chesser, and Officers Neal Goss and Mike Nobles responded to a boating accident on Deer Point Lake involving two personal watercrafts (PWCs) that collided head on. Both operators were transported to local trauma centers. Officers assisted in transporting the injured to shore, securing and recovering the damaged vessels, and working the crime scene gathering statements and other information. The investigation is ongoing.

 

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