FWC DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WEEKLY REPORT September 21-27, 2012

FWC DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

WEEKLY REPORT

September 21-27, 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

 

SANTA ROSA COUNTY

 

Officer Howard Jones was on patrol in a rural area near the community of Navarre when he came upon a freshly dumped pile of garbage. Some mail in the debris indicated a nearby address. Officer Jones went to the location and contacted two people who were working on a rental property. After interviewing both subjects, one individual admitted that he had dumped the garbage approximately two hours earlier. A citation was issued to the individual for littering and to the second individual for possession and display of a suspended driver license.

 

BAY COUNTY

 

Officers Neal Goss IV and Warren Walsingham worked a late night detail in West Bay in an effort to deter closed season oyster harvesting and illegal netting. The officers observed a suspicious vessel at approximately 1 a.m. working in the area of the Steam Plant Canal. When the officers approached the vessel, two subjects were in the process of deploying a monofilament gill net. An additional search of the area revealed three large coolers full of mullet hidden on the adjacent shoreline. Both subjects were arrested and placed in the Bay County Jail, charged with using a monofilament gill net in state waters. The coolers contained over 400 pounds of mullet and some trout, ladyfish, and bluefish. The net was approximately 1,000 feet in length and was seized as evidence.

 

WAKULLA COUNTY

 

Officer Tyler Harrison cited three individuals for harvesting oysters in a closed zone and two individuals for possession of undersized oysters.

 

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