FWC Law Enforcement Weekly Report 02/20 - 02/26/2015

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FWC

Division of Law Enforcement

 

Weekly Report

February 20^th – February 26^th, 2015

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.

Patrol, Protect, Preserve

NORTHWEST REGION

BAY COUNTY

Officer Gore was on patrol when he observed an oysterman harvesting shell stock well within a closed area.  A check of the oysterman found he possessed a saltwater products license and had previously been warned and issued citations for harvesting oysters from this closed area and for illegal sale of oysters.  A citation was issued and one bag of oysters were seized and returned to the waters. 

NORTHEAST REGION

VOLUSIA COUNTY

Officer North responded to a call where a landlord discovered a freshly killed, partially cleaned doe deer at his rental property. The deer had been shot in the neck and deer season had been closed for three weeks. Through his investigation, Officer North learned that the tenant’s boyfriend shot the deer the prior evening. The boyfriend advised that he had a tough deer season so he went to his hunting club and shot the doe from his tree stand. Officer North seized the gun and the deer. The suspect was charged with possession of a deer during closed season.

BREVARD COUNTY

Officer Krynicki was dispatched to a report of a single vehicle crash on the St. Sebastian Buffer Preserve. As he arrived on scene he noticed tire marks in a snake-like pattern from the left edge of the road to the right edge where they ended directly behind the wrecked vehicle.  A white Chevy pickup S-10 crashed into a telephone pole.  A Park Ranger found the two defendants walking away from the truck. The operator told Officer Krynicki he had been driving and was doing "donuts", "burn outs", and "fish-tailing" when he lost control of his truck and slammed into the telephone pole.  The passenger told the same story. While inspecting the damage initially, Officer Krynicki could smell the odor of beer and saw beer cans in the back of the wrecked truck. He conducted field sobriety exercises on the operator, but the subject had no signs of impairment or alcoholic beverage on his breath.  Officer Krynicki conducted a search of the wreck vehicle due to it being towed. While searching the vehicle he found several pieces of cannabis, rolling papers, a glass pipe head, a plastic pipe tip and a small blue pipe all tested positive for cannabis.  He issued a Uniform Traffic Citation for reckless driving to the operator and both subjects were issued citations for possession of cannabis (under 20 grams) and possession of drug paraphernalia.

OSCEOLA COUNTY

Officers from Osceola, Polk, and Brevard counties participated in a detail organized by Officer Scrambling for the annual Airboat Jamboree/Freedom Ride. The detail’s primary focus was boating safety and BUI enforcement. Three BUI’s were issued as well as citations and warnings for people in violation. Officers found multiple violations ranging from BUI, refusal to submit breath, urine, or blood, improper registration, no hull identification numbers, no navigation lights, insufficient number of life vests, no sound producing device, and operating airboats without proper flags. 

Officers responded to a reported boat fire located at River Ranch Boat Ramp. Upon arriving on scene they discovered there was no fire; however, the vessel operator showed signs of impairment. Officer Maslo conducted field sobriety tasks and found the operator’s normal faculties to be impaired. Officer Maslo arrested the subject for operating a vessel while under the influence and charged him for BUI, and possession of prescription drugs without a prescription. The subject was transported to the Polk County Jail.

Investigator Trusley, Officer’s Maslo and Conlin were heading back to the boat trailers to conclude the day’s operation when they noticed several airboats in Gardner Marsh with glow whips. The officers stopped multiple boats one of which had no navigation lights, upon further investigation of the operator missing the navigation lights. Officer Conlin noticed that the operator showed signs of impairment and conducted field sobriety tasks. Subsequent to his investigation the operator was arrested for BUI, failure to display HIN and no navigation lights. The subject was transported the Osceola County Jail.

Officer Conlin made a second BUI arrest on Sunday. While patrolling Lake Kissimmee in North Cove, Investigator Trusley, Officer Maslo and Conlin noticed an airboat doing donuts and missing the required flag and flag pole. After stopping the vessel Officer Conlin noticed that the operator of the vessel showed signs of impairment. Officer Conlin conducted field sobriety tasks and determined the operator to be under the influence. The subject was arrested for BUI and transported to the Osceola County Jail.

Several other investigations stemmed from this detail reference title fraud. 

Due to the high visibility and proactive patrol of Law Enforcement on Saturday and Sunday there were no reports of vessel accidents. This is a substantial drop from previous years.

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