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FWC
Division of Law Enforcement
Weekly Report
November 4, 2016 through November 10, 2016
This report represents some events the FWC handled over the past two weeks; however, it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement.
Patrol, Protect, Preserve
NORTHWEST REGION
CASES
ESCAMBIA COUNTY
While on patrol in Pensacola Bay, Officer Allgood found numerous fisheries-related violations including possession of red snapper during the closed season, undersized red snapper and undersized gag grouper. Four criminal summonses were issued for some of the fisheries violations as well as multiple warnings and infractions for boating safety and resource violations.
Officers Allgood and Clark conducted several resource inspections while on patrol in state waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and found violations involving possession red snapper during closed season. Six citations and associated warnings were issued for the violations.
BAY COUNTY
Officer Basford was on patrol at St. Andrews State Park when a subject approached her and advised that a great hammerhead shark was just caught on the fishing pier. The subject stated the individual who caught the shark had beached it and started hitting it in the gills; it was then released back into the water dead. Officer Basford went to the pier and interviewed the subject that caught the shark and saw the hammerhead laying on the bottom under the pier not moving. The subject admitted to punching the shark in the gills and said that is how you resuscitate a shark. Charges are being direct-filed with the state attorney’s office.
HOLMES COUNTY
Officers Gore, Tison, Letcher, Forehand and Lieutenants Allen and Walsingham assisted the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) with a manhunt for a subject with felony drug and escape warrants. Lieutenant Walsingham responded to a trespass complaint where the suspect was trying to access the Choctawhatchee Wildlife Management Area (WMA) through private property. The owner of the property approached the suspect who told the owner he was looking for a place to hide from law enforcement. The owner told the subject to leave and alerted law enforcement. Lieutenant Walsingham made contact with the deputies on the scene and, after a short bolo, the subject was encountered at Bear Hewitt Boat Ramp by a deputy. He fled by vehicle into the WMA with two other individuals. After a cooperative effort between FWC, HCSO, Walton County SO, and FL Department of Corrections’ K-9 team, the suspect’s vehicle was located stuck in the sand. The K-9 team was deployed and the subject was arrested after a short track.
JACKSON COUNTY
Officers Guy and Little checked an archery hunter at Apalachee WMA and found that the area where the hunter was hunting was baited with corn. The hunter was cited for hunting over bait in a WMA.
Officers Little and Burkhead checked a hunter in Apalachee WMA during the archery season and found the hunter was hunting with a cross bow. He was cited for attempting to take deer by illegal method in a WMA during archery season.
Officers Little and Burkhead located a large dump site. Based on evidence located in the garbage, they were able to identify and locate a suspect who admitted to dumping the trash. The suspect was cited for dumping.
Officer Forehand located a tree stand baited with corn in the Chipola River WMA. Later that day, Officers Forehand and Little located a hunter hunting over the corn. He was cited for hunting over bait in a WMA.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
While on patrol in the Offshore Patrol Vessel GUARDIAN, Officer Nelson boarded a commercial fishing vessel just south of Bob Sikes Cut to conduct a fisheries inspection. During the inspection, Officer Nelson observed a plastic bag containing marijuana and drug paraphernalia inside another large bag one of the occupants was looking into. Several additional violations were located and the appropriate action was taken.
While on patrol in East Point, Officers Nelson and Robb received a call from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office about untagged bags of oysters they located at a residence while in the process of making an unrelated arrest. The officers arrived on scene and acquired statements from the occupants of the residence. They also followed a lead and reviewed video surveillance at a business that showed the suspect in possession of the bags of oysters. The officers are in the process of filing warrants for the suspect.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING
FRANKLIN COUNTY
The Offshore Patrol Vessel GUARDIAN participated in the kick-off of the Annual Apalachicola Seafood Festival with the “Blessing of the Fleet” event. The event invites local commercial fishing vessels, recreational vessels, law enforcement vessels, and other work vessels to participate. Thousands of people attended the event.
LEON COUNTY
Officer Travis was on land patrol in the Apalachicola WMA when he observed a vehicle stationary on the side of the road. Upon making contact with the driver, he learned that the driver’s friend was hunting nearby and the driver was to pick him up later that afternoon. The subject in the vehicle admitted to putting bait out, and that his buddy was hunting with a muzzleloader during archery season. Officer Travis contacted Officer Bell and K-9 Officer Anderson to assist in locating the bait. Upon making contact with the subject actively hunting, K-9 Scout located bait approximately 25 yards from the subject’s hunting blind. The subject admitted to placing the bait in the WMA and hunting over bait. The subject was arrested for having a prohibited firearm in his possession while being a convicted felon. Charges for illegal method (attempting to take a deer with a muzzleloader during archery season) and attempting to take a deer over bait in a WMA will be direct filed. The subject was also cited for not having the appropriate hunting licenses and permits. The firearm was seized as evidence, and the subject was transported to the Leon County Jail.
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