FWC Law Enforcement Report

April 18, 2015

The Florida FWC Division of Law Enforcement reported the following activity during the weekly period ending April 16 in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

ESCAMBIA COUNTY

Officers Hoomes and Pettey were watching fishermen in a popular redfish spot when they observed a man catch a large fish.  When the man landed it, he held it up by the gills and they could see that it was a large redfish.  The fisherman put it in a cooler. When the officers checked them, they observed 5 redfish in the cooler.  All of them were well over the maximum size limit.  Two of the men admitted to catching the fish and were charged with taking oversized redfish and the bag limit violation.

Lieutenants Hahr and Lambert were patrolling in the Perdido River WMA when they overheard three people talking about hiding their “bad stuff.”  After a short while, they observed one of the subjects smoking marijuana and give the pipe to the other to hide again.  A short time later, they all gathered up and began to smoke something else.  When they approached the group, the officers observed a meth pipe in their possession.  Their conversation and subsequent admissions indicated that they were all smoking meth as the officer approached.  Several items of paraphernalia were also located, as well as bags containing methamphetamine, spice, cannabis, Xanex, and one unidentified pill.  They were all charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of not more than 20 grams of cannabis, and possession of drug paraphernalia.  One subject was also charged with another count of possession of controlled substances for the pills.

SANTA ROSA COUNTY

Officers Barnard and Manning were patrolling around the Garcon Point Bridge and observed one boat fishing there.  Upon checking their catch, they found three oversized redfish.  One man admitted to measuring all of the fish and was charged with harvesting oversized redfish.

Officers Manning and Livesay were about to go on water patrol at the Santa Rosa Yacht club, when a citizen flagged them down and reported that a sail boat was flipped over not far from the yacht club.  At this time there was a severe thunder storm in the area with high winds.  Officer Livesay and Manning responded to the overturned sail boat and found three subjects struggling to swim. Officer Manning and Livesay were able to safely pull the individuals out of the water.

Officers Jones and Land were patrolling on the Eglin Reservation and Wildlife Management Area.  They were targeting early entry and hunting in closed areas during the current spring gobbler turkey season.  While working along the boundary of a unit listed as closed, the officers observed two trucks driving out of the closed area.  The two hunters were detained and issued notices to appear in county court.  Eglin Range Patrol Officers responded and suspended the hunter’s Eglin permits.

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. Information provided by FWC.

Comments

2 Responses to “FWC Law Enforcement Report”

  1. Adam on April 20th, 2015 7:35 am

    Meth I hate the stuff great job fwc

  2. 429SCJ on April 18th, 2015 6:23 am

    Sight, sound and smell. Observation certainly appears to be the key element in the FWC tool bag.

    Great job on removing those meth heads from a family oriented recreation area.

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