FWC Law Enforcement Report

July 2, 2019

The Florida FWC Division of Law Enforcement reported the following activity during the weekly period ending June 13 in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties

ESCAMBIA COUNTY

Officer Allgood was working fisheries enforcement and found one individual in possession of two red snapper during the closed season and another individual in possession of two undersized pompano. Both individuals were cited for the violations.

Officers Clark, Long and Lugg teamed up to work the opening day of red snapper season. They documented several violations including undersized red snapper and greater amberjack. Appropriate citations were issued for the fisheries violations. They also encountered one subject with a felony warrant out of Georgia. He was arrested and transported to the Escambia County Jail.

While checking fishing activity on the Bob Sikes Bridge, Officers McHenry and Pettey found two individuals in possession of two oversized red drum. The subjects were attempting to hide the fish behind a trash can. Both individuals were cited for the violations.

Officer Allgood was driving west on Interstate 10 when he saw a vehicle swerving across the center lane and off the edge of the road. He conducted a traffic stop and spoke to the driver. Officer Allgood saw signs of impairment and requested the driver complete standardized field sobriety tasks. The driver was arrested for DUI.

SANTA ROSA COUNTY

Officer Ramos spent several days inspecting blue crab traps for compliance with the Blue Crab Effort Management Program. Nearly 50 traps were checked for compliance and several were not tagged as required by law. Officer Ramos contacted the responsible person and issued him a citation for the violation as well as several warnings related to his traps.

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.

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Comments

4 Responses to “FWC Law Enforcement Report”

  1. mike on July 5th, 2019 2:27 am

    oversized? so much for fishing rodeos. :)

  2. Whisperjet on July 3rd, 2019 1:02 pm

    ..great job guys..too many outlaws.
    Keep up the good work…

  3. BigRed on July 2nd, 2019 11:27 pm

    Clark, Long and Lugg… those guys should open up a law office.

    I concur though. Great job officers for protecting our resources. I hope the people that were caught near the Bob Sykes bridge were the ones I encountered. They were fishing in the middle of the channel under the bridge between the bridge protection systems.

  4. Brewton on July 2nd, 2019 8:52 am

    Good Job Officers. Thanks for protecting us and our fisheries.

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