FWC Law Enforcement Report: Fishing Violations, Illegal Doe And Narcotics

November 26, 2019

The Florida FWC Division of Law Enforcement reported the following activity during the period ending October 31 in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

ESCAMBIA COUNTY

Officer Long responded to an anonymous call regarding a subject catching and keeping undersized red snapper at NAS Pensacola’s fishing pier. Officer Long observed the subject catch a red snapper and found he had additional fish in his cooler. A resource inspection found one undersized red snapper. The subject was issued an appropriate citation.

Officer Long and Officer Specialist Clark were conducting resource and license checks on NAS Pensacola’s East Seawall. The officers conducted a fisheries inspection on two fishermen and discovered six undersized mangrove snapper. They educated the individuals on current regulations regarding the species and gave them online resources. The appropriate citation was issued.

SANTA ROSA COUNTY

Officer Ramos was patrolling Yellow River Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and observed a vehicle parked with no occupants. He saw narcotics in plain view and provided the vehicle information to dispatch. The vehicle owner had an extensive criminal history. A short time later, two subjects returned to the vehicle. Officer Ramos conducted interviews with the subjects while waiting for Officer Matechik and Officer Land to arrive as backup. Officer Ramos removed a loaded .38 caliber revolver from one of the driver’s jacket pockets and confirmed the man was a convicted felon. The two men were also in physical possession of several bags of crystal methamphetamine, nine syringes which field tested positive for methamphetamine, and various other drug paraphernalia. The subjects were cited appropriately, arrested and transported to the Santa Rosa County Jail.

Officer Specialists Mullins and Roberson responded to a call in Santa Rosa County regarding a doe that was shot in a field. They spoke to an individual who admitted to shooting the deer, but said the deer had been hit by a vehicle. Officer Roberson and Officer Hoomes talked with two witnesses on scene that said they saw the deer grazing on the side of the road when they heard a shot and observed the subject dragging the deer out of the woods. Based on the witness’s statements and no evidence that the deer had been hit by a vehicle, Officer Roberson filed charges against the subject.

This report represents some events the FWC handled during the time period; however, it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement. Information provided by FWC.

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Comments

2 Responses to “FWC Law Enforcement Report: Fishing Violations, Illegal Doe And Narcotics”

  1. Hunter on November 27th, 2019 12:14 pm

    @Mary Baldwin, you do realize that this is the Florida Wildlife Commisions report…right??? They are supposed to be in the woods and on the water. Their job is not to police the town. Plus, they are federal and CITY ZONERS have no jurisdiction over them.

  2. Mary Baldwin on November 27th, 2019 2:23 am

    well this doesn’t surprise me none at all. I commented on LIVE PD about they needed to come back to the county and see more then 2 red lights on 90 in Milton. This is exactly what I was telling them. Drugs, crime, thrift* poaching*, and cops in woods to ignore town duty’s, I can start a list of things wrong but I’m not. But I’ll share this CITY ZONERS are forced to pay X-AMOUNT OF MONEY OR LOSE OUR GAS AND WATER

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