Where's [ __ ] You want to [ __ ] with my guy? On the 4 of July 2023, officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were waved down by individuals on a beach. They reported a male suspect who struck his girlfriend Pepper, sprayed three other people, and then left on his boat. When officers approach the suspect, he jumps into the water. Hey, just come to the boat, man. We'll get it figured out. Just come here. Quit being stupid, man. Come on. Once you grab a piece of his clothes, rip him up. Hey, Sean, get over here. Why don't you grab a piece of his clothes? Do not let go. Come on. Come on. Hey, dude. It ain't worth it, brother. Come on. Yeah, he bails from the boat. Black shirt. He's swimming between us and Pasco. Hey, now get that. Make sure he can't run that boat if he gets back on it. Hey, come on, man. Come on. Come here. Come to the fish cops. We're the nice ones, man. We're the nice ones. Come here. We're the good ones, man. Come on. Hey, come on. Come to my boat. Come to me. Come to me. Come to me. Just keep working it back and forth till we Come on, man. Listen. Dude, come on, man. Let's figure it out, dude. Come on. Come on, dude. Let's figure it out. No. Figure it out. What? What? You're in the water in the middle of the golf, brother. It's not safe for you to be out here. Say what we need to figure out. We just need to figure out who you are, man. You're out here swimming by yourself in the middle of the Gulf. We want to hear your side, man. We got one side of it. We got your side. So, tell me there. There's something going on happening on the island, man. They're saying you did it. Come on, man. Listen. I'm not stupid. You're going to catch more charges if you're going to be stupid. What's going on? We need Come on, dude. Then get on our boat, brother. It's not safe for you to be in the water, man. We're If you all kind of just We can drift into each other. What are you here for? For your safety, man. You're out here in the middle of nowhere. What? What? What? My safety. What? I told you we heard something went on at the island. Like what? Like a fight or something, man. Is that true? No. Why? Punch me in the face. And that You're a victim of So why are you here arresting me then? Because you're a victim of a crime out in the middle of the ocean, man. Why are you doing this, man? We got a bunch of other things to be doing. We got a bunch of other things to be doing. Tell me why. I just have I not explained to you what happened. Tell me why. What's your name? Let me tell you my name. My name's Kevin. What's the problem? Why are you here? Cuz you've been hit in the face. You just told me you were hitting the face, man. That is your side. I have their side. I know. And we're sending boats over there, too. Don't worry about that. No, you're not. Absolutely. Did you not see where I just came from? We're getting a story. We got to get his story. We got to get your story. What you said, correct? His story. And I don't have yours. So, get on the boat, man. Let's figure it out. His story is what you just said. Get on the boat and let's figure out I don't have your story, right? No, no, no. You just jumped off a boat, man. We're trying to help you out. While the two boats drift together, officers take their chance at grabbing the suspect. If you can grab him, grab him down, swindler, man. Come on. It's too hot. Come on, dude. Hey, super. Please. We can't have you swimming. Can I have a super? Right here. Right here. Right here. Right here. Yeah. Tell him to stand down. Just relax, man. Tell him to stand down. We don't want you running into our boat, man. Tell him to stand down. No, man. He's here for our safety and your safety. Right. Yeah, man. You're lying. You see that bar on his He's got a bar on his stop shoulder and so does he. Same logo. We got one in the water. Where is he? Where is he? Where is he? Where is he? Where is he? Come here, [ __ ] You want to [ __ ] with my guy? You hear me, [ __ ] You want to with him? I got my guy, [ __ ] You hear me? You You want Get your head on the ground. Let me tell you what happened to tase him. He punched me in my face. I need somebody to tase this guy. Give us your arm. Give us your arm. Lay down. [Music] Lay down. On the ground. Lay down. Back up. Back up. Turn around. Take the dead. Turn around. Hands behind your back. Hand behind your back. Hand behind your back. Hands behind your [ __ ] back. You want the ass moving in your [ __ ] life? Put your hands behind your back. You hear me? Can I tell you what happened? Yeah, bro. Can you believe me, bro? Yes, man. Relax. Should I tell you right now? Yeah. Yeah. Calm down, please. Just calm down. I don't want you in my face. I don't have no problems with you, bro. Bro, just put your hands behind. I didn't do anything, bro. I need you to put the cat away, dude. Dude, I will not resist, bro. Just my graing ass whooping your I will. I will. Swear to God, dude. Oh, let me tell you to kind of stop it. You just said you don't understand about that. Get your [ __ ] handcuffs out, Paris. God damn. I just told you I would tell you. Give me your arm. I will. Can you listen for a second? You give it to me. Please let me tell you. Please let me tell you what you want. Please just let me tell you. Give me You can as soon as we get Tell you what wrong, bro. I'm telling you I will. Please don't do this. You never listen to anybody outside. We want to listen to you. You didn't give us a chance to. You justing paid to arrest, bro. Like, I want to tell you my side. I'm serious, bro. I didn't do anything. Then he hit me in my face, bro. Hey, you just need to calm down. You just need to calm down. Okay. The guy that called you, bro. Listen on my face. We're going to calm down. You're arresting the wrong person, though. Put your hands behind your back. I didn't do anything. Put hands behind your back. Okay, hang on. Hang on. You left me no choice, bro. I got to get up. Try to get arrested for the wrong thing. I will I will pay attention. Put this hand behind your back. I will recoverate. Just put it on this hand. Put the other hand behind your back. Please just put it on his hand. Bro, do you want to cop to the front? I'm serious. We're not cing this dude to the front. I just want to tell you my story. I swear to you, man. Just relax, man. Just relax. I'm relaxing. Why don't you get your hand behind your back? I want to sit you in a recovery position. Please resist me in the front, bro. All right, calm down. Stop tensing up. Just let me I'm not resisting, bro. Just cuff me in the front. Thank you. Thank you for listening. Thank you. I didn't do anything, bro. Just relax. Relax. No, man. Cuz you left the wrong people, dude. I'm not resisting, bro. I swear to you. Hey, what's your name? I swear to you my whole life, bro. I'm not resisting. You wouldn't know if I'm resisting, bro. If you're not resisting, then put your hands where they're asking you to. If you're not resisting, then you'll do what he asks. You're going to break my arm, bro. Well, let him stop tensing him so we can get your hand behind. I asked you. I told you I'm not going to resist it. Cuff in the front, bro. Just cuff it in the front, bro. Like, you don't understand. I'm not. Just cuff it in the front. I'm telling you the truth, bro. I swear I'm going to drive stun you. Do you want to hear it? Quit this. Stop with I will just cuff me in the front, bro. I swear. Hey, listen. Hey, I swear to you, man. Before it comes, okay? We're at the point, okay? Where we can't get your arms behind your back, okay? I don't want it behind my back. You are going to have your hands behind your back. Okay. Why? So, you either do it voluntarily or you're going to get tased. You're not going to listen to me if I put my hands behind my back, bro. Investigating something. Relax. Like, what? Can you explain it, please? You already did. I'm I'm I'm serious. Like, like, if you explain it, I will do everything you want. Tell me what I did wrong. Please, sir. Just relax. I am. Can you tell me what I did wrong? You're not saying nothing. Yeah, dude. I'm worried about you, man. No, you're not. You're not saying you're in a bad spot. We're all in a bad spot. Can you please please? Can I tell you something? Get your hand off me, bro. Can I tell you something? No. I'm not resisting, bro. He's hitting me with his hand is what he's doing. I'm not, though. Yes, you are. Tell me what I did. Can you please tell me what? I had your word, bro. I had your word. I had your word, man. You're breaking my wrist. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Let me get this cuff. Let me get this cuff right here. Let me get this cuff right here. Okay. No, no, no, no. I don't want it. Okay. Okay. Okay. Listen up there. If I secure this, it's got to come back here. My arm's not hurting. We can just keep decreasing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Why'd you hit me in the face, man? Hit you in the face, bro. With your elbow, man. Why were you doing that? No, I didn't. Yeah. Why were you doing that? I'm trying to tell you the truth. That's all I was trying to do, bro. USA is free, bro. Let me hold it. Okay. Okay. Why? Why didn't the problem? All right. Once we get a chance, we got to sit him up. He's not doing it right now, though. All right. I need a life jacket on him before we roll. Please sit me up. Please sit me up. Please set me up. I'll I'll do whatever you want, bro. It's what you want. 7140. We're 51 back at Nick Park. We got 1105. It's being very difficult. Non-compliant. We're going to put him up on We're put him right here. We're put him right here. He's going to He's going to want to fight. All right. Y'all ready? You all right? All right. When the officer fell into the water, he noted in the incident report that he felt himself being pulled by the suspect head. First, another deputy who was president at the scene observed the suspect kicking off their boat while holding on to the officer, indicating he pulled the officer into the water intentionally. When the officer was in the water, he was completely submerged and felt his personal flotation device inflate, but he didn't resurface immediately like he was supposed to. The deputy on board observed the suspect holding the officer down underneath the water, preventing him from resurfacing, and furthermore breathing the witnesses who pointed officers to the suspect. to begin with stated the suspect shoved his girlfriend to the ground multiple times, slammed her head into the tree, and struck her in the face. Officers observed visible injuries on the suspect's girlfriend, matching the description of the witness's claims. The witnesses also stated that when they attempted to confront the suspect about his actions, he pepper sprayed them, at which point he left in his boat. Officers observed the suspect slurring his words and could smell a strong odor of alcohol emanating from his breath, indicating the suspect was intoxicated for this entire ordeal. The suspect, James, was charged with operating a vessel while impaired two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer, two counts of resisting with violence, and attempted felony murder for almost drowning an officer. He is innocent unless proven quilty in a court of