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2026-10-22 23:14
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Welcome to Swamp Cop recording. What are y'all doing? Hi. Why don't y'all come on up here? I know there's one more back there. At least tell them to come out. Hey, tell them to come out. Let's go. Get up here. This body cam footage shows a wildlife officer investigating suspicious behavior near a small bridge. Right there. A key. Not a monster. Get your guns. Get your gear. Don't leave anything down there. Get that stuff. 54 265 28. All right. I need everybody's ID. Oh, baby. So, why you all got spear guns down there? A gun? Why? It is illegal to spearfish within 100 yards of a fixed structure like a bridge or pier. Is that the only one you got? That's all you? Yeah, I'll do that. They tell the officer that the only fish they speared was a small sand back there. Okay. So, you cannot spear fish within 100 yards of a fish structure. Meaning that fishing bridge that's right there. Can't spear fish anywhere. near there. Okay. So, you've got a court date. February 5th, 9:00 a.m. Done fishing for the night. All right. Okay. So, go get the rest of your equipment. Pull it out of there. All right. The officer escorts the group back down to the water's edge. Okay. Didn't see this guy either. Hold on. The officer notices a snook hidden behind a tree that appears to have been speared. Who shot him? D. Yeah. You okay? So, this is for the snook now. Okay. Snooker out of season. That's under size. You can't spear fish them. Okay. So, that's three misdemeanors. You're going to have Yep. So, again, it's going to be the same court date, same time. Yep. Those are copies for the snook. You have the one for the spear fishing. Do you have any questions? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. You got to learn the regulations. You guys can't be doing that type of stuff out here. All right. Okay. Get them safe. The officer walks back to the water to look for spear fishing gear that the group might have hidden. The officer notices a stringer near the bridge. Yeah. After several attempts to revive the snook, the officer notices they have been speared and will not survive. Bring it. After the officer adds the additional snook to the charges, the suspect is looking at seven misdemeanor charges from the illegal harvesting of snook being out of season and undersized, as well as a charge for spear fishing near a fixed structure. Fines could range from $3,000 to $4,000.
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