recording. >> Go for orange. Hey, what are you doing? Fishing wildlife. >> This body cam footage picks up as wildlife investigators respond to a tip about an individual harvesting lobster without a dive flag in the Florida Keys. >> Hey, >> come here. >> Hey, FWC, come here. Hey, law enforcement, come here. Police. >> All right, >> watch him. Stay there. >> Go, go, go. >> Hey, stop. >> I can't plane. >> The investigators were in plain clothes in an unmarked patrol vessel. >> Get on body cam. Get him on body cam. I got him. I got him. Hey. Hey. Give me on Doc. Okay, go >> back up. >> Go. Careful. William, >> need a land unit uh in the area of 95 mile marker. We just had a guy in a kayak flee from us and he's running. He was lobstering and then he we identified ourselves and he ran from us. Stop. Stay loud for Stop. Stop. Hey, boy. Stop. On your hands and knees. On the ground. Hands on your feet. On your face. On the ground. Lay down. Stay. Do not move. Do not move. Hands up. Hands behind your back. >> Pull over. >> I know. We're going to stand up. >> My neck. >> Pull your knees up. Go. >> Why you running? Why you running here? I don't care where you live. Why you running? Oh my neck. Oh [ __ ] Christopher. Williams got him in custody. Hold on. >> What's What's the address here? >> Hold on. I'm getting the address. 10:33 right now. What's the address, sir? >> Yes. 1033 traffic. 103 >> marathon. The address is in Kargo. We've got one subject in custody that ran from us. Everything's 104, but just uh send somebody land unit. >> Well, it's going to be tight. They're not supposed to be not tight. You shouldn't run. Christopher, I'm going to have him go here. Say what? >> I'm going to have him go in here. You want to type up here? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Just asking. >> Okay. See if he's got any lobster or anything. >> Oh, >> speak English. >> Yes, he does. >> Why'd you run, man? >> I don't know, man. Sorry. I just leave you over there. >> Do you have lobster? >> Yeah. >> How many? >> I don't know. >> He's got He got wrong tails in his pocket. Sit him down. Or you want to sit him on the boat? >> Yeah, I want him on the boat. >> Let me get a life jacket in case he decides he wants to go for another swim. >> Any weapons or anything on you? >> No. >> Sit down. Sit on the edge. Sit down. One foot. >> Yeah, the handcuffs are not supposed to be comfortable. >> Watch your head. Watch your head. >> He's with you. I'm getting the other >> put this. You got lobster. >> Don't do anything stupid. >> No, no, no. The handcuff is caught me there. >> Okay. Well, well, hold on. If you didn't run. >> No, I don't run. >> Why'd you run? >> I don't know. >> It's a lot It's a lot worse when you run. >> Hey, Langa. No cop >> or uh your friend. >> I'm a friend. >> Okay, >> hold on. Hang on one second. Let me get a rope. >> They're in here. >> How many It's tiny. >> Yeah. >> Anything in the boat? >> No. >> Just in the your pocket. >> Okay. Stay there. Let me uh get >> your uh need a rope so I can tie these. >> Yeah. Yeah. What you That that guy gave me that. There's nothing in it. It's just bait. >> He said he's got >> Okay. Um what what you need? >> I need a rope. I want to tie these kayaks up to that line right there. Okay, here I'll give you preaching. >> He said he's your friend. I know. I know. I know he's your friend. I'm not saying he has no ghost. He don't He don't get any. >> Okay, hold on. >> Okay, turn around. >> Which one? >> The right one. This one >> on the on the left one. >> I'm going to loosen one at a time. Do not do anything crazy. >> I don't want to do nothing. >> Okay. >> Just a little bit. >> Better. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Hold on. Let me uh I got to double lock them. >> Yeah. >> Okay. No problem. I'm just going to I have to double lock so they don't they don't tighten up on you. >> Don't worry. I see. >> Okay. >> Okay. Better. >> Yeah. >> Okay. You have Florida license here >> but not with you. But you have one issued to you. Okay. >> I give you a number here. >> You have the number? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Go ahead. >> That's 104. >> The cuffs are better now. >> Okay. Hey, Chris, give me one second. Let me see if he dumped any more when he ran. >> Okay. So far, they have found two small lobster tails stuffed in the individual's pocket. >> But the officer who caught him thinks there might be more. >> Stay law enforcement. Hi. How are you? >> Good. How are you? Does that guy work for you? >> No. I was surprised when I heard that. >> Yeah, he came running. >> I see. I see. I I see you picking, you know. >> Coming out of his pocket. >> Yeah, he dumped him in front. >> Threw his kayak up here, came out the street, fell down here. I hopped the fence and put him down right there. I'm >> Where's the boat? Where's the guy >> there? He's on the boat with Chris. >> Yes, sir. Oh, nice. >> Good call. Good catch. I'm going to need his 27 uh when you uh when you uh get a chance so I can put it in the computer. I'm just going to >> be down. >> Hey, I never had a pursuit in a kayak before. >> Yeah. >> Say what? >> We have eight now. >> Eight. >> Yeah. Okay, sweet. >> Where did he try to run to? >> So, he ran out and then he went two houses over and he was dumping stuff and he ended up going into a construction site and then he got proned out. >> Yeah, he's fine. I I loosened the cuffs up. He said they were tight on him, so I loosened him up a little bit. He's He's all right. So we got wrong tails undersize over the bag and flee >> fleeing a loot. >> Well, we were we were right there and we told him we told him stop >> and he looked back and he kept paddling faster faster faster faster. >> Hey, law enforcement stopw. >> So then he came in here >> and I and I nosed him up and he jumped off and he was the chase was on. Offense number has been assigned to 9122. >> Is that the 24621? >> Oh yeah, we got eight. >> No, we got him. >> He was just twisting them, dude. He didn't have any dive gear or he had gloves and that's it. No snorkel gear. You hit all the UVC drop in the water. >> We couldn't >> No. No. He was on the kayak when we stop when we started coming down the canal and we said, "Hey, law enforcement, stop." He started paddling. We said, "Stop. Stop. Stop." And I I didn't want a plane in here because >> Well, there is a way you could do it coming from >> No, I We were right here. We were right here. I came in by um by uh Phil Shores. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. You know how to get in there. You know that. >> Yeah. Well, I I called the RP and he led me in. I didn't want to bottom this boat out. >> It is. Yeah. You got you got to stay on it till you get to the dabbits where the where >> Chris give me give me his phone number. >> What's your phone number, sir? >> Where are you? Where were you born? >> Cuba. >> Cuba. Thank you. >> How tall are you? >> 5'11. >> How much you at? >> 160. >> Where did you launch the kayak from? >> Huh? >> The kayak? Where'd you put it in the water? >> Uh to house over there. The >> over there. >> See the white and pink house. >> Okay. Are you working? Yeah, we're working on a fair house. >> You're working on a front house. >> You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in court. Have the right to consult with an attorney and have an attorney present with you during questioning. And are there any more than that? >> No, no, no. That's it. >> That's it. Okay. >> Yeah, that was maybe when I'm running. >> We told you. >> Yeah. When you told me when you stop I think it was another person. I don't know. >> But why why would you run? I mean, we plainly saw the the badge and the gun and I put the blue lights on. >> Yeah, I'm done with him. >> My brother. >> Either one. Either one. We're We're We don't want it. >> We're We're going to We're going to release it to whoever you want it to release to. >> Yeah. >> That's fine. >> Hey, Chris, if you guys were lost at the house. >> No, he said no. He said they they they were these were falling out of his pockets when he was running. >> Well, you know, look. >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. For sure. >> For sure. >> In Florida, it is illegal to separate a spiny lobster's tail from its body while you are in the water. Lobsters must be landed in whole condition, and once on land, the tail can be separated. this morning. >> You all right? >> Yeah. That's just my >> Oh, running. >> Yeah. >> Gotcha. >> I got a gauge if you want, Chris. >> Nah, it's not necessary. >> These are I put it where the five is and they're not even close. So, a responding officer takes one more look for any evidence. The lobster violations are misdemeanors. Okay? Any marine marine violation is a misdemeanor. >> So if you would have stopped and just said, "Hey, this is what I got." It would have been a lot better for you. You know, it's >> that guy's lucky day. I found another one. >> Found another one. >> Yeah, it's like a might be the smallest one. >> I found another one. >> Found one more. >> No way. >> Middle of the shoot. Somebody can [ __ ] right above. >> Really? Come on, man. What is What are you going to do with that? Honestly, >> you're going to eat that? That's like a shrimp? >> Not even. >> Not even a shrimp. I've eaten shrimp that are bigger than that, sir. Come on, man. Come on. >> Yeah. Good thing you didn't print. >> Let me get another pick. Yeah. Here you go. >> Fishing license. No lobster stamp. No dive flag. No life jacket. No whistle. That >> all right, sir. We're going to get you to stand up. >> Careful. >> Your leg. All right. >> My knee. >> Your knee. Okay. >> What do you think, William? Um, should I back up and maybe use Well, >> just back up right here and we can put the bow. There's the short one. >> I was going to say we can use that ladder, but >> yeah, we can boost him up here. >> You just back up a little bit. Give me this real quick. >> He said he can go here. >> Yeah, I'm sitting on the >> Just watch your head. >> Sit down. >> There you go. There you go. >> I'm going to help you up. Three, two, one. Watch your head. >> There you go. Hey, you're holding on to the run again. >> The individual was charged with 22 first and seconddegree misdemeanor for undersized lobster tails, possession of rung lobster tails, no measuring device, interference with an officer, and resisting arrest without violence. >> You want to have me one of yours for now? >> The individual was taken to jail where he entered a guilty plea to all charges, served his jail time, and was placed on probation. Thanks for watching.