officers respond to a man illegally
camping on the side of a busy highway he
has a mother pitbull with multiple
newborn puppies that soon make this
situation much more complicated for
officers Sheriff's Office how you doing
bud is this where you're staying at hi
temporarily temporary yes what happened
to your neck you need an ambulance or
something um I have a Fus spal cord so I
can't be walking too much damn that
sounds bad how old are your puppies
they're 21 days old
okay hey Cruz hi hi Mama Hi fussy it's
all right fuss it's okay good girl I'm
glad you gave him the food I brought her
sorry her we're thinking what's best is
we hold them for protection no it's okay
I can keep the puppies they're in a they
in a good environment it's it's in the
tent it's it's still you don't
understand it's it's my decision what I
want to do with the puppies so here's
the thing Cruz we understand that
but here's the thing you are illegally
camping here right I'm not illegally
camping nowhere cuz in Moro County it's
called offgrid living and that's 100%
legal okay not on County property you
can do off- grid living out there okay
then I'm going remove this stuff and
then I'm going to go out there then why
don't you come out here so we can talk
to you no I don't want to talk I already
know what is going on and hey I don't
know what uh uh uh uh uh
uh come out here come out here right now
about the yeah I'm talking about machete
get out of here right now that's a
that's not that's not that's a concealed
weapon then in here there's nothing
wrong with that thing get out of the
tent now before I move you out of
the I'm going count to three and then
you're going to going to remove you hi
Mama I don't I don't ask twice come on
man I ask once and then I then I tell
you then I make you you all got a can or
something start grabbing these puppies
I'm getting my shoes staching stop
making up stuff God damn Jesus Christ n
we we've been nice for a while man I not
being nice nothing I didn't do nothing
I'm grabbing my shoes right there your
second shoes stop Jesus Christ and no
you're not taking my prect it's my
decision no we're taking no you're
not look look look look look stop it man
stop it do not don't grab me again no
don't not touch me don't touch me do not
grab me again don't touch me you
understand me I didn't do nothing
illegal you understand me I did not do
nothing illegal you are not going to
touch me I have
a I have a neck brace that's illegal you
understand that you not going to touch
me I didn't do nothing illegal do not
come at me like that again I didn't do
nothing illegal fussy chill do not I
didn't take your dogs I didn't do
nothing illegal you did we're taking
your dogs what I
do let me let me let me let me let me
let me control her let me control her
let go of her arm let me control
her give your other
arm let me controller let me controller
I didn't do nothing wrong what did I do
wrong you TR illegally lock me
up then let me get my
door let me get my
door illegal man you doing you laughing
stop laughing laughing get laughing come
stop grabbing at her no call me the
lieutenant now that's a direct
order hey get this God damn
dog J hurry you're going to get tased
hard help stop kicking help help stop
kicking help during this struggle the
mother dog bit this female officer's arm
several times to protect the suspect
which we got a small glimpse of in the
footage after the officer's body cam
falls off the dog then bit the officer's
face as the suspect was kicking go to
Sergeant go to Sergeant well now going
to jail the sergeant is coming right now
thank you all right stop moving I I I
have a C5 fracture well then stop
fighting I'm I resisting you are you've
kicked the deputy you hit me saw we're
not doing this saw you reach for it I
did not reach for shoes that Miss
interpreting I'm Mis interpreting about
how much you want back $200 oh no got it
up oh I got 200 on sweet please can you
stop touching my stop [ __ ] moving
stop sexually harassing me shut up I
have to stop [ __ ] out shut up stop
touching my nuts get a your hands off my
GRS you can grab anything else except
for my penis well then stop damn dog
stop touching my nuts dog can you get
off my nuts thank you that's all I asked
for God damn come on come on fuing
but machete I didn't even have my hands
other hand first yeah your hand go no
I'm not I want to talk to I want to talk
to I'm not talking to the side stop
putting your hands on me I didn't do
nothing I didn't reach for nothing you
reach for again it's going to hurt
hobble yeah get the H where do you have
one in your car you have one on you no
is that's a lieutenant or Sergeant you
want to spin him around get him in cuffs
on the side pass the door I
wel stop hitting me I'm talking to a
sergeant you're not talking to anybody
right now that's the sergeant it doesn't
matter
rist man I'm not even doing nothing I
pressure to my
Wrist all right I'm up I'm up I'm up
tighten the slip over now do this is
unnecessary it is and it's over so we're
done you're okay we're okay that's it I
can I get up now in a
minute all right good one aside you good
yeah service has been released you got
anything on you up you got anything on
you no I'm I'm in here sleeping half
dead right and these K about I have a
concealed weapon I wasn't reaching for
anything where's a weapon in here
anything it's a machete that purchase
else no I have no guns no drugs nothing
I have a service dog okay and you can
review the cameras she said I'm
illegally 10 she said I think it's best
if we take your dog I said no I would
move somewhere else stand them up we're
going to walk him out
here my neck bra my neck bra my neck
brace where's it we'll get it don't
worry we got a paramedic coming to look
at you all
right let's walk up
here that's fine your
yep all right have a seat right here sit
on your side I'm going to have a
paramedic come take a look at you all
right all right so I'm chilling right
I'm I'm laying down and they said I
think it's best if we take your your
dogs I said no I have a settlement I can
go I can go somewhere else he said you
legally camping on comment property I
said our we living is 100% legal and she
saw that had a machete she said stop
reaching I wasn't reaching for anything
I grabbed my shoes and then the guy just
assault me out of the ordinary I didn't
even do nothing wrong I say you on my
neck you on my neck I have a I have a C5
fracture I have a settlement that's
disorderly conduct man I'm going to walk
him down to the shade grab my neck
brakes grab my neck Brak me the Serge
will be up I'm going to get you situated
first and then I'll go down here and get
it okay I need my puppies I need my dog
you understand you want to go to the
shade first yes all right let's walk to
the shade I need my puppies cuz I didn't
do nothing wrong okay I'm not here I
just got here there all right can you
breathe no it's just my neck I have a C5
fracture okay okay okay just relax we'll
we'll take is coming we got right back
here and that's why I kept coming this
way cuz I knew it was going to go
sideways I saw the
machete reach
for all right way to handle it be
composed and not go the other way with
it come outside and talk to us I knew
you know dog is fighting me everywhere
dog went nuts dog bit you break skin
anywhere I don't know I'm not worried
about it now go sit in your car I can't
I don't have my keys okay go down there
and look let's get you in the car cooled
off and then uh we'll go from there they
came and picked it up cuz they thought
it was best for them to go in the
shelter let them okay that's fine I just
I see the dog but I want to make sure
your dog's taken care of that's all we
care about make sure everything's take
what's your name my name is
cuso that's your real name yeah that's
my government name birth government name
yeah but where's your ID atam it's in
there what what uh state where from from
Maryland Maryland yes sir this guy come
talk about stop reaching I'm saying I'm
grabbing my shoes then um I'm going go
ahead and take you down I'm not reaching
for nothing here let's let's just calm
down do you mind if I go get your ID yes
where's it at it's in the the the the
hell Park like the the the the pouch the
pouch yeah all right when I walk in your
tent it's going to be to the left to the
right I think it's going to be to your
left okay but just check all of them
though do I have permission to go grab
it yes okay not problem I'm going to go
grab that ID all right all right thank
you they taser me I'm trying to get off
my neck I have a fracture I haven't
healed yet I have a fracture he's on my
neck tell me to shut the up if I don't
do nothing how you doing this is rescue
just tell me so I'm I'm sitting down cuz
I'm hot I'm suffering from Strokes so
the officers and the animal control and
they said U I think it's best if um you
take a dog so the lady looked inside my
tent she saw machete she said Stand Down
stand down that at first and foremost
it's a machete I'm executive chef I went
to school for chef and I'm a register
fight onne Tai they're not here they're
not here for that here for you
medical I have a C5 fracture on my
spinal cord this guy put pressure on my
spinal cord I can die any minute he
paralyzable right when did that happen
this happened on March the 24th when I
was H by a car on my moped this recent
March yes this recent March you have
neck pain yes all on my spinal cord wear
a bra or anything yes I have my neck
breakes in there took it off of me you
wear that all the time yes all the time
we put it on you now all right thank you
we'll take your vital and everything but
I mean it looks like you're moving your
neck fine right no it hurts it hurts
yeah it hurts bad so I mean we can take
it to the hospital and get checked out
or no I want to I want to see what they
going to do first cuz I need to grab my
dog and my puppies right your puppies
are fine they're not going to come with
you if either way you're going to go to
the if you're going to the hospital you
wear this all the time right yes I need
a new one cuz it's uh tearing apart on
me okay see you can see where he broke
it aart any aies no y can review the
camera sge I'm telling you I I never
reached for anything I'm not here I'm
just the third officer that got here
buddy all right that's all I am the
sergeant went over there to talk to her
so cuz there's nothing there's no
concealed guns in there there's no
pepper spray there's nothing in there
I'm telling them get off my neck get off
my neck no shut up I'm like dog I have a
neck injury they couldn't it's like they
were scared that the dog was going to
fight them the dog was in our space
fighting us and I keep yelling at her
you need to grab the dog and pull her
and they're like she doesn't want to go
I'm like I really don't care right now y
the F dog we're getting bit and we're
fighting with this guy I'm not dealing
with the dog anymore the guy was on my
spinal cord I have a seire I'm telling
to get off it's paralyzable you got to
get off my neck I'm working with you he
didn't care I have a settlement I a
personally injury lawyer well
everything's on camera so it'll be do
that way thank you but let me uh let me
just take some pictures real quick for
aort and uh please don't stay in my cell
phone I can put on Facebook they go into
our own database and uh and they get
into evet.com all right
so so this is where everything was is
right here in the corner yeah he sat up
and he reached and the machete was back
there I jumped in there and grabbed the
machete and threw it out she's got taken
by the hospital get checked out no I'm
good I just want to go I'm just want to
we have we have to going do anyway just
to be safe we have we have to it's just
a safety thing especially because your
neck listen listen listen even though
it doesn't show up on the instruments
the hospital has better instruments they
can do a better check all right we just
want to make sure you're fine all right
we're going to walk through this way
right here second car just take a seat
relax okay I'm going to take the hobble
hobble is going to come off so he can
get in here he hasn't been a problem you
don't want this back on you right you're
not going to be a problem no hell no I'm
just all right I'm going to drop it down
to your feet wiggle your legs a little
bit now you can step out of it all
right all right thanks buddy you're
welcome what's your first name again
crito crito yeah go by Chris or anything
Cruz Cruz all right Cruz all right buddy
I'm going to close this watch your arm
okay that fail after being medically
cleared Cruz was transported to the Key
West Detention Center without further
incident he was charged with resisting
obstructing without violence resisting
with violence aggravated assault on a
peace officer battery on a peace officer
and a municipal ordinance for his
camping location he is innocent until
proven guilty in a court of law the
puppies were removed from his care and
custody and placed up for adoption