Ocean 1500 one running white male blue top tan shorts running. >> Yeah. So st this guy couldn't be in a worse predicament right now. >> Please don't hurt me. I surrender. Please don't hurt me. It started with a phone call about a stranger hanging around two empty rental homes. Minutes later, he was floating in the middle of a river and the only way to reach him was a paddle board. March 16th, 2026, Daytona Beach Shores, Florida. [music] A Valuchia County deputy calls back a neighbor who reported a man coming and going from two vacant houses on a street. >> This is this Dave? >> Yes. Hey Dave, deputy missing out at the sheriff's office. What's going on down there? >> Had a guy in the white car there pulled here about two weeks ago parked there. He doesn't live there. Said those are both empty rentals. I catch him coming into the backyard of the house. And I said, "Get out of there." You know, basically shove it up my ass. He can do whatever he wants. And I just said, "I'm I'm done." Then he said he tells me to call the cops. I'm like, "Really?" if it was a Florida tag or if it's an out of state tag or anything. You know, >> I think it's an out of state tag. >> Okay. >> And he was just standing out there yelling at the road 5 7 8 minutes ago. >> The neighbor had never seen a man before. Deputies headed over to find out who he was. >> This might be it, dude. I think this is it cuz you said I had out of state with a white SUV. >> Hey, this deputy missing out again real quick. There was a white SUV in the driveway. >> Yes. >> Okay. white kid, young curly black hairs. >> Within minutes, they found the white SUV and a man matching the description standing right next to it. >> Hey, let's let's go ahead and read him first. >> Hey. Hey. >> Come over here. Hey, >> come over here. Come over here. Come over here. >> They planned to read him his rights. First, [music] they just needed his name. >> Ocean one running right now. Utah can't short running northbound. >> He sprinted through backyards, cut around a church, and vanished. >> Yeah, I need units. I need units on Van Avenue, Peninsula, Atlantic, and Carolyn Terrace. >> Deputies locked down the neighborhood and called for AK9. Then a new update came over the radio. All right, central for units. It's going to be the 30,000 block of peninsula. >> He had run straight into the Halifax River, fully clothed. And now he was floating roughly 75 yd offshore. >> Hey, get you're Hey, you're going to get dog bit. You better get back here. THAT DOG'S GOING TO BITE YOUR ASS. >> HEY, we got a PA. Hey, can somebody use their PA make some K9 announcements? >> Yeah, he's tired. He ain't going to go nowhere. >> We're just going to hold a visual on him. When the board gets here, Deputy Manhart and a guard will go off. >> Yeah. >> He wasn't coming back on his own. >> The boat was on the way, but two officers weren't going to wait for it. >> There he goes. >> RA and LP. >> I lost a visual on him. There he is. He's flashing right there. See him right there just to the right of the green? That's >> a Valuchia County deputy and a Daytona Beach Shores officer paddled straight out to him. >> They're grabbing him. I don't I think they're formulating a game plan to get him up onto something. [music] >> Listen, man. You start screwing around. We're just going to throw you back in the water. >> Wait for the boat. In the water, man. >> This This guy couldn't be in a worse predicament right now. Make sure you're recording, Jason. >> One of them slipped into the water, strapped a rescue buoy around him, and they towed him all the way back to the dock. >> It looked like he went behind him. >> He gave he gave an okay sign. >> Yeah. Yes. >> They got him. >> They're just taking their time now. I remember. >> Tell him what he's won, Johnny. He's won an all-inclusive trip to the Valuchia County branch. >> All expenses paid, met with a complimentary balloon sandwich. >> Yeah, Jack, we're going to secure them up here so we can get up the railway. >> You can leave one on or you want to go find the back? >> No, no, no, Jack. >> Leave the handcuffs on. We'll grab the handcuffs. Get them up here. And then >> here, let me see your hands. >> Get your feet on. There you go. >> Step over. >> Step over. >> We got you. >> Please don't hurt me. I surrender. Please don't hurt me. Please don't hurt me. Please don't hurt me. >> Please don't hurt me. >> Please don't hurt me. >> You're done running, right? >> Please don't hurt me. >> You're done running. We're good. >> Please don't hurt me. hurt. >> We're not going to hurt you. We're not going to argue. We're done. >> We're done with all that. >> Back on land, the mood changed fast. >> I don't know why everybody thinks the river is a great idea. It just seals their fate. >> That dude's a lightning bolt. >> Even the shores. Like, we were driving after him in our cars. He is fast. No [ __ ] All three of us were right there when he ran. He dusted everybody. That could run like the wind blows. >> I believe it, >> dude. He took off. We were like, "Holy shit." >> Oh my god. I ran so far. >> Did you So, did you get him or someone else? >> Well, I chased him. He was fast, dude. He was like And then I just kept I just kept giving the directions and we just swarmed in on him. >> Michael Phelps, >> he's getting away. I'm out of here. Fun's over. >> Wait, we get paid for this? Are you serious? Oh, some some idiot ran from us and jumped in the river and tried to swim across, but we got him and we're about to leave out of here. >> The 28-year-old was taken to jail. He was charged with loitering and prowling and resisting arrest. >> Listen, you made a dumb mistake, but nobody got hurt. >> Thank God. >> Everybody's all right. You're all right. >> All of that, the sprint, the swim, the paddle board rescue started with a call about a man hanging around two empty houses.