at 600 p.m. on a Sunday Florida Fish and Wildlife officer spotted a vessel creating a large wake in an idle speed zone these are the events that followed cam go ahead make sure you're in neutral how you do good afternoon you're in neutral right C okay hey I'm officer mccorn Florida fishing Wildlife the reason why I'm stopping you sir is you're in an idle speed zone plowing all that weight that's going by is coming from your boat you look around here sir and you see all the other boats going slow Miss yes sir oh my goodness out of Rus okay give me a second here and then uh yeah no you just have a seat for me okay all right sounds good all right captain since you got a whole bunch of folks on board now as the person that I observed operating I'm going to be dealing straight with you okay can you go ahead all right I appreciate it just put the sandwich down that'll help all right so again I'm off some record Fish and Wildlife you know why I stopped you right I do now yes okay all right so if I could see the registration for the vessel and your ID please okay um I can do you my ID quickly the registration for the vessel I got to find The Orange Box okay The Orange Box I believe I saw in the back seat just have a seat for me sir that way it keeps it simple I don't saw that the good thing about Freedom Boat CL make sure you got everything okay perfect is she okay yeah she's sleeping okay she's drunk where you guys coming from today uh beer cans how was it out there busy choppy a little choppy was it busy yeah yeah I actually me if you can grab it for me what's that I me ass okay yep that's it thank you you guys have a beautiful thank you yeah we like it all right sir so the next thing I need to see is a life jacket for each person and a throwable and again I'll have you do that for me the throwable is right there sir the blue okay andita I'm going to need you to stand up what year were you born sirp 1996 do you have voting education yes could I see that as well could I see your boter ID card that's through my phone yes they uh they don't let take out the boats I know but the law requires that you have it ready for presenting if we ask for it that makes sense this one's going to be a little bit of a that's okay I'll give you a second to look for it I'm going to call Freedom vot Club okay because they're the ones who educated me you don't have it available on your phone I do but they're the ones who emailed it to me you know okay but by calling them what's that going to do for you tell me where to look for they know where it's at on your phone see well to be a member with them I had to do the okay is it through the State of Florida or is it I'm not sure there's many different businesses out there that offer the the course so I don't know which which company's course you took but I'll let you come back to that in a few minutes you can just get me the other items I asked for right now was that Jack to think wish I'm a bus owner I have three or four emails okay Jack Jack this one you guys are telling us right now right yeah we've got you you're not you don't have to worry about the boat drifting anywhere move you have to move what are you doing now sir for work no I don't know what you're doing right there on your phone I'm looking up the emails I received okay but what did I just ask you for instead the life jackets as well as yeah and then I said you can not worry about that for right now life jacket y I appreciate that okay one two two four seven going to have to se three four I think we're at five to on the boat including me got to stuff them back in there yeah you can put them back in for me that's fine that way you're not going to like trip over them the okay if I can you also want to see the throwable yes that right there all right all right you can have a seat for me again there sir all right so all right can I see a fire extinguisher let's try back there again this is just the captain right because it keep I don't need to be keeping my eyes figuring out who's moving and stuff right I appreciate it I am G to call Freedom on this one I'm the I'm not testing you no no no this is a good test I like there's no test I'm just asking the captain he is a firefighter depart okay got you he just finished his fire science degree then you know how important a fire extinguisher is and I live it yeah the I just took my final final last final of my let's try to find the fire it's not in this one there's nothing in here can you try that one yeah there's nothing in this one either maybe under but I doubt it swing this back down maybe or there's a battery compartment in the back right here not 100 familiar with the boat yeah no worries would you like the board to no if you can just pop it out for me Captain so I can take a look at it your day going good good it's a hot one today isn't it oh yeah stor thank you sir here's that back I'm sorry spider spider got want me to this right now you can do whatever you feel is is appropriate for now to okay I really like your mustache of pass ago oh yeah okay all right sir um can you look up my Bo license by any I'll take a look and see if we can find it in our system I can definitely do that well I'm in there so okay all right so let me ask you a question have you anything to drink today no sir not a single drop of alcohol then no sir okay cuz I see your your eyes right I can get the smell of an alcoholic beverage coming from The Vessel as well I'm not going lie little okay got you she brought her friends out this is my brother being my secondhand man on the boat we got them out to have a good time all right so here's what I'd ask for you to do then if you'd be willing to step over to my uh boat we'll perform standard field SRI attach just make sure that you're safe to operate if you are I'll have you on your way it's kind of a trick question no trick question as simple as that you have a choice I I know simple question sir can you you guys to us back to fre we are definitely doing that right now look you see that we have a long to go Jerry's do side you and us to the so I'm asking you again one last time are you willing to step over to perform field sobriety task to make sure that you're safe to operate if you don't then I have to base an AR rest decision on what I observe today so far which is is so a simple just a simple question I come from a family of lawyers so I'm feeling like I'm not trying to ENT trap you I feel trapped on this I'm asking you just a simple question sir I promise you I am totally capable of taking this boat right back Jerry but without a lawyer Pres feel somewhat subjugated to step onto your boat and surrender the rights you're not surrendering any rights I but I am certainly no sir so when you operate a vessel in the State of Florida there's a thing called implied consent am I correct officer Wilkins implied consent I'm just trying to make sure I'm not getting taken advantage you're not getting taken advantage of sir I'm literally asking you if you step over I step on your Bel will perform standard field sobriety tasks if I see if I see no signs of impairment from the the or uh indicators s suggests impairment then I I send you on your way and if I refuse it then what happens then I have to make a decision based on my observations up to this point when it goes on paper does that I don't understand what you mean when it goes on paper sir well what if uh someone else were to take over and get that doesn't fix the point at this point CU we are at where we're at right now you were person that was observed operating The Vessel come from a family okay so this is the last time they always tell me to this is they say to ask for them I should call them right now right now I'm asking you this is the last time if you choose not to then I'm you will be placed under arrest for boating while normal faculty is impaired I don't have anything to hide I'm asking this is your last time so are you coming over or what isy test consist I guess you have toet test you don't have to it's your choice but does it put me in a worse spot than just arrest listen I have here let me tell you this you said you're going to arrest me if I don't I have to make an arrest decision based on the observations that I've seen an arrest decis I got to call somebody I'm just telling you are you coming over or not sir all right then you are placed under arrest go ahead put your phone down grab your stop grab your life jacket out of your out of here put the life jacket on for me and then you're coming over here you need to call my father grab your grab the life jacket out of the boat put it on put your life jacket on you're coming over you have to put it on me what are you doing okay your life jacket is we're right in here arresting and ARR you're arresting a driver of a boat put your life jacket on first sir unbuckle it and put it on correctly please now yeah are you doing it or not then I'll do it take keep the life jacket on because you need to wear a life jacket if you're going to step across it's kind of inhibiting you got to you got to put this on all go back down there so you're not up high whether to do it or not right you need to loosen it sir I want to know whether or not I should do the field sobriety test nobody help with this can help you your dad's calling your attorney badge number I'll give you all that P229 P229 it's like stuck or something there I haven't yet after we presented everything that was eligible for voting he said just hang tight for a minute he's calling somebody to represent you you have this is your final Choice the um Captain from no we want to comply with you guys dep are you coming over okay there's no stalling no I understand I have a job to do as well right I've given you multiple options let our right I've given you multiple options right please please don't back us I will I will step onto their boat yeah can we have 10 minutes yeah you have to tell me you tell me please it's just a family I my um let me ask real fast excuse me sir what does the field sobriety test consist of standardized I standardized tasks standardized T in regulation to Road sobriety test there's a a waterborne version as well there's a waterbor version of a field sobriety test that is similar or not to the road sobriety are you coming over you have to answer the question I don't have to answer this I don't have to answer this lady's question I've asked I've given you the opportunity right now what the voting operation field sobriety test consists of okay you'll have to do a bunch of different hand eye coordination tasks oh like the pen thing so me personally I've had a DUI in the past so I kind of understand he obviously hasn't so no I know I know I know I know he's not but I I know what the Feld quote unquote No I know I know I know but like it's your op it's your choice is this like the pen thingy that you guys do I will be checking his eyes and like the the stand on one foot we don't stand on one foot on a boat I mean we are in a boat so I know it's a little different so I'm just trying to regulate I'm just scared no your dad said he's calling your lawyer right now he'll call you back in two seconds I don't know if you want to wait two seconds or yeah guys are pry take us towards Jerry do side please want me spot locked right now I'll call Austin sir I don't have I don't have the time and patience to be standing here waiting for somebody else to call back I've given you the options you with everything that I had to have on a boat to operate it are you willing to come over or not right now partially do I need 100% I'm willing to come over or you're not willing to come over until you have iton then what's the reason no you're not we're not playing this game of oh I'm going to come oh I'm not going to come can we just wait for the I'm not waiting anymore sir I've given you plenty of time I don't have anything to hide so okay then if you don't have anything to hide I should it's your call you want to come over then I'm telling you if I do not see signs of impairment it's not an entrapment if I do not see signs of impairment during all of your tasks of pridey here's the phone call what's up yes let's go sir come on Sir let's go come on okay I mean my dad yeah just you I've been completely patient with you really have and I really appreciate it well I have my voting license and so does JT so I me we're not really toes ticket for causing awake okay in a place that I don't know this is it yes or no are you coming over because I'm not going to stand here and keep playing this game I've already given you plenty of opportunities Sheriff's Department okay okay speaker in three two one on speaker Daddyo yep I'm here we on speaker with uh the sheriff here was uh causing Awakening area that honestly I wasn't familiar with and he pulled me over and we went through the uh the voting certifications I had all of it we went through the life jackets the Fire EX signatures all here and he wants me to do a field suret test if I deny it he's putting me under arrest I do it I feel like he's gonna get so yes so it's the same thing especially on the water while rocking I will take the arrest rather than hang up the phone sir I'm not hang all right we'll put the phone down then Larson's got my back on that I mean sounds like trouble either way but day so I gave you the option you can come over do standard field sobriety test or if you don't then I have to make a decision on whether or not to arrest you based on my current observations based on my field sobriety test though you will be able to arrest me in the case what is the current observation go ahead step over for me guys watch your step as you come across back to the make sure come on back here for me wor all right go ahead and turn around for me yes please turn around for me sir put your hands behind your back now don't cross them over for me there you go thank you I'm just I appreciate that no I appreciate that I hate the way that I was raised too that are those feeling all right this is how I was brought up it's really crazy no leave okay we've all got ourt good do you have uh anything in your pocket sir I don't think so okay do you have pockets on there yes okay all right do you have shoes on the boat that you want to wear you have shoes on the boat that you want to wear oh yeah sorry okay you you want to grab them his shoes no not those ones the blue slides okay have a seat back here for me for a second the natic slide see right here have a seat right there for me you have a shirt that you want them to grab for you too so at least you have a shirt correct he was uh creating wake in an idle speed zone correct okay I just I just that I was wondering are those your shoes no Jerry's do side Jerry's do side it it's just before the I75 overpass I75 this is a freedom Bo Club River is this a Freedom Boat okay just asking you a simple question four times I've told you that he's fine just asking you for clarification I'm being polite with you I'm putting under arrest I'm being polite with you yes but I'm under arrest sir G be polite because he's I am trying to be polite but it's really did you find his shoes so what'll happen is it's 8 hours from the I got his shirt I'm just looking for his shoes be8 hours maybe give him his jacket eight hours from the point of arrest right then he'll be able to be released wait I have a question is this a full arrest or is this just a detonation no he's been arrested this is an arrest not a detonation he's been arrested okay I was just wondering without beinged know I'm sorry does he pass the what oh doing a standard test yeah have you charged with yes he's been he's been charged with voting while normal faculty won't doood work we'll give him the option to provide a bre sample if he chooses that's I'm gonna step over for a second stepping over you good thank you do you haveed not here back on land the the guy at the boat ramp or not at the boat ramp out at uh what What's it called beer Island beer he gave me this uh it was a manatee like prehistoric manate rib I have no idea if that's where that is you mind if I slide by you guys there I'll switch boot for you back so I just have a question yes ma'am um what is he being charged with or detained I just told you that a bu voting while normal faculty is impaired yes ma'am okay just just checking all right um whose uh coolers are these uh the small is and this big one is mine might look at this big one again y okay I'll close this hold on I'm going to move my sandwich sorry I just don't want it to get soggy I completely understand you mind if I look in this over here and then uh can I just take a quick peek on here as well can absolutely okay thank you go all right hey he wanted to talk to you guys real quick before uh we get you guys out of here first of all s exp and I the responsibility of taking you guys out make sure it's safe experience hey bro you're good at this time I remain to say that it was a safe experience but for my safety I have to do what I have to do my keys are underneath the visor Justin will drive my truck home okay I'm gonna have to sit you down now because I got to disconnect the line so this lady can take over okay got any last things you want to tell them make sure you get everything out of the boat okay all right come on back in here now personally watch your step right there okay I hate to say it but you guys just caused a wake through a wake s sorry are we yeah you're damn right you did yeah this so everybody's different right no there's a wake's awake so everybody's different right so this idle for this boat your B settled in yeah and I could have made the same argument looks like I will be am I allowed to just for my future knowledge I know it's not going to happen now it won't affect you guys in the future but am I allowed to bring someone at this point with me on the boat on our boat yes I sir like what do you mean as a witness CU now I'm totally under your guys' control you can do whatever you want so we all have our body cameras right everything's I know not going to your weight now is much less than it was 5 minutes ago in a non-weight zone so the bance thing is not buying it very observ I'm not I'm not trying to be that guy at all either I'm just saying now in handcuffs behind the boat because of that am I walking into a rough situation no no sir listen they're going to just like I have a responsibility to for your uh your wellbeing they have a responsibility for your wellbeing as well little concerned I understand and and that I mean that makes sense I get it so as long as you just do what they tell you right just keep to yourself you'll be fine he was charged with boating Under the Influence careless vessel operation and operating a vessel in a prohibited manner he was sentenced to 12 months of probation thanks for watching be sure to subscribe for more 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