Game wardens with the Missouri Department of Conservation were in plain clothes in Bennett Springs State Park when they observed two individuals departing, each carrying a limit of four trout. Shortly after, they returned with empty stringers and kept three additional trout. >> Hey guys, how are you? >> Fantastic. >> Good. You shut the vehicle off for me if you would. >> Game Morton. Um, you guys fishing today? >> Yep. >> Okay. You guys got any fish? Three fish. >> All right. You guys uh staying around here? >> Yep. >> Where you guys staying? >> At an Airbnb in Buffalo. >> Okay. In Buffalo. All right. Um can we take a look at your fish real quick? >> Can I get out? >> Yeah, sure. >> Yeah. >> Excellent. >> Where you guys from? >> Uh I'm from Colombia. Others from Florida. >> Okay. All right. All right. And you caught these? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> All right. You got your permit? >> Uh, I do have one. Yes. >> Okay. Let me look you up here. >> You know your social? >> I do. What is I also have? Yeah, there's my >> Jerome. >> Yep. >> Yes, sir. >> Isn't fishing? All right. You got your daily tag? >> I do. >> All right. Is it inside? >> Yeah. You want to see it? >> Yeah, sure. >> You want to check his permit? >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> I got the other daily tag back. Do you want me to grab that one for you? >> Is that your brother's? Yeah. Okay. >> I think there's the other daily tag. >> Okay. All right. >> He's got I I seen the daily tag. >> All right. >> Yeah. Give me your social. Yours is up to date. >> All right. Hey, Jerome. Come here. Okay. So, here's the deal. I stopped you for a reason. Okay. Um I want you to be honest with me. You be honest with me, it'll go a long way for you and your brother. All right, I'm going to ask you a question and I want the honest truth from you, okay? Because I know some of the answer. Um, how many fish have you caught today and kept total? >> Seven. >> Okay. Thank you. All right. So, where's the >> between the both of us? >> Between the both of you? >> Okay. How where's your brother's fish at? All right. >> His is going to be at the Airbnb. >> Okay. How many fish is at the Airbnb total? >> Four total. Okay. How many have you caught today and kept on a stringer besides them three? >> Uh, between the both of us, about seven fish on a stringer. >> I don't know exactly how many I've caught cuz we've thrown quite a few back in the water. >> Okay. All right. So, you've kept three. These are the only three fish that you've kept today. All day on a stringer. >> Yes. >> Okay. Let's try again. How many have you caught and kept? Just you. >> Three fish. >> Okay. That's not truthful. Okay, here's how this works. I told you to be truthful. Okay, there's two agents in the park. We're in uniform. We've got about five units on the stream that have watched you guys all day long. I've got pictures of you this morning leaving catching fish. Both of you with the limits you leaving this morning. Okay. So, I don't need him. Um, >> so how many have you caught? >> I choose not to answer any more questions. >> Okay. All right, that's fine. >> So, um, here's the deal. You're going to get a ticket for three over limit. Okay. They've watched you. I didn't see any of this. Okay. >> Okay. I'm just going on. I'm just going on my buddies. >> Okay. >> Um, we'll hash it out to court. They watched you this morning with with four. Sounds good. >> You come back and caught three. Um, so that's what I'm going to go on. I have problem caught or I have enough um to write you. Just I'm going to write you for three over limit and and if we need to go to court for that. >> Let's do it. >> Um >> he's got his >> and he you caught four. >> Three. You caught three this morning. >> Okay. All right. He's telling me he caught four. Okay. Here's the deal. All right. >> The deal is I'm not answering any questions >> and that's fine. All right. So, you're going to get you caught four this morning. >> You think is you're going to get it in you can do >> and that's absolutely fine. So, he's going to write you for fishing after four in the trout park. Um, what you can't do >> I have no after four o'clock today. >> No, after four fish. Once you catch your fourth fish, you're done in the park. >> Huh? >> I don't I did not have four fish. >> Well, >> no more questions. >> We're done. We're done talking. I'm just telling you what we're going to do. >> Hurry up if we're done talking. >> No, we're not going to hurry up. We're going to We're going to do our investigation. And I told you I'm explaining to you. >> Done. >> You won't I apologize. >> Let me finish. Let me finish before you cut me off. You're done talking. So, I'm not asking you. I'm telling you what we're going to do so you are informed. >> Okay. You caught four this morning per our agents. Okay. I don't >> I understand it. >> Okay. So, you're going to get a ticket for fishing after 4, not 400 p.m., four in the stream. Once you catch your fourth fish, >> okay, the agents are telling me this. I didn't watch any of this. >> I understand. >> There's four agents that said you caught four fish in the in the spring. So, you're going to get a fishing after four, which you cannot do. You come back and fish this afternoon. Okay. >> According to them, you caught both of you caught four. So, you caught four this morning and come back and caught three. That's what I've got and that's what I'm rolling with. So, you're going to get catching three over limit of fish. Okay. Not asking any more questions. Just explain to you. So, now you know why we're here. Understand? >> I'm getting the same ticket. >> You're getting a different >> You're getting a fishing after four >> and I'm getting three extra fish. >> He's getting for three over limited fish. All right. >> All right. Do you have an ID on you? Okay. >> Is there any weapons in the vehicle? >> No. No weapons. Okay. >> Scissors and change. >> All right. Um I'll write you a ticket if you guys want mine. Once you give us the information, just put your just stand right here and we'll we'll get it on. I'll get you out here as soon as I can. >> And your Airbnb is in is in Buffalo. >> Okay. >> Um and I'm I'm assuming you won't let us go in there look at how many fish you got? >> No, sir. >> Okay. Dr. Let me scratch this out and I'll get you out of here as quick as I can. >> What's your brother's name? >> Randy. >> Randy. Hey, Randy. >> Do you mind just standing back here so I can see both of you? >> I was trying to be over here. You told me to leave. >> All right. >> This is what you're doing. You're going to put in your notes as you file this this ticket you're giving us. I just want to note it that nothing was presented to us >> for the stop. >> Nothing was. >> Okay. So, >> well, let me get this done and we can talk about it >> or not talk about it. >> Okay, I got it written. So, you wanted me to put in my notes that there was nothing presented to you. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> I'm just requesting that obviously they're your notes. You write them as you like. >> Okay. Well, I all I have to have is reasonable suspicion to do a stop. Okay. Reasonable suspicion was other agents seen you do a violation in the trout park. >> Yeah, >> that's why the stop that's why a stop occurred. >> Yeah, that's a hearay. That >> that's not a hearsay. They Okay. All right. >> Doesn't matter. >> Doesn't matter. We'll we'll we'll go on. So, um here's your citation. >> Yeah. Oh, he's running you real quick. There's yours. Okay. Um, you can take care of it through the um, they used to call it fine collection center online. If you want to plead guilty, you can follow these directions, pay it online. If not, the bottom left is your court date in Dallas County or Dallas County in Buffalo where you guys are staying now. All right. I don't have another um, one of these blue forms. Um, [snorts] so you guys can share that. Yeah. >> Well, wait a minute. Yeah, I don't I don't have another blue one. So, um, any questions for us? Once he once he runs you guys, everything's good. No outstanding warrants. You guys will be free to go. So, I explained to him while he was back here and I was talking to him. Um, I don't I didn't see any of this. Okay. The way we work the trout park is we've got plane close agents sitting on the sitting on the sitting on the riverbank. Um, they watch all day. Okay. I have no skin in the game except for to contact you. Um, so I they call in with the violations, watched you allegedly do what you guys did. So, here I am taking care of that. Um, they will be the ones that would go to court. >> Okay. >> So, everything but the stop and me riding you a ticket. So, um, that's why that's why you're stopped. >> So, reasonable suspicion is all I had all I have and that's what I had to stop you. So, and that's why we're here. So, um once he's done doing that and you guys will be you guys will be kicked loose. So, have you guys fished been it before? >> Opening day every year. >> Every year. Come from Florida. >> I've lived between Florida and Columbia. >> Okay. So, you've lived in Missouri before? >> Yeah. >> I got you. >> I tried not to be here in the winters any longer. [laughter] >> Well, we had a pretty bad one this year. >> Negative8 last week, man. The weather really changed. We had uh yeah, it was negative. We had -12 at my house. Um >> 8 in club. >> We had uh we had a pretty bad winter. And I don't mind cold. I don't mind the 30s, even 20s with the sun out. But when it gets like that, I'm I'm done. So >> bad for business, too. >> Yeah. >> I mean, no one's going out Yeah. >> of the house. Yeah. You know what I mean? >> No one's going out of the house when it's like that. When it the cold touches your skin and it and it gets that cold, it's not worth getting out. So, >> can you fishing catch a release all day or no? >> Do what now? >> You can catch a release all day, right? >> Yes. So, what but once you get your fourth fish inside the park, >> you can't catch release after that. >> You can't You're done. You can't pick up a pole and go on the park anymore. Now, you can go to the river. Um you know where it dumps into the river? >> Yeah, we're on the river. So, >> do what? We're we're staying on the river. >> Okay. Yeah. On you can go to the river, but inside Minute Spring State Park once you've caught your fourth fish and not not caught actually caught and kept and possessed um then you got to quit fishing. So, but you can what most people do >> if those if listen if there was Asians watching us they would have seen us throwing back fish after fish. Yeah. >> Like it's this is ridiculous to begin with like >> fish after fish we throw back. Well, you can you can you can do fish after fish. >> So, I I guess >> I got zero fish on me. Zero. Zero in possession. Right. >> Okay. So, let's So, let's >> left with three threw fish after fish back and you guys are are citing me a ticket for fishing over four. >> They they've got you coming out with four fish and watching four fish. So, to remedy that to remedy that, we'll follow you back to your Airbnb. >> No, you're not. >> Okay. So, absolutely not. So, then there's what we got there. There's no probable cause to stop us. So >> I don't have to have safer. I know. I understand. I understand. >> All I have to is reasonable suspicion. That's a lower That's a lower degree than a probable cause. >> Yeah, I understand. >> So I understand. >> Yeah. >> Reasonable suspicion is what they told me and what they got. >> So that's it. So yes, they they watched you guys this morning. I mean, >> um, got it. >> I've done this for 16 years. So if I didn't understand your team, I get it. >> Absolutely. They're sworn in just like I am. >> And I'm a thousand% sure they've made multiple mistakes. >> They have. I'm sure they have. >> Not, you know, they have. Not sure. They You're 100% sure they've made mistakes. I am sure of that. >> That will be on them. >> It will be. I am sure they have. >> But to get back to your question, if you catch four fish and keep either in a bucket, stringer, in a net, you've got to quit fishing in the park. What most people do is catch three fish and they'll catch or release that fourth fish until they're satisfied on the one that they want. >> Yeah. And then they'll they'll move on. But that's usually usually what happens. >> Do you have a driver's license, Randy? >> I do have a driver. >> I just don't have it. >> All right. Well, the I was going off the information you gave me on here and it's come back not on file. They're not pulling anything. And I ran that through our dispatch >> that I don't have a driver's license >> that you don't you're they typed in your social and there's nobody with that driver's license. >> Did you run a Florida driver's license? >> I have a Florida driver's license. >> Okay, that may be it. >> It's Florida. Get ready. It's Florida. Yeah, I think my driver's license. >> Does he have a out of Do you have an out of state fishing license? >> Uh, no. >> I I reside at two two addresses, guys. 17 I just told you that. No, you didn't tell me that. >> No, >> I just I just told you I spend my winters in Florida. I I did tell you that. >> You didn't tell me you had two addresses, though. >> Oh, I did not. Okay, agreed. That That was a statement. >> He needs out of state permit. Does he have an out of state permit? >> No, he's got a resident fishing. >> You can't have >> He only winners in Florida. >> You can't have >> He's a Missouri resident. >> You can't have dual res. >> You can't have dual residents on permits. You can't have a You can't have a Florida driver's license and have a privilege of the state of Missouri as a resident. >> You got to Sure, guys. Whatever we need, let's >> run for that. >> We just usually renew it. So, >> yeah, >> we just renew it every year. >> Renew what? >> The Missouri fishing license. >> They have our my fishing license. >> Yeah, but if >> they're saying cuz I don't have a >> You don't have a Missouri driver's license. That's an issue is what they're saying. If you don't have a Missouri driver's license, you're not a resident of Missouri. >> I get it. >> And so if you and according to our law, you can't have dual residency. >> And so glad we have a fishing license, too, now. Glad glad glad that happened. It is getting cold. Can I Can I sit in there or is that >> No, just getting a little chilly, guys. >> Watch out, bud. There's a car coming. I'll talk today about it. >> Yeah. So, when you run somebody, you got to know the state of origin of state. So, he thought he was out of Missouri, so that's why it's not coming back. >> You told me Florida and he didn't get that information from him, which he probably didn't ask. Um, he just probably assumed. So, that's where the hangup was. >> I thought that's what you had was your passport card. >> What's that? I thought that's what you had. It was your passport card. >> That's all I had on. >> Yeah. Yeah. No, it's all you usually need. >> It's taking a while, guys. >> Well, are you sure you're not a wanted felon? >> I'm definitely not a wanted. >> It is. It's freezing. >> Well, it's not freezing. >> It's got to be close. Let's see. It's nowhere close to 32. >> It feels like >> I'm going to guess 40. >> 33. >> So cool. >> All right, Randy. >> 41. >> There's your citation for official on uh Missouri perman. >> Okay, >> running. Good to go. >> Did you get your passport card back? >> No. >> I never gave you take your passport card. >> Did it? Okay, let me make sure. Okay. >> Yeah, I got it. >> Got it. Okay. >> All right, guys. >> Yep. >> In the end, Jeremy was charged with taking or possessing over the daily bag limit of trout in a trout park. He plead guilty and was ordered to pay $55.50 in fines. Randy was charged with fishing on a resident permit while not being a legal resident. He plead guilty and was ordered to pay $14.50 in fines. If you like this video and want to see more, like it. Subscribe to Arrest Cam. As always, thanks for watching. [music]