Have you seen anybody going in and out of the house? >> No. >> How long you been over here? >> Let me be honest with you, officer. Just please don't come near I just I didn't realize by officers. That's I'm being accused of you. I know I'm being brutalized by officers. >> I got you. >> It was a white SUV in the driveway? >> Yes. White kid, young guy. I see you. I see you right now. You're right in front of the house. >> I have I'm homeless. I live in my car. Um >> Who lives Who lives here? >> I don't know. That's That's why I talked to the guy and he said that no one's been living here in the past 3 years or so. I don't want to get towed cuz I recently just I'm trying to live on the beach. I actually just got a job down here at the Mikey's You know that little breakfast spot right here? >> No, I think so. Yeah. >> Nally Mikey's or something. It's like I don't know. Yeah. So, I just got a job there. I start this Saturday. So, I'm trying. You know what I mean? And I'm living in my car. I'm not trespassing. I It says on there no trespassing. I don't need to go in there for no reason. All my life is in this car. >> Well, I mean, if you're not supposed to be here, you can't stay here. You have ID with you? >> Yeah. Yeah, I mean, the guy said it was okay. But again, like no one lives here. So, technically it doesn't actually belong to whoever even wrote the >> No, I I I get what you're saying. But if there's a no trespassing sign, that means the whole entire property. Hey, >> Let's Let's go ahead and read him first. >> Yeah. >> Let's go away. >> How you doing? Hold on. Hey, hey. >> Okay, I know. But you >> No, no. Step over here. I don't know why you're stepping in that car. >> don't know who you are. >> Step Step over here. >> Come over here. Come over here. >> Come over here. >> What is your name? >> That's my phone though. So, you're like >> What is your name? >> Chase. >> Okay, Chase, listen to me. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in court. You have the right to talk to a lawyer. >> Listen to him. >> before we ask you any questions, to have a LAWYER PRESENT. >> HEY! NO, I'M RUNNING. WHITE MALE, BLUE SHIRT, white shorts, SOUTHBOUND ON CONTINENTAL. I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND GET THE TRUCK. Running it back towards A1A. Through the church parking lot. Get some units on A1A. >> All right, let's get a description. >> White shorts, blue shirt. I think he went westbound from the church. >> All right, so he's heading towards the peninsula? >> Yes, I think he doubled back. Hey, where'd you see THAT GUY RUN AT? WHERE'D YOU SEE HIM? >> HUH? >> Where'd you lose him at? >> He went this way, I lost him. >> Where'd you last see him at? >> When he turned left, I come around this side of the church. >> Sentry, you ready for a perimeter? I need units on Van Avenue, Peninsula, Atlantic, and Carolyn Terrace. Somebody get to Carolyn first. That's where his vehicle is, in case he doubles back. >> Bravo 13 is going to be with the vehicle. >> He's in the Intracoastal Waterway. He's in the Intracoastal, about 10 ft off the shoreline. >> HEY, DUDE. HEY. HEY, GET YOU'RE GOING TO HEY, YOU'RE GOING TO GET DOG BIT. YOU BETTER GET BACK HERE. THAT DOG IS GOING TO BITE YOUR ASS. YOU'RE GOING TO LET THE DOG GO. >> THIS IS THE PA DON'T WORK? PA don't work? >> PA doesn't work? Hey, does the PA work in this car? >> What? Jackson, does the PA work? >> Yes, sir. >> Man, hey. Make some Make some announcements. K9's coming. >> I'm not sending you in by yourself. >> I know. Get one more guy. >> We're going to release the K9. You're putting yourself in danger. >> He don't give a [ __ ] about that. >> Come back. We're going to release the K9. >> Support, just got a subject that just ran from us. He's about 50 yards in the water. >> Dude, he was fast. >> He was. I was driving after him. >> Dude, me, Joey, and what's-his-face were all running after him. >> Van? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> We got a board going out that way. >> Yeah. >> He's going to try to try to get across there. You got plenty of time. >> Joey. >> What? >> Grab a long rifle. Oh, your truck's way back there? Go grab your rifle. Hey, we're going to have him Blake with a long rifle for a lethal. I'm going to put him out on the dock uh the dock. >> Let me get your rifle. >> Uh mine's in the maintenance room. >> Yeah, no worries. >> And water. >> That dude's a lightning bolt. >> We were driving after him in our cars. He is fast. >> All three of us were right there when he ran. He dusted everybody. >> He kept trying to get in that back seat. >> Yeah, that's why I said Melinda's is back with the car. >> Do you live here? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. How long has his car been parked there, do you know? >> So, the car's been there maybe later Saturday. I left at 5:00 Saturday. And but when I came home Sunday, it was there. And then when I came home today, there was somebody standing there on the porch and she >> On the on the porch, not inside? >> No, not inside. I don't think anybody's been I don't know if it was a woman or a man, but they said hello. >> Was that today? >> Yes, when I came home about 4:00. >> I just wanted to confirm that he didn't enter inside the house. It doesn't look >> As far as I know. >> Okay. >> I mean, are you guys comfortable going out there to snatch him? >> Yeah. >> All right, if you guys are comfortable. >> He's still bobbing though, so. >> Do they have a board? Y'all have a board? >> Oh, they got it. >> I lost a visual on him. There he is. He's splashing right there. See him right there? Just to the right of the green. >> I see him. >> Yeah. >> Okay, she's got it. Don't need a rifle, dude. >> He's swimming. >> Just let him know we got it. >> Who did? >> Just let him. >> Uh no, one of our guys used to be a lifeguard and one of the shores paramedics used to be a lifeguard, so they're going in to get him. So, this time we got the drone going up. >> You see him? >> Yeah, I'm looking. I'm looking. I'm looking. >> Yeah, he's struggling. >> 1015 central, we have one SO and one shores in the water. >> That freaking run like the wind blows. >> I believe it. >> Dude, he took off. We were like, holy [ __ ] That run like the wind blows. >> Can't swim very good. >> You must be Dave. Which house did you see him in? >> I saw him going through the in the corner there. Got into the back. >> Not in the house, though. >> Nope, not in the house. >> Not in the house, okay. But, he was around the house. >> He was going through that busted gate. >> Okay. >> I yelled at him and he spun around and he says, "I'm not doing nothing wrong." I said, "Well, what are you doing here?" >> Got you. >> Okay. >> And he went belligerent and told me to [ __ ] off. >> Oh. >> Got you. >> I saw him on the porch when I came home today. >> All right, but he never actually went inside the house. He was just walking between the houses. Good WC2. I got Stan and one of the guards going out on paddle boards to go grab him. If he's combative, I got a boat coming up. He's literally like 75 yards off the shore. So, I think we're good right now. He's not going anywhere. >> Ransom, he is a phenomenal swimmer. >> Yeah, so is Stan. This this guy couldn't be in a worse predicament right now. >> He's holding his hands up. >> Yeah, they're like, probably let us see your hands. >> His head is in the water. He's >> [laughter] >> It looks like they're handcuffing him right now. >> They're going to take him ashore. the water? >> Tell him what he's won, Johnny. He's won an all-inclusive trip to the Volusia County Branch Jail. All expenses paid, and met with a complimentary baloney sandwich. >> Hold the cheeses. It's a non-dairy sandwich. >> I'm glad it wasn't just us that thought he was fast, cuz the sheriffs, they're like, "Dude, we were driving after him down the street, and he was fast." >> I saw when he cut through the yards, I was like, "Holy >> And the squad's behind him. >> I thought he was going to cut back up. That's why I came through this way. I was like, "He's got to come back around. He's not going to jump." >> All right, shut up. >> No, he's not going to jump. >> I don't know why everybody thinks the river is a great idea. It just seals your fate. >> Sure as >> he jumped in the river. I'm like, >> As soon as you guys said go in the water, I was like, >> Hey, let's try to do him with three separate counts of resisting. >> Did you guys find him? >> Yeah, we found him. We found him. >> He's just crazy, huh? >> Uh apparently. >> I seen him out here in the road screaming at the road, you know. >> Oh, really? >> Oh, yeah. >> Well, you guys won't be seeing him again, so. >> They're like, "Repeat?" >> Aw, he's crying. Aw, he's so sad. Well, the problem is is now he's wet and cold. >> Yeah, and tired. >> Hey, Jack, watch the strap on his feet. >> Come to me, man. >> Michael Phelps. >> to see your hands. >> All right. Get your feet on. There you go. All right. Can you step over? >> Step over. >> I got you. Wait, get on your phone. Look at the step in your right here. Just face this guy right here in front of you. >> Face me. >> Please don't hurt me. I surrender. Please don't hurt me. >> We're not going to hurt. We're not going to hurt you. We're not. We're done with all that. We're going to walk this way, all right? It's cold, huh? >> Yes, sir. >> Yeah. >> Please don't hurt me. >> We're not going to hurt you, man. We're done. We're done with that. No, we're high-fiving each other. High-fiving it. Everyone's safe. No one got hurt. Everyone's good. >> Where you from, bud? >> Maryland. >> Maryland. We actually We actually enforce crime here in Florida. >> Well, I didn't do anything. >> Well, you did when you ran from the from the deputies that were in uniform who told you to stop, so there's that. >> That's true. >> Yeah, there's that part. >> But you asked for a statement, so I'm talking. >> Oh, I It wasn't a question, but I appreciate acknowledging it. >> No, I actually had to acknowledge it myself, so yeah. >> Yeah, and sometimes we just got to do that, right? Yeah, life's all about acknowledging our mistakes. >> Yes, sir. >> What's your name, bud? >> Chase. >> Okay. Do you have anything on you that's going to establish a poker or something like that? No weapons on you, right? Okay. >> These are girl shorts. >> They're not girl shorts. >> Oh, they are, yeah. >> Okay. >> 2026 on it. >> All right, so I have a question. When you When you jumped in the water, did you think you were going to escape by jumping in the water? >> No, I just To be honest, you want to know what I was thinking? >> Yeah, I was curious. >> I just got to live. That was the only thing, I just got to live. I can't be captured. >> Well, going in the water is not the best way to do that. We fish people out of the river all the time, bud, so so you know, for future, don't do that again. >> I don't do this. I'm not a criminal. >> I'm just saying, in the future, you might not be a criminal, but you did some criminal today. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Hop on in. You, me, and Mr. Pooh are going to go right back to your car. >> Okay. >> Fantastic work, sir. That was some spectacular boarding, if I've ever seen it. You were hauling ass on that thing. You should have just stayed and talked to us, man. You put yourself in jail today for no good reason. You got some wheels, I'll give you that. Well, now you learned today you got nothing to be scared of. Just if you have a bad burger at McDonald's, it doesn't mean you're never going back to McDonald's. All right, hang tight for a few minutes. >> I just spoke with all the RPs in the in the neighbors. He never entered in the house. He walked between the gates, no signs of forced entry, nothing. >> We go through the car? >> Didn't go through the car yet. >> All right, cuz we're going to inventory it and tow it. >> All right, I'll go interview him for you real quick. All right, what was your first name again? >> Chase. >> Chase. All right, I'm Deputy Bissonette. I'm with the Sheriff's Office. >> You have the right to remain silent. Do you understand your rights? >> Okay. >> All right, first and foremost, do you live here? >> No. Okay. What what are we doing here today? >> My parents and I don't have a great relationship. They just basically want me dead. I just was like, I'm going to just live at the beach. So, I came here and somehow I landed at this address. I don't know my map saying it was in here. And then the guy was out there. And I was like, I'm not trying to break into his house. I've been here for like the past two nights. And I'm just sleeping in the morning. I got to taking a couple naps in my car here. So, >> So, let me ask you this. Earlier today, somebody saw you down along the side of the house. What were you doing on the side of the house? >> I was I was trying to I had to pee. I was being lazy. I just peed on like in the grass. >> When you were running, I know I heard Deputy Snowden yell. I'm assuming you heard him yell. When he yelled stop, you did hear that? Okay. >> I did hear that. >> Um, he said I'm wrong. >> All right. >> That was a complete evasion. Like I said, I just want to be clear. That's all. I don't want to >> Complete evasion. >> All right. Hang out for a few minutes. Let me chat with him. What Why did you run? Because he's apparently been brutalized by law enforcement in Maryland. Uh, said he was on the side of the house because he was taking a piss. And over here is too open. So, he went over there to pee. >> I would have smelled that all the way over there. I would have been like, dude, park >> somewhere else. >> Literally what I told him. I'm like, dude, all you had to do was just stay. >> Here he is. >> Hop on out for me. Bring him over to Deputy Snowden's truck. The truck's closed up and it's going to be towed. Deputy Snowden's going to be the one doing the report. He's the one that you didn't want to stay and talk to. >> Okay. >> What did we learn today? >> Wait. >> Don't run from the Sheriff's office. >> Yes, sir. >> Cuz we'll come get you. On land or in the water, right? All right. >> The suspect, 28-year-old Chase, was charged with loitering or prowling and resisting without violence. Chase ended up pleading no contest to both of these charges, was sentenced to 15 days in jail, and 15 hours of community service. Now, those officers being able to swim out into the ocean to apprehend him is extremely rare, with an often required training in officer water survival, or OWS courses. In these courses, officers practice swimming while wearing duty uniforms, manage or remove their equipment in the water, practice swimming in strong currents, and a lot more. It's lucky the officers were even able to go out there because Chase looked like he wasn't going to last much longer. And to think those 15 days and 15 hours Chase was sentenced to could have all been avoided had he simply not run away. What stood out though isn't the fact that he ran, is that he ran when it sounded like he wasn't even under arrest. But you know what? Sometimes the consequences don't come from what you've done, they come from the decision you make when your fear takes over.