If you like fish and wildlife content, be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on future videos. A deputy with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office was on patrol when he observed two individuals diving for lobster along the shoreline in the Florida Keys. How we doing, gentlemen? >> Good. >> How are you? >> Good. >> How many bugs we got? >> Got five. >> Five. All right. You guys have lobster licenses? >> Um, I have a saltwater fishing license. >> Okay. >> As do I. I don't have a lobster license. >> You don't have a lobster license? Okay. And you don't either just salt water? >> Yeah. >> Do you have So, no lobster. Okay. Got it. All right. So, you guys got five bugs? >> Yeah. >> All right. Any fish? >> No. I >> Nothing. All right. Got it. Do you guys have any You guys drove here? >> Oh, yes, sir. >> Got it. Do you guys have any more bugs in the car? >> Uh, no, sir. >> No. Okay. >> Car is just the Honda Civic running across. >> All right. Let's check your catch. >> It's all in that bucket right there. And you put that one. >> You want to pass me that bucket? >> Yeah. Oh, there's a hole in the bottom. So, be careful. All right. >> And the side cracked open, too. >> And here's my one. I'm pretty sure that one just molted. [Music] You guys got You told me you guys got five. You guys have four. >> Wait, what? >> Is it four or is it five? It looks like it's only four right now, >> but >> you guys got any coolers in the car? >> You can go. >> Is that your mask? ramp [Applause] semi. >> All right. My car is the Honda Civic right across the gray Honda Civic. All right, guys. [Applause] How old are you guys? >> I'm 21. >> Huh? 19. >> I'm 19. >> All right. >> I'm 21. >> Got it. >> Okay. Your name? >> Joshua. >> Joshua. Okay. >> Jordan. >> Jordan. Okay. All right, guys. I'm going to ask I'm going to read you guys something and then I'm going to ask you guys uh individual questions. Okay. Before we ask you any questions, you must understand your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can't be used against you in court. You have the right to stop answering anytime. >> Sir, do you understand these rights I've explained to you? >> I understand. >> With these rights in mind, do you want to talk to me? >> 38. Yes, sir. >> Do you understand each of these rights I've explained to you? >> Yes, sir. with these rights in mind. Do you wish to talk to me right now? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. >> Okay. You guys don't have your IDs or anything on you right now? >> Traffic. Okay. >> 81 highway. >> You want to hand me yours? You said you don't have yours? >> No, I don't. >> It's in your car. >> It's not in the car. >> Not in the car either. Okay. Where you visiting from Tango Xray on a burgundy SUV 81 Old Highway. >> You don't want to lose that. All right, guys. So, here's what's going to happen. All right. So, right now, okay, I want you guys to separate the ones you caught. >> You caught all of them yourself? Yes, sir. >> Okay. >> Yes, sir. >> You didn't catch one? >> I didn't. >> Are you sure about that? >> Yes, sir. I'm sure. >> This was his first time. >> I'm clear. >> I've been standing right up there and I've been looking at you for a hot minute and you had a lobster in your hand. So you're you're lying to me. >> I didn't see anyone. You were over there and he was over here. Okay. >> We were all the way over there and we just swam back. I swear. And he was like he was like >> I've been watching you guys. >> There was people for a while. >> I swear on my life. >> I That's fine. People can spearfish here. >> Yeah, I know. So me he literally just handed me that. >> I'm just letting you know I've been watching you guys. Okay. And I saw you with a lobster in your hand. Yes. >> Okay. You harvested a lobster in front of me. Okay. >> The one that's alive cuz they're all dead. >> The one that we just brought back. Yeah. >> Did you catch that one? >> I I was the one who pulled that out of the rock and measured it, but I handed it to you. Juliet kilo whiff 25 kW to come back and I said there's another one and when I had looked down we literally had lost a rock. So and I was like we're far away from our stuff. >> So we had both started swimming in together. >> So you told me you have a saltwater fishing license but you don't have a lobster license. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. And you don't even have a saltwater fishing license and >> so I have a salt water >> Okay. Do you have a lobster license to harvest lobster? No. >> At all? >> No. >> Okay. >> I haven't expired one. >> Okay. >> So, is there anything else? Any fish, any other lobster, anything that you guys have that I need to know? Right now is the time. >> No, sir. And >> because if I if I find something, okay, cuz I'm going to check. >> Yes, sir. >> If I find something, it's going to be more trouble. Okay. Do you understand? That's an additional charge if you're tampering with evidence and you're hiding things from me. >> Yes, sir. 100%. And my car is the Honda Civic. That is >> it's like >> it's your car. >> Yes, sir. >> Do you give me consent to search your vehicle? >> Yes. And you're just trying to spear anything, but I brought the spear just in case. >> That's your wallet. Don't lose it. >> That's your ID. All right. All right, >> I can move into the 81 old highway. >> I'm a >> Do you guys give me conser consent to search this all this? >> That's all. Okay. >> Okay. Can I search that box as well? >> Yes, sir. >> 39. >> Is that your box, sir? >> No. >> Okay. It's yours. >> I have some belongings. >> Okay. >> It's just my wet box. >> You give me consent to search this bag as well. Okay. >> You can look in the box. That was a perfect hiding spot. You know that I didn't even see you until I got out of the water. I didn't see an art 61. Switching >> two. >> Switching. That's just a banana nut from your thumb. >> All right, let's uh let's make our way to your vehicle. All right, you guys want to collect your belongings? >> I think we just bring this. >> Is that your drink as well? >> Interesting. >> Let's not leave that behind either. going to be on a DAV at the 97 North. >> It's up to you. If you guys want to leave it here, that's up to you. If you guys want to take it with you, it's up to you guys. Florida Charlie Golf two >> 61 no injury. >> You don't have your keys >> in front of Palm. >> Um a Chevy Silverado and a >> Let's uh let's all go together. Hey, can you lift that bucket for me? That one right there. >> No, you're good. You just leave it. >> I open the truck. >> Gotcha. Let's get your your ID. Said you have it in the car, sir. >> I don't have my ID. >> You don't have your ID? All right. So, we can take your name, date, date of birth. >> Is that just a drink in there? >> Yeah. Nothing else. >> Slush. I I mean I'll leave a little bit if you want to test. >> Same with mine. >> Huh? >> Same with mine. >> All right. All right. Um so while we're waiting for for this um again, Mr. Mr. Again, I'm going to ask you one more time. Do you give me consent to search the vehicle? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. Uh is there anything in the vehicle that's going to poke me, hurt me, stick me? >> Um >> any bombs? any >> swords, bazookas, grenades, dead bodies. >> This is my razor blade from my job in the back. It's on the floor. >> Got it. >> And there might be a knife from fishing. Okay. >> But I think that's in the dry box. Okay. >> As well. >> I didn't tell you that. That's in the dry box. >> Got it. Uh, you have a cooler in the car or anything like that? >> Uh, no. I don't. >> All right. Um, just pop the Just unlock it for me. >> I'm pretty sure the truck's already >> Got it. There's a purse in your car. Is there anyone else with you? >> Oh, there's a purse. I thought you said a person. >> A purse? >> That's my girlfriend's purse. >> Is she here with you? >> I can show you on Snap Map if you want. You guys can lean up against against the car, right, Mr. All right, man. Listen, I've been I've been pretty straightforward with you. I've been pretty I've been really chill. All right. I don't like being lied to my face. I don't. All right. So, is there anyone else here with you? Is there anyone else that you guys lobstering? You guys are on the sides. >> Just be honest with me, man. Honestly, it's just it's going to be that much easier. >> 100%. >> You're car you're carrying a purse with you, so it's girlfriend's purse. >> I understand. But >> she lives with me. >> Okay. So, she just needs her purse in the car. all the time. That's >> I promise you. I mean, I can show you. I can call her for you. You want me to call her? >> I don't need you to call anybody. >> I can call my mom and have her put the FaceTime. >> I don't I don't need you to call anybody right now. Okay. I just want you to be honest with me. >> I'm being 100% truthful with you, sir. >> All right. 100%. >> Okay. You can go back over there, >> Joshua. All right, man. Listen, it's just a lot easier this way, man, with the whole lobster. Okay. Did you catch a lobster? >> I swear to God, I didn't. >> Did you harvest that lobster? >> Harvest. Take >> Harvest. Harvest means take lobster. No, harvest means catch lobster. You're harvesting. You're taking it. >> The only I did not. Uh, he caught it from the sea floor, like the rock, and then he handed the net to me. Um, and then I just brought it back onto the shore. >> You were saying I've been I was watching you guys. Okay. So, I saw you with the lobster the entire time. I didn't see him giving you the lobster at any given point. Okay. >> Okay. Um, I mean, we were close together like we exchanged the lobster, you know, and I just handed him my empty net. He handed me the lobster, but we were like fumbling around with it. >> Did you >> to get it in the right position? >> Did you know that the hop the lobster that you had in your hand was uh und sized? >> I did not. >> Did you bother measuring it? >> Well, I did not measure it myself. >> Okay. Why didn't you measure it? >> Cuz I just assumed that it was the right size. >> You assumed it was the right size. Okay. Do you have a measuring device? I just have the measuring device on the um the pole stick. >> On the what? >> The tickle stick. >> Okay. All right. So So you you never you guys you never measured anything in the water? You guys you guys never measured anything at all? >> I mean um he did measure them. So that's why I thought that they were >> All right. All right, man. You can go back, Mr. Lobsters, cuz one of them is unders sized. Okay. >> So, yeah. Um, did you measure anything at all? >> Yeah, I showed you my measuring. >> Okay. >> I measure all >> Do you know how to measure lobster? >> Yes, sir. I've been lobstering my whole entire life. I've been living here. >> Got it. Okay. Just measuring your whole entire life? >> Well, you hatching lobster your entire Are you from the Keys? Yeah, I lived here my whole life. >> Okay. So, >> in America. >> And how long have you been doing this for? How long you been lobster? >> Every lobster season. >> Every lobster season. Okay. So, >> this is the first year I actually haven't been able to be on boat, which kind of sucks. >> Okay. Got it. All right, man. You back. Hey, what's up, man? Yeah. I got a question. Are you working? I I know I know you moved. I know. I know. I I I know you moved. Yeah. Um but yeah, man. Hey, I got I got a question. So, I have um I got uh these two uh males. Uh one has an undersized lobster, the other one has three. They they both don't have any licenses. Uh the one that has that caught the three lobster, one of them is molting. Okay. And when I measure it with the gauge, okay, and it's like I don't even have to press it. And you just put it like it like lands a little bit of right there, but it falls through. Yeah, >> it's it's a Yeah, it's a soft shell. Okay, got it. All right, man. Appreciate it. Thank you. Heat. Heat. All All right, Mr. All right, man. So, this is your ID and uh you're going to be receiving two citations. One for not having a Florida spiny lobster, a license to harvest Florida spiny lobster. And uh then uh that one's going to be a >> it's a criminal citation uh cuz it is a misdemeanor. >> Okay. To harvest under size lobster. Okay. >> Um >> so you know you you do have a mandatory report date. Okay. It's going to be on the >> 29th of August 2024. It's going to be at these are your officers. You can follow me at the same time. It's going to be the See, it's going to be this one. Yeah. So, you're going to see uh you got to go to the Marathon perfect court. You know where Marathon is? A little further south. >> Um it's going to be at the Marathon Court. It's going to be at 9:00 in the morning. >> August 29th, 2024. >> Right there is a court number. If you have any questions, the address, if you don't show up to court, it is a mandatory court date. Uh warrant will be written out for your arrest. Okay. Uh, all I need from you is a signature on my copy. Your signature is not an issue of guilt. Simply means that you have understood and acknowledged everything that I've explained to you. Understand everything I've explained to you. Do you have any questions for me? >> Um, I did want to just see the law. >> Okay, I'll show it to you right now. So, uh, will you sign my copy? >> Uh, yes sir. >> Okay. He's just right here with the little arrows. All right. Second, I will show it to you now. Let me just finish with him and then and then we'll go over it. Okay, Mr. >> So, this is uh this is a second. Okay. Yeah, here it is. Hold them up. These are both both yours. One's going to be for not having a license to harvest lobster. Okay. And then the other one's going to be for harvesting an unders sized uh lobster. Okay. So, as I explained to him, I'm going to explain to you as well. You have a mandatory court appearance. >> They showed up to the 106 Toronto area. You have a mandatory court appearance on the 29th of August 2024 at 9:00 in the morning before the honorable Judge Morgan. Okay. Uh it is the mandatory court date. If you do not show up to your court date, uh warrant will be written out for your arrest. Okay. Uh it's going to be in Marathon. You got the address right here. The number is going to be in the back as well. Okay. The only thing that I need from you is a signature on the copy of my citation. Your signature is not an admission of guilt. simply means that you understand and acknowledge everything that I have explained to you. Do you understand everything that I have explained to you? >> Yes, sir. >> Do you have any questions? >> Nope. >> Okay. Will you sign my copy? >> Yeah, I got you. >> All right. Thank you. >> It's going to be right here. Right next to the arrow. All right. Could you keep these? >> Yes, those are yours. >> Okay. going to be like a blue canoe. >> Okay, lobster. >> Okay, I'm putting it right between the eyes. >> 101 FHP though, the vehicle that we have here is not going to be one and the same. >> I see how it falls through. I'm not putting any pressure on it. >> I understand. >> And we are not quite sure what >> he still look like. >> It looks like he's right on there. >> Got it. So should just let it go, man. All right. >> So, >> well, can I take a picture at least? >> I'm not I'm going to upload pictures of all of this now. I'm going to take pictures of all the cit all the resource everything. Okay. And it's going to be it's going to be a report of it. >> Okay. >> And then it's all going to be there as evidence. Okay. So, you can request it once I upload upload all. >> You can't take my own pictures, >> huh? No, not right now. Because I'm taking my own pictures. I already finished the investigation and you guys are free to go. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Wait, hold on. Josh, can you look at that real quick? Can you Can you show him? >> Listen, man. It's done. You guys are free to go. >> I understand. But I just want to show >> It's done. You're free to go. >> Just to show him. >> It's done. You're free to go. >> I don't keep any of these lobsters. It's all going to go back in the water. It'll all be recorded in my water account. And I'm not allowed to take a picture of this at all. >> Like I said, they will be pictures taken by me. Okay? And I will upload them. Then you you can request them. Okay? It's all it's going to be it'll be public records. Okay? This is your bucket. Like I said, it's all going to go in the water. I'm going to take measurements and then throw them in the water. And I'm And I'm like like by law I'm not allowed to take a picture of it. >> Huh? >> I'm like not allowed to take a picture of it. >> No. >> Why? >> Because it's already done. I finished my investigation. You're free to go. It's already done. >> That's it. I already told you I'm going to take pictures >> of the evidence. It's going to be uploaded into the report. >> I just want my own picture. >> It's done. >> Okay. All right. Southbound Street Racing. That's southbound from the 91. No further 1655. Okay. All right. One lobster, two lobster, three lobster, and four. In the end, they were both charged with possession of an unders sized crawfish. 21-year-old Joshua and 19-year-old Jordan both pled no contest and their adjudication was withheld. They were both sentenced to 6 months of probation, ordered to complete a Florida Fish and Wildlife Regulations course, and each had to pay $358 in cost and fees. During the probationary period, they were not allowed to fish or dive in Monroe County waters. After satisfying the conditions of the probation, both of their probationary periods were terminated early. If you like this video and want to see more like it, subscribe to Arrest Cam. As always, thanks for watching.