A vacation at sea ended not with souvenirs, but with [music] handcuffs on a crisp December morning at Port Canaveral. What was supposed to be the end of a Carnival cruise aboard the Mardi Gras turned into the beginning [music] of a criminal investigation that would shock even veteran law enforcement [music] officers. According to arrest documents from the Brevard County Sheriff's [music] Office, 53-year-old Anthony Wayne Ridings of Paisley, Florida [music] was intercepted by US Customs and Border Protection agents moments [music] after stepping off the gangway. The stop wasn't random. It was triggered by a pre-existing alert in federal systems flagging Ridings for possible possession of child sexual [music] abuse material. Under federal border search authority derived from US Code title 6, 8, and 19, CBP officers examined [music] Ridings Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 smartphone. While their initial alert concerned child [music] exploitation material, that specific content was not found. However, during the examination, officers observed something equally disturbing in the phone's gallery folder. According [music] to the sworn affidavit, CBP Officer Herendez played one video bearing the watermark "Art of Zoo" in the lower left corner. The video, dated September 21st and lasting 1 minute 52 seconds, allegedly depicted bestiality involving a canine and an adult [music] female. In total, 15 such videos were found stored locally on the device, not streamed, but downloaded. When Brevard County Sheriff's Office Agent Joshua Straight of the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit arrived, he Mirandized and interviewed Ridings. Ridings allegedly admitted downloading the videos from websites he recalled as luxu.com, later identified as luxurytv.com. He claimed he kept them for what he called shock value to show friends and stated he was unaware such possession was illegal in Florida. The digital forensic units manual extraction revealed meticulous details. All 15 videos were stored [music] in the DCIM/kick folder with file sizes ranging from 2 megabytes [music] to 15 megabytes recorded between June and November 2025. Some bore watermarks from known bestiality websites [music] including Art of Zoo and Luxure TV. Rather than immediate arrest, investigators secured a search warrant [music] signed by Judge S. Henderson on December 8th, completed their forensic review, then obtained an arrest warrant from Judge Laura Moody days after the port stop. [music] The U.S. Marshals Task Force located and apprehended Ridings at a location in Daytona [music] Beach transporting him to Brevard County Jail. The warrant outlines 15 identical third-degree felony counts [music] each carrying a $20,000 bond totaling $300,000. Conditions of release explicitly prohibit accessing images via internet or share platform. For context, Florida Statute 828.1262E [music] makes possession of material depicting sexual activities involving animals a felony punishable by up to 5 years per count. In a characteristically blunt press release, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey didn't mince words. "Disgusting, sick, vile, demented." He added, "Come on, man. Who in their right mind would want to look at or show his buddies that kind of videos?" emphasizing his agency's commitment to pursuing such crimes aggressively. As with all defendants, Anthony Ridings is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.