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All right, we're getting a shot at 33.
Ocean complaint possibly signal 20 is
she's advising that the male had a bald
head with devil horn tattoos that
wrapped around his ears. Also stating he
was carrying two big bags when running
out of the residence trying to get a
DOT. On April 2nd, 2025, officers with
the Martin County Sheriff's Office
received a 911 call reporting an
attempted burglary of an occupied
residence. The suspect was later
identified as a 46-year-old male named
Jonathan who is a sex offender with a
violent and extensive criminal history
with charges that include carjacking,
burglary, drug possession, battery, and
more. Hey. Oh my god. There was a there
was we would have been dead. I swear.
Yeah. Come in. Come on in. What are we
coming in for? Like someone walking
around or what? I don't know. Um Chris.
Yeah. I'm going to show you the video.
Okay. cuz we have a video. This is a
very bad individual. This is a bad
individual. Whoever this was and those
are his boots. That was me screaming and
I scream and he ran. What the [ __ ] Who
is it? Okay, here's the guy. Here's the
guy. Look at him.
He has his little light. He has his
stuff.
I don't know what he's Are there Airbnbs
around here? No. No Airbnbs in this
place.
So he left. Did he run away or right
down here? I you know I came running
out. He just walked out my house. So he
walked away. Watch. But I scared him
away. So he's coming back.
He never went inside.
He opened
the door.
The door was open. What the are you
doing?
What did he say to you? He He said, "God
bless."
And I didn't do anything, you know? He
just I ain't going to go run and chase
him. I don't want to do nothing. I just
got a shot. He opened my door. He opened
the door. a cold. He had a looked like
he was trying to Well, he was the door
was open. The door was open. How did
this guy get in our house? He has his
light on how he opens the door. He opens
the door. See him? He opens the door.
He's open something. It looks like your
doors are locked. If that's the case,
cuz he didn't do anything besides open
it. But didn't he didn't he have a
little like pen thing?
It's a bait. Oh, that's a bait.
It's a dude with a lot of bags. He has
on
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white dude, bald head, tattoo of a horn
going like this on the side of his head.
Carrying a backpack and a duffel bag.
We're going to come back and let you
know either way. Whether we locate him
or we don't, we're going to come let you
know. So, at least you know. Obviously,
it's documented. Um, he took a video.
We're going to make sure we upload that.
Uh we'll make sure obviously it gets
kind of sent out. St. Lucy's been
notified as well in case he went north
because we're right on the county line
obviously. Um but we're going to be here
a while looking for him. So but again
the problem is he knows you know he's
here so he could be tucked in. Um and
like said the you hear the helicopter is
up. So Oh my god.
Air17 are is you stand on the
shoreline? But they can no longer see
him on the
camera. Units on the 13 papa. There's
advising the second claim is advising he
has a shed on the north side of the
house with a white door. Thinks the
subject could possibly be hiding in
there.
Got
some black.
settle up.
It's like riding a horse.
Really? And then when they asked him
like, "Oh, what are you doing?" He was
like, "I'm just trying to talk this
thing." He did
not come out.
Towards the ocean. Yeah. You sides the
camera facing towards the ocean. So
it'll be on the front side or the other
side. Oh, towards the ocean. Okay.
This third caller believes male possibly
hiding in a stairway in the north
building.
This is a wild goose chase.
Male hiding in the stairwell in the
north building.
You advise the north building.
Hey everyone, I do believe I have I have
eyes on a subject. He's walking
northbound from you guys from the north
building. Just cut across a yard to the
uh condos that are just north of you
guys.
He's walking eastbound towards uh
towards the
water. Now he's walking around the back
of the back of the
condos. K4 is going to come around the
other side.
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We're still walking northbound. I lost
visual of him. He's looks like he cut
westbound. All right. He's looks like
he's hiding on the bottom floor of one
of the condos.
Looks like he's going inside the
residence. All right. The building that
was north of you guys, it's the second
to last condo before you get to the
building that's north of
that. Like he went through the uh
through the back patio on the ground
level. He went inside. Everyone no
longer has a visual.
The light I'm running on the right.
The uh the light that's shining in the
front parking lot of the condo. It's
going to be north a couple condos
up. It's that same building
though. There one. I have a visual on
him again. still underneath the
uh underneath the uh porch.
Okay, now four is relocating over there.
All right, that subject is mobile again.
He's walking northbound behind the
behind the condos on the east
side. Looks like he's trying to duck
back into another
condo. Looks like he's trying to climb
up on the on the second story of a of a
condo. If I can get some units to go in
the backyard on the on the east side of
the condo.
Hey, there's an opening over here.
So, he relocated to the condo that's
north of the building that where he was
at. He's just looking at the water
now. Take a left. Walk north. All
right, units that are walking towards
the water right now. Go north. He's
walking northbound behind the condos.
Units, walk north. He's not there
anymore.
All right, he's walking eastbound
towards the towards the water now. He's
cutting cut going under a boardwalk.
Keep going
north. K9 about 50 yards. He's on just
on the north side of that boardwalk.
Walking. He's still walking
northbound. They're already starting to
run
now. All
right, running westbound on the north
side of that
condo. Running towards the parking
lot. Take a
left. All running north behind the
behind the pool
canopy. Running
westbound. He's running out of the
bottom for the additional condo. That's
right there now.
Put your [ __ ]
up. I haven't got
anything. I'm trying to get the
beach. Quiet.
I'm trying to get to the beach, bro. I
ain't done anything
with West. I'm going to go here. I got
quiet.
Lay down. Lay
down. You got to do
that. Is there a cat in here? Is there a
cat in
here?
Please. The bucket. The bucket.
Please stop handling me like that,
brother. I begged you. I ain't done
nothing. I'm trying to get to the beach.
What is going on?
Please,
please, dude. God, what is going on?
Why? Somebody tell me. I just walked all
the way over. Fair enough. I'm going to
talk to you in a second. You got
anything on I do not know, sir. I do
not.
I don't have ID.
I just walked all over Port St. Luc.
I just walked away from Port St. Luc.
What is going on? I'm going to talk to
you right now. All right. Take a deep
breath. All right. Hey, look. Obviously,
you're detained. All right. So, I have
to read your rights. Okay. What am I
being
waiting, sir? What am I being detained
for? I'm going to tell you everything
I'm saying, but I got to do this before
I can talk to you. Okay. You guys have
the right to remain silent. I
understand. I wave that. I'll wave that.
I I I got to say that you attorney. I
want an attorney. Okay. So, you don't
want to talk to us? No, sir. All right.
I just walked the way down from like the
other side of St. Louis was bus ride
trying to get to the beach, spent two
days and get West Palm and I got a bus
ride home. What the is going on? Well,
I'm trying to talk to you, but you don't
want to talk to us. So, at this point,
no, you're trying to rand me detain.
Tell me what I'm being detained for.
Well, for right now, for running for
first off. Running? Yes. We got multiple
calls on you. Okay. Multiple calls on
what? On you running through apartments.
I run through apartments here. I just
No, I just walked down the [ __ ]
street and come up right here. Okay. So,
do you want to talk to me and tell me
your side of story? Yes or no? Yes,
please. Okay. All right. So, are you
going to wave your lawyer and all that?
No, I want a lawyer. Well, then I can't
talk to you. Then I can't ask you
questions.
Am I being detained? Yes, obviously
you're a name for what? I tried talking
to you. Sir, I'm trying to tell you I
have done nothing. Okay, please. Well,
look, right now you are detained by us.
Okay, that's not going to change. That's
not going to go away now at this point.
Okay. You invoked a right, so I'm not
going to ask you questions about it. But
regardless, you are detained for what?
A couple things. Please. Is there a
lieutenant?
Uhoh. Look at my record, man. Come on.
Okay. Well, I can't talk to you.
I'll wave that for the moment. Okay. So,
I can talk to you like a man. Okay.
Let's talk like a man. All right. What
happened? What happened? I just come
down the boulevard, turn right here,
what is it, 71, whatever that is, and
come up through here trying to get to
the beach. Okay. I walk for miles to get
here to spend two days. I got a bus pass
whenever I get back to West Palm Beach
to my family to get out of here. I come
down here to find my heart was gone. I
just come to get in the salt water for
two days. Okay. I just literally walked
right through them hedge right there.
Talk about the first name. What's your
first name? Jonathan. Jonathan. My name
is Matt. All right. 8075800 in Florida,
2430 25 in Alabama. I'm done with that
[ __ ] man. Okay. That's why I ask you
please call a lieutenant or captain. All
right. Look, I'm a corporal right now
and I'm going to be your best bet to
talk to. All right. Thank you. So, look.
Look. If I was doing something wrong,
you know it, man. Okay. Let me ask you
this. Let me ask you this, cuz we got
pictures of you with bags. What happened
to your bags? No, I ain't got no [ __ ]
bags. You got no bags? That bags were
all the
way Sosa Sarasa Park.
Okay. Is that that name of it? Sarosa
Park. All right, John. Jonathan, I want
to start I want to be on the same page.
I want to be honest with you. I want you
to be honest with being honest with you.
Jonathan, I'm telling you right now,
there's video footage that shows you
with two bags. Okay. It's clearly the My
backpack My So, what happened to those?
Let me ask you my backpack and [ __ ]
They're under a bridge, but I haven't
done Okay. Which bridge? Right over
there. I don't know where I'm at,
brother. Okay. All right. What made you
come down here then? I'm looking for my
wallet. Your wallet. I lost my wallet.
My pair of shoes. I had other pair of
shoes. Everything was in my shoes. So, I
went out on the beach. Okay. And the
last remember seeing your boots. I'm
going to be completely honest with you.
I am like at this time I am drug freak.
But at that time, hours ago, I was ced
out. I knocked on the wrong door and you
[ __ ] started tripping. So I turn
around and walked away. Okay, I got you.
Do you know whose house that was? No, I
don't. I thought it was my girlfriend.
11 something right here. Okay. Where's
your girlfriend live? She's supposed to
be right here. What's right here,
though? I don't know, brother. I'm okay.
I'm lost. I don't know where I'm at. I
just come to the beach for two days. I
haven't done anything. Okay. Okay. Just
relax. Just relax. Okay. I haven't done
anything. I just want to go to the
beach, man. I ain't done anything. Okay.
So,
last thing you remember is you lost your
shoes at the house. Yes. With your
wallet and you thought it was your
girlfriend's house.
I've come What's your girlfriend's name?
Margaret. Come 1400 [ __ ] miles just
to say goodbye to her. Okay. And you
don't know where she lives? Right here.
What's her address? I don't know. I
ain't got my phone where this main road
is. right here. Okay. Well, you have no
idea. Not even a general idea. Not even
like my phone. No. Okay. All right. I'm
lost completely. I just So, and then
what happened? So, you said you went to
that house earlier. You were coked out.
So, you weren't sure. I knocked on the
door. Did you answer the door and
started [ __ ] yelling and hollering at
me? I'm like, "Look, bro, I'm so sorry."
I turn I walked away. Okay. I didn't
listen to that [ __ ] He was yelling and
screaming and hollering. I'm like, "Bro,
God bless you. I apologize. Okay. And
then you left. I left just like that.
Okay. And then what happened? I walked
down here. I walked to that store. I was
fixing to go see if I had enough to buy
a beer. I don't. Okay. And I walked
through them bushes right here trying to
get back to the beach. And then I seen
the helicopter. I'm like, "Oh, god."
Y'all started screaming at me. I'm like,
"Fuck no place." Okay. What happened
when you saw the helicopter though? I
just walked. You walked. You didn't go
in any houses.
You ain't going in any house. I ain't
going nowhere. All right, Jonathan. This
is where we're going in the wrong
direction again. Okay. Just like how you
said I don't care what you got. No, no,
no. I know. Jonathan, I'm trying to be
real with you. All right. I'm trying to
be real with Steve. I'm telling you. Oh,
God. On my kid. All right. Jonath
Jonathan, relax. Okay. I'm just telling
you right now. All right. There's the
helicopter. Like you said, you have
cameras. They saw you run into our house
to take cover from us. So, you saw me?
Yes. You show me video evidence of me
running, taking cover from you. I don't
bow down to that. Okay. Yes, sir. So,
you weren't running from us? No, sir. I
was not You got to me right then. I
thought in my heart, "Fuck, no. I just
got done with all of this 17 [ __ ]
years. Please." Okay. What happened
before property crimes? Property crimes?
Yeah. Nothing but property crimes. But
I'm done, man. You're done? I'm done.
I'm going out here to spend two days in
the beach. I'm going back to West Palm.
I'm going to P County to see my family
to say goodbye to the East Coast. Okay.
I come down here to find out my heart
was a lie. Your what? My heart, my soul,
everything I love was aing lot. But God
gave me the opportunity to look and I
just say goodbye. Okay. And I thought I
left Daytona in 94. I wanted to go see
the salt water. Jensen Beach was the
closest thing. I had marched for [ __ ]
hours, brother. Okay. All right. Now,
when you saw us, why didn't you just
stop?
Explain yourself how we're talking right
now. Why didn't I stop?
Because all this [ __ ] I've seen around
me, I knew as soon as you [ __ ] hit
me, you going to blame me for something
I didn't do. Okay.
Because of this. Because of what? This.
The handcuff. Yes. Well, what do you
think is going to happen when you run?
We get reports of a couple people. I I
don't want nothing. Don't even say that
to me. Please don't even say that to me.
I don't even want to hear that. That has
nothing to do with me. Nothing corporal
to do with me. As far as what? Any as
far as what the hell you say? Don't
Don't play co. Don't play co with me.
Please. I'm begging you. I'm not trying
to, Jonathan. I'm I'm I have done
nothing, sir. I just wanted to see the
salt water for two days. Okay. I have
done nothing. All right, Jonathan. This
is what I'm going to do. Okay. I'm going
to talk to the people involved. Okay.
Okay. And then we'll be back to talk to
you. Okay. Yes, sir. All right. Just
hang tight a second. Can I ask a Can I
ask a favor? All these gentlemen here,
man. Is anybody have a cigarette? I got
money to go. We'll we'll we'll try to
help you with that in a little bit.
Okay. Okay. Well, thank you. Just take a
deep breath and then we'll figure that
out. Okay. All right. Thank you,
Corporal. All right. Like I said, like I
told you, Corporal, 17 years, three
states. I'm finally clear. What did you
do time for? Property crimes. Super
[ __ ] Like what? Huh? Breaking in motor
vehicles. I mean, you know what I'm
saying? Home jacket. Huh? Car jackets.
No, I got a car jacket in Temple,
Florida years ago without a deadly
weapon. I stole a vehicle and this
psycho chick I know you already. This
psycho chick was hanging on the window.
Your sex, huh? Your sex. I'm your level
zero. Thank you. What does that mean?
That means I wasing called for indecent
exposure until the hal law until until
you're labelled of sex when you're
correct. No, I was just registration
only. I don't show up on the website.
You register here or what? What state
are you supposed to register? I'm
registered in Alabama. I'm fixing to
register here. I spending two days here
and I was going to P County with my
family. You been here for 2 days? I've
been here 3 days in Port St. Lucy. Other
side of Port St. Lucy. I can show you
text and everything if I can get my
phone. Okay. I got your phone. You got
my phone? Yeah, cuz you left it at the
house of tribe entering. What? No, sir.
I did not. There's video. There's video.
You open the door. I knocked on the door
and opened the door because the man the
man started screaming and I turned out
and walked away.
The man said, "Come in." Yeah, you open
the door, father. No, he didn't. He
chased me with a shotgun, dude. Chase me
with a shotgun.
Then we got blast. Chase me with a shot.
Hey, hey, sit down. Sit down. Can you
sit down? Sit down. Look, look. Chase me
with a shotgun. Sit down. Yes. Sit down,
please. Miss me, Junior. Well, I don't
think he shot you. He didn't shoot you.
Miss me, Junior. Miss me, Junior. I want
an attorney. Don't say nothing else to
me. [ __ ] you, mister. Whoa. Well, all
due respect, no. You have got to Yeah, I
thought we were on the same page. But
you just No, you just accused me. Was
the attorney. We're not We're not
talking. You're right. So, stop talking
to us.
Where'd your girlfriend go? I'm right
here.
Where did your corporal I am the
corporal? The one that was talking.
Where's your captain? He's busy. Captain
sleeping. I'm sleeping. Really? Yeah. So
I'm being Hold up before I due respect,
my friend. You're going to get in here.
You're going to get for what? Prowling.
I'll step in there. Can I finish? I'll
step in there. We'll talk a question.
Prowling trespassing. Prowling. Yes.
Take a seat. And what? Sconding sex
offender. I'm not a sconding sex
offender. Sit down. Sit down. Thank you,
sir. Put your feet in. Yes, sir. Thank
you. Thank you,
sir. I just literally registered in the
state of Alabama in Huntsville and
walked away from there. Okay. With no
warrants, no nothing. Okay. Can I
explain Florida state statute to you?
Are you going to Yes. No. No. I
understand that because I got my statute
in Florida. I'm here trying to seek an
attorney. Let me explain it to you. How
many days you have to register in the
state of Florida? Three. Two. 48. Two.
I'm sorry. I got my bus ticket. I just
like literally got here and my heart
jerked out of my chest. So I'm begging
you, please give me predicament. Give
you a predicament and I will register,
man. Put yourself in. Put yourself in
one. Sir, I'm here. No. Come on, man.
Don't do this to me. It's a felony
instead of you can't just turn away and
ignore it. No, I won't. Drop me over to
the sheriff's office. I will sit there
all freaking night. We're going to do
that. That's exactly what's going to
happen. You are going to sit there all
night. Okay. You are going to sit there
all day tomorrow. Guys, you were good
people, man. We're still being good.
We're still treating you pretty good.
Did we rough you up at all? No, but
Jesus Christ, don't do this to me. I've
done 17 years. Well, you're going to go
right to the Martin County Jail. I do a
couple more days at least. I believe
you're going to go right to the Martin
County Jail. Are you doing this cuz I'm
homeless? No, we're doing this cuz you
made poor decisions. Yeah. Poor
decisions. Correct. Poor decisions. Cuz
I come 1400 miles just to find out my
[ __ ] heart was stole from me. From
who? My ex. She ripped it out of my
chest for the second time. I How'd you
do that, brother? Let's just say I thank
God I got a chance to look her in the
eye and say, "I love you. Thank you for
everything. Goodbye." Okay. Okay. End it
on good terms. I decided today to walk
to the beach. That's a lot of walk. Yes,
sir. It is. I had like literally two bus
rides. Somebody bought me a breakfast,
bought me lunch, and gave me a couple of
dollars. Okay. I've got on my phone. If
you you say you got my phone, pull it
up. I thought you didn't want to talk to
us. You give No, because you give him
permission to go through your phone.
Yeah. Agent. Yeah, I do. Okay, that's
fine. Location, everything. I don't
care. Okay. I thought you didn't want
How good was that? I'm good with that,
man. Keep talking. What are we going to
find out?
In the end, Jonathan was charged with
two counts of attempted burglary of an
occupied dwelling, two counts of
attempted burglary of a dwelling,
burglary of a dwelling, resisting an
officer without violence, first-degree
petty theft, and failure of a sex
offender to report vacating a residence.
He has plead not guilty, and his case
remains ongoing. If you like this video
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