On March 19, 2023, Monroe County marine law enforcement officers responded to a waterfront neighborhood in the Florida Keys following multiple complaints of harassment, underage drinking, and threatening behavior. What followed was a 28-minute bodycam encounter involving a vessel pursuit, a contentious arrest, an implied consent breathalyzer investigation, and a boat search — resulting in charges of fleeing by vessel, disorderly conduct, and possession of an undersized snapper.

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