And …. more and more bizarre …. Boat captain grabbed machete; crew jumped overboard June 18, 2013

A Sunday boating trip down the Ocklawaha River ended with four people abandoning ship after they said the vessel’s operator got upset and went for a machete.

It was unclear what set off Rex Crews, 51, but it was enough that the four passengers on the boat, including Crews’ daughter, decided it was safer in the water, according to Marion County Sheriff’s Office reports.

The four were picked up by a passing boat and the sheriff’s helicopter was able to spot Crews’ boat near Moss Bluff. Crews docked the boat and ran into the woods. He was eventually caught by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers and charged with boating under the influence.

Crews was booked into the Marion County Jail, from which he was released Monday morning after posting a $500 bond.

And … even more dangerous …. Boy, 9, found loaded Glock in movie theater bathroom

A 9-year-old boy found a loaded handgun inside an Ybor City movie theater bathroom on Father’s Day.

The gun was a Glock 26 9-mm.

“My son opened the door and immediately said dad there’s a gun in the bathroom,” recounted Wesley Noland, the boy’s father.

Noland was at the Muvico theater in Centro Ybor with his two sons to see the new Superman movie.

He said the weapon was sitting on top of the toilet paper dispenser.

“When I was in the bathroom there were two other fathers and three kids and the theater was very busy and the place was full of kids and families.”

Noland, an ex-Marine who has a Concealed Weapons Permit, said he immediately secured the handgun and called police.

On Monday, he told 10 News his biggest fear was that the wrong person could have found the handgun.

“That the gun could have been picked up by a child, or it could have been picked up by a convicted felon or a rowdy group of teenagers or something like that. But in any case, it could have been used in a crime or accidentally discharged and it could have killed somebody in the theater — worst of all a kid.”

Police now have the gun and are searching for its owner.

But even if the owner had a permit and left it by mistake, the person could still face charges.

“We believe that this would meet the standard of willful and wanton disregard for the safety of others, to leave a loaded weapon where a child — and in this case a 9-year-old found the gun — that certainly put others at risk and we’re just thankful that a very responsible abiding law abiding citizen found the gun and did the right thing,” said Tampa Police Spokesperson Laura McElroy.

“I think the gentleman should be punished. He should have to answer for what he did. He put a lot of people’s live in jeopardy yesterday,” said Noland.

“Like what my dad said, if a kid could pick that up then [someone] could have gotten killed or shot on Father’s Day which could have been like a horrifying fact,” added Zane Noland, the boy who found the gun.

Noland said the theater manager told him the owner returned about 90 minutes after they called police. But authorities had already left with the gun.

When reached for comment about the incident, Muvico’s Chief Operating Officer James E. Herd, Jr. issued a statement to 10 News saying:

“We are currently investigating the incident along with our risk management consultants and the appropriate law enforcement department. Safety is of the utmost priority at Muvico Theaters and we take all incidents seriously.  We continue to monitor and enhance our procedures and work closely with our management, as well as our risk consultants to ensure the safety of our guests and employees at all times.”

God … these people are getting weird .. Man ran to woman walking outside while fondling and exposing himself

A Fort Pierce man allegedly exposed and fondled himself while he ran toward a woman as she was walking along a street and grabbed her clothes, according to an arrest affidavit, reports TCPalm.com in Stuart.

The woman kicked the stranger, later identified as Nafredrick Altwon Robinson, 20, before calling the cops, who found him a short time later, according to the report.

Thank goodness.

Fake cop used flashing blue lights to get “stupid people” to move out of his way June 17, 2013

On Thursday, June 13, 2013, 38-year-old Luis Mario Vega, DOB 03/21/1975, 2001 Christy Lane, Lakeland, was charged with Impersonating a Law Enforcement Officer (F3), and Unlawful use of Blue Lights, (M1).

 

At approximately 4:00 pm, Thursday, a PCSO deputy was contacted by a witness who told the PCSO deputy she had been traveling west on Maine Avenue in Lakeland when a male subject, later identified as Vega, had driven up behind in her at a high rate of speed in a vehicle with blue flashing lights.  The witness told the deputy she believed the vehicle to be that of an undercover law enforcement officer and moved to the side of the road.  The witness described the vehicle as being a silver, two-door, Pontiac, Grand Prix.

 

The witness said when Vega passed her the driver did not appear to be a law enforcement officer.  A short distance from where the witness first observed Vega, she encountered the vehicle once again and pulled in behind it and took a photo of the vehicle and tag.

 

At approximately the same time, Vega exited his vehicle and approached the witness, who then told Vega it was unlawful to impersonate a police officer.  Vega laughed and said “good luck with that,” then added a derogatory term.

 

Deputies located Vega travelling in the area of Maine Avenue and Dawn Heights. Vega’s vehicle flashing lights were engaged.

 

Vega told the deputy he would engage the lights to get around people because they thought he was “a police officer.”  Vega told the deputy, “You can get around so much faster when stupid people are moving out of your way.”

 

Vega was arrested without incident and booked into the Polk County Jail.

Sex encounter ended with duo behind bars

A dropped motel key card led police to a Melrose woman who was arrested on allegations she arranged to meet a man for sex but instead robbed him with an accomplice, according to arrest reports.

Charged with robbery were Jennifer Leigh Robbins, 20, of 24317 State Road 26; and Matthew Stuart Pauley, 24, of 5518 Capulin St., Keystone Heights.

The incident occurred about 6:30 Friday evening at the Super 8 at 4202 SW 40th Blvd. The arrest reports state that Robbins arranged to meet a Chiefland resident for sex, with him having agreed to pay her $500.

In the motel room, the man put $500 in $20 bills on the microwave, police said. As he turned around after closing the blinds, Robbins sprayed the man with pepper spray, her arrest report states. Robbins ran to the door and opened it slightly so Pauley could enter, police reported. A fight between the three began in the room and moved into the hallway.

Other hotel guests heard the disturbance and separated the two men, the reports state. Robbins and Pauley fled, but some of the cash and a key card for the nearby Motel 6 were dropped along the way.

Police found the card, went to Motel 6 and located Robbins and Pauley. They were arrested after police interviews.

Planned genital slicing …… that calls for a police response June 16, 2013

A man accused of flashing a kitchen knife and threatening to chop off his neighbor’s penis was arrested in a late night Fort Pierce flap.

The case of the apparent planned penis pruning played out around 9:30 p.m. May 28 in the 2300 block of South 29th Street, according to a recently released police report. Lavontae Jamar Roberts, 19, was arrested in connection with the incident.

The 28-year-old victim told Fort Pierce police a loud banging on his apartment wall continued for hours and repeatedly woke his 3-month-old daughter. The 28-year-old victim decided to nicely ask the neighbor to stop with the banging.

The 28-year-old victim got no response after knocking on the neighbor’s door. He knocked some more before the neighbor made a comment.

“Stop knocking on my door you (female genitalia) (buttocks) cracker!” the neighbor is quoted as saying.

The victim yelled to please stop banging, noting it’s waking the 3-month-old baby.

The neighbor came out and flashed a kitchen knife, saying he planned to lop off the victim’s penis and “kill him and everyone in his house.”

It could be argued the average male would oppose having his penis chopped off.

Meanwhile, the victim said he called police.

“The neighbor then told him that if he called the police and they showed up he was going to kill him and he promised to God that if he got arrested and went to jail he was going to get him back by coming for him and his cracker (buttocks) family,” a report states.

The victim’s brother-in-law also told police the neighbor had a knife; made the penis cleaving threat; said he’d “kill all of them” and referred to them as “crackers.”

Roberts, of the 2300 block of South 29th Street in Fort Pierce, was arrested on charges including assault with intent to commit a felony and resist officer obstruct without violence.

Ooooh that smell. Can’t you smell that smell? You’ll never guess what it is … dead pigs on the beach! June 14, 2013

Wild boars aren’t only a problem in some rural communities, but now, along the  Intracoastal Waterway shoreline.

Those who use and enjoy the shoreline  near the Jensen Beach Causeway Park are concerned about wild boar carcasses  washing up on the beach.

It’s an area popular for fishing, boating, and  having a picnic under the pavilion.

“We even made a joke about it,  calling it boars head beach, but now it’s just getting bad,” one frustrated park  user who did not want to be identified said.

He says he visits the park  daily, and has noticed at least three carcasses wash up over the last couple of  months.

Hair, hooves, bones, and intestines are spread along the beach  near the boat ramps at the park.

“People don’t want to drop their boats  here when it smells like that. You got kids trying to play down on the beach,  you don’t want them playing around that,” the man said.

Officials with  the Martin County Parks Department say they’ve seen carcasses washing up for  some time along various Intracoastal shorelines, most likely as a result of  illegal dumping.

Jim Lopilato, Park Superintendent of Port Salerno and  Hutchinson Island, says dumping is punishable, but only if law enforcement is  able to catch someone in the act.

Otherwise, it’s basically impossible  to know where they’re being dumped from.

It’s disheartening to see this  happening. It’s a mess to clean up, it’s somewhat of a health hazard,” said  Lopilato.

He assumes the carcasses at the Jensen Beach Causeway Park  washed up from somewhere upstream by looking at the way the parts are scattered  and buried in the sand.

“There’s just no telling where it comes from,”  said Lopilato.

The man at the park says he has his own idea of what may  be causing a problem. “I’m thinking hunting season just started and somebody’s  getting rid of their extra carcass.”

People at the park say they’ve  complained to the city to have the carcasses removed. Officials said they will  be sending a crew out Thursday to shovel the carcasses out of the sand.

If you’re going to rob a gas station …. don’t get caught speeding!

Atlantis police identified Heather Brianna Kelly, 25, of Fort Pierce as the suspect in a gas station robbery caught on surveillance video early Tuesday morning.

Atlantis police Det. Marvin Jenne reports that Kelly was pulled over by an FHP trooper on a speeding violation on I-95 in Palm City. She was arrested on an outstanding warrant for a probation violation from another county and is in Martin County’s jail. In a jailhouse interview, Kelly reportedly admitted to Atlantis police that she was the robber.

Surveillance video from the Chevron gas station at Lantana and Congress shows a young woman jumping over the counter to open a cash register at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. The store clerk returns and the suspect flees back over the counter, losing a flip-flop in the process as the clerk hit the floor. Police say she escaped with a couple hundred dollars. Suspect in Atlantis gas station robbery arrested in Palm City after being stopped for speeding

Read the original story and watch the video here.

Woman pulled gun on roommate. You ask why?? Well for hiding the vodka of course!

A Key Largo woman was arrested Wednesday after she pointed a gun at one of her roommates after he hid her vodka from her.

When Sgt. Jason Madnick and Deputy Sydney Whitehouse arrived at the home on Second Terrace at 6:15 p.m., they found the victim standing outside. The suspect, 51 year old Kari Dangler was just going inside.

The victim told Sgt. Madnick Dangler had pointed a gun at him. He said the gun was a stainless revolver in a black holster.

Sgt. Madnick then confronted Dangler with her roommate’s accusation. She said the gun belonged to her other roommate and she’d only gone to get it so she could clean it. The gun – a stainless Colt Python – was retrieved from a bedroom.

Inside the gun was a spent bullet casing. Sgt. Madnick asked about it and Dangler said she shot the firearm the week before in the area of the pool because a frog was making noises. Sheriff’s Office records show a shots fired call in that area on June 4^th at 10 p.m. At the time, responding deputies could not find the source of the weapons fire.

Dangler was arrested. She was charged with aggravated assault and she was booked into jail.

Fishermen Find Twenty-Five Kilos of Floating Cocaine June 13, 2013

 The Okaloosa County Multi-Agency Drug Task Force is investigating the recovery of 25 kilograms of cocaine recovered in area waters south of the Destin East Pass.

Five local fishermen observed a large bale/package floating in the water, retrieved it from the Gulf and pulled it into their vessel. When the fisherman saw that it contained numerous individually wrapped packages, they contacted law enforcement.

State and federal law enforcement officers responded to the scene. The fishermen provided statements and turned the bale over to authorities.

The Drug Task Force collected and processed the bale and determined that it contained 25 kilograms of cocaine.

Federal and state, air, water and land assets have responded to the scene, and this investigation is continuing.

The street value ($100/gram) is 2.5 million dollars.

The Drug Task Force is comprised of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Niceville Police Department, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.