2 Teen Boaters seen on viral video dumping trash overboard in ocean off Florida
Two boaters seen on a viral video dumping trash into the ocean off Florida are minors, and charges against them are imminent, a state official said Thursday.
Attorneys for the juveniles have advised them not to cooperate with investigators, said Maj. Dustin Bonds, a south region commander with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC.
The agency is working with prosecutors in Palm Beach County's state attorney's office to determine the appropriate charge, Bonds said.
The weight of the garbage that was dumped Sunday into the Boca Inlet could affect the charges, Bonds said.
Bonds said he was in disbelief as he watched the video because he has never seen anyone dump trash into the ocean.
"I was shocked that folks that are enjoying our waterways, just like the hundreds of boaters in Boca that day were doing, but this one boat decided that it was OK to dump two trash cans overboard," he said.
Others seen on the boat have also been identified, the wildlife agency said.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 3, 2024 4:05 AM
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If they’d wanted to dump all the trash onboard into the ocean, they’d have thrown themselves overboard.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 3, 2024 3:17 AM
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Ron DeSantis is signing an executive order as we speak ordering all Florida citizens to dump their trash in the ocean.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 3, 2024 3:24 AM
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They’ve been identified and names have been published
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 3, 2024 3:38 AM
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trash = booze containers + underage
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 3, 2024 3:42 AM
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As if Florida authorities have nothing better to do than chase down drunk teenage litterbugs? Total posturing for social media, like the “authorities” in Lake Mead who promised to prosecute the rock vandals who went viral. Update: they never did.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 3, 2024 3:51 AM
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Flori-DUH law enforcement are too busy gearing up to arrest women who leave the state to have an abortion after 6 weeks. They don't have time to go after actual criminals, silly.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 3, 2024 4:05 AM
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