FWC Division of Law Enforcement Weekly Highlights For Cases In Brevard County

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The following report highlights some cases the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission handled in Brevard County over the past week but does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement.

■ Lieutenant Riley conducted a resources check on a subject fishing on the shore of the Indian River near Highway 528. The check revealed the subject had an active warrant out of Orange County. He was arrested and booked into the Brevard County Jail.

■ Officer Specialist Pecko was on patrol near Port Canaveral in the Banana River when he conducted a vessel stop and a fisheries inspection on a vessel being paddled from the west side of the locks. The vessel did not have a sound producing device and the subject was in possession of over the bag limit of mangrove snapper, undersized mangrove snapper, and six undersized sheepshead. The subject was cited accordingly.

■ Officer Hopkins conducted a resource inspection with an angler on a remote beach area. The subject was found to be in possession of 16 bluefish, 13 over the legal bag limit. The subject was cited accordingly.

■ Officer Rivard observed an angler catch a snook at night and quickly place it in a cooler without measuring it at Sebastian Inlet State Park. Officer Rivard conducted a resource inspection that revealed the snook was over the legal slot limit. The subject was cited accordingly.

■ Officer St. Martin and Lieutenant Eller were on water patrol when they observed a group of people cast netting under a bridge. One of the subjects walked over to a nearby bush and retrieved a stringer of fish he had hidden. The fish were put into a white cooler and carried out of sight. The officers contacted the subjects and none of them admitted to having a white cooler.

After interviewing them, Officer St. Martin convinced the individual last seen with the cooler to take them to its location. An inspection revealed six undersized snook, which had been taken by illegal method with the cast net. The subject also possessed six times over the legal bag limit. The subject was arrested and transported to the Brevard County Jail.

■ Officers St. Martin and Rivard along with Captain Gaudion and Lieutenant Eller observed a fishing vessel returning to Sebastian Inlet from offshore. The officers stopped the vessel to conduct a resource inspection, which revealed he was in possession of one large red grouper out of season. The subject was cited accordingly.

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