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| NORTHWEST REGION Violations
| |  | Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 22:28:07 EST by blueoceaneyez |  | |
NORTHWEST REGION Violations
ESCAMBIA COUNTY
On November 5, Officer Keith Clark checked a business selling freshwater fish and found that the owner did not possess a freshwater fish dealer license. Officer Clark issued a citation for the violation.
On November 6, Officers Keith Clark and Andy Maltais were working from a vessel in Bayou Grande. Officer Maltais observed a vessel operating without displaying required navigation lights. A vessel stop determined that the occupants had been gigging fish. During the inspection, Officer Maltais noticed three blue crabs that had been gigged. The owner of the vessel claimed responsibility for the illegally taken crabs. The owner of the vessel was issued a citation for taking blue crabs by illegal method and a warning for the navigation light violation.
On November 8, Officers John Bell and Pat Roush checked a vessel on the Escambia River. Officer Roush identified the owner of the vessel and requested to inspect his catch. Officer Roush found the owner in possession of undersized spotted sea trout. A citation was issued for the violation along with a warning for an expired vessel registration.
On November 8, Officer Keith Clark conducted fisheries inspections at the Lexington Pier on the Naval Air Station. Officer Clark found
an individual with over-the-bag limit of gray snapper. He was cited for the violation.
On November 8, Lieutenant Dan Hahr and Officers Steve Hoomes, David Jernigan, Royce Johnson, Kenneth Manning, Monte Moye, and Joe Murphy participated in a detail on the Escambia River targeting violations during opening weekend of small game season. The day long detail resulted in: 107 users checked, 42 vessels checked, 1 resource citation, 3 boating citations, and 5 boating warnings.
On November 10, Officer Kenneth Manning checked four subjects fishing in Escambia Bay. A computer check revealed that one subject had three warrants out of Escambia County for traffic related offenses. The man was subsequently arrested and turned over to the Sheriff’s Office for booking. The man left his boat in the care of his friends. Shortly after completing his patrol, Officer Manning received a call requesting assistance. Apparently, the three men continued to fish and could not start the boat later. They also could not describe where they were located. Officer Manning returned to the scene and assisted the boaters to the boat ramp.
SANTA ROSA COUNTY
On November 8, Officer Howard Jones responded to assist the U.S. Coast Guard following a report of a vessel sinking in Pensacola Bay. A crew of four had attempted to anchor their 23-foot vessel north of the Pensacola Bay Bridge when the anchor line became tangled in the propeller causing the vessel to be anchored from the stern into 10-15 mph winds. The vessel quickly filled with water and rolled over. All occupants were wearing their floatation devices. The victims were rescued and transported to Wayside Park on the south end of the bridge. There were no injuries.
On November 12, Officer Royce Johnson was heading home when he received a night hunting complaint in the McClellan area. He responded and observed a vehicle shining a light along Highway 191. When he stopped the vehicle, he discovered four occupants with a doe deer and a fawn in the back of the SUV. While speaking to them, one of the subjects bolted and left the area. K-9 Officer Sarah Hahner, along with K-9 Sadie, and Lieutenant Dan Hahr were called to the scene to assist. The subjects would not provide the name of the subject who ran. After a fruitless search of the immediate area, the man was spotted along a fence row nearby. He was arrested without further incident. All four subjects were charged with taking deer at night with a gun and light and possession of a fawn deer. The one subject who ran was charged with resisting arrest without violence and booked on the charges. A shotgun, spotlight, doe deer, and fawn were seized.
On November 12, Officers Steve Hoomes and Ben Pineda were patrolling near Coldwater Creek when they discovered the components of a meth lab. They contacted the narcotics unit of the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, who responded and processed the scene. The case was turned over to the Sheriff’s Office.
OKALOOSA COUNTY
On November 8, Officer Danny Arnette organized a detail, Operation Tree Rat, on the Yellow River for opening day of small game season. The detail produced one arrest for hunting over bait in the management area during archery season. K-9 Officer Sarah Hahner and K-9 Sadie tracked the subject to the bait. Also, one warning was issued for taking squirrel in the closed area on Eglin Air Force Base and one warning for possession of a gun in the closed area on Eglin. Additional officers working Operation Tree Rat were Officers Van Barrow, Alan Kirchinger and Eddie Gatlin. They checked approximately 40 users.
On November 8, Officer Van Barrow checked a subject on the Yellow River Wildlife Management Area after observing him quickly exit a wooded area when the hunter observed his presence. The subject continued to act suspicious and nervous as Officer Barrow checked his license. The next day, K-9 Officer Sarah Hahner and K-9 Sadie were requested to assist with searching the wooded area where the subject was last observed. Officer Hahner and K-9 Sadie located a baited area and tree stand. The subject was later contacted by Officer Barrow and admitted to hunting from the stand and placing the bait on the management area. He will be charged for attempting to take deer over a baited area in a management area. WALTON COUNTY On November 8 and 9, Lieutenant Dennis Welsh and Officer Ken White worked the lower end of the Choctawhatchee River Wildlife Management Area. The officers checked 68 users and 30 vessels on opening weekend of small game. Two boating citations and four warnings were issued.
On November 11, Officer Espy Letcher checked three subjects on the Choctawhatchee River Wildlife Management Area who were in possession of a live wild hog. The subjects were transporting the hog from the management area to their residence. One of the subjects was cited for the violation.
BAY COUNTY
Officers Dennis Palmer and Mark Clements received a complaint that a deer had been taken by illegal means. Their investigation led to a confession from a subject who stated he shot the deer with a high-powered rifle just after dark at a feeder in his parent’s backyard. The subject was charged with taking deer by illegal means and after legal hours. The deer was seized as evidence.
Officer Mike Nobles began an investigation that led to the arrest of two shrimpers on charges of selling fish illegally and possession of several species of undersized marine fish. Officer Nick Price assisted Officer Nobles with the investigation which resulted in the seizure of 76 undersized flounder, 14 undersized Spanish mackerel, and 4 small king mackerel.
Officers Dennis Palmer and Mark Clements received a complaint from a Bay County Sheriff's deputy who said he saw what he believed to be a decomposing sea turtle skull at a subject’s residence. The skull was identified by the local National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Lab as being a green sea turtle that weighed around 150 pounds. Written confessions were obtained that the turtle had been found on Panama City Beach. A citation for the illegal possession was issued.
K-9 Officer Mike Guy continues to assist the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office in attempting to locate a murder weapon. As tips come in, Officer Guy and K-9 Jake search the areas for evidence.
Officer David Brady was on water patrol near St. Andrews State Park when he observed a vessel anchored near the jetty. Closer observation revealed some snorkelers in the water near the jetty. Since he did not observe a diver down flag, he conducted an inspection. As he approached the vessel, he watched one of the divers drop a spear gun. He addressed the violation and found speared mullet and bluefish. Citations were issued.
Officers Neal Goss and Nick Price were on patrol near St. Andrew’s Marina and conducted a dockside inspection of a commercial fishing vessel during offload. They discovered 15 undersize red grouper along with mangrove snapper and red grouper fillets. The vessel captain was issued a citation. One of the crew had an active warrant out of Duval County and was arrested.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
On November 7 through 9, Officers Woody Cook, Steven Cook, Travis Huckeba, Don Walker, John Allen, Chasen Yarborough, and Lieutenant Charlie Wood conducted a special detail to coincide with the opening weekend of small game season in Franklin County.
Officers patrolled the Apalachicola, Ochlockonee, and Crooked Rivers and their tributaries. Education and enforcement attention was directed toward boating under the influence of alcohol, vessel safety equipment, vessel navigational lights, vessel overloading, hunting licenses, management area permits, and bag limits for small game. During the detail, 57 vessels were boarded and 128 users were inspected. The inspections produced three uniform boating citations for insufficient number of personal flotation devices and improper navigational lights and nine written warnings for various boating safety equipment violations. The inspections also produced two resource citations for no valid resident hunting license, no valid resident freshwater fishing license, and one written warning for possession of undersized fish.
On November 10, Officers Mike Slotin and Faris Livesay conducted inspections of commercial oyster harvesters and their vessels in Apalachicola Bay. The officers boarded seven vessels inspecting vessel safety equipment, saltwater product licenses and size tolerance on the harvested oysters. One resource citation was issued to a harvester for possession of undersized oysters. The bag of oysters inspected contained over 38% undersized oysters.
Nine written warnings were also issued to other harvesters for violations pertaining to vessel safety equipment.
LIBERTY COUNTY
On November 8, Officer Benjamin Johnson was patrolling the Bradwell Unit of the Wildlife Management Area in Liberty County when he stopped two hunters in a pickup truck. Officer Johnson checked the two subjects and asked them if they had any luck, and they replied, “No.” Officer Johnson asked them to open the tonneau cover of the truck so it could be inspected for wildlife. The driver stated, “Might as well get me now, because I’ve messed up.” Officer Johnson found one spike buck taken with a shotgun during archery season. Proper citations were issued. Buckshot, two shotguns and the deer were taken as evidence.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
On October 29, Officer Jeff Babauta discovered 50 pounds of whole corn in the Aucilla Wildlife Management Area hanging from a tree being used as a bump feeder. After several days of monitoring the baited site, Officer Babauta noticed the bag of corn was removed the day before opening season which was on November 7. On November 8, at 0500 hours, Officer Babauta was discretely observing the baited site. He approached and confronted two individuals, a father and son, who admitted to baiting the site. Officer Babauta issued citations for hunting over bait in the wildlife management area.
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