Drunk Woman Steals $15,000 Jet Ski, Forgets One Critical Step | Bodycam

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[00:00:00]Can I talk to you? I think you already tried several times.

[00:00:02]>> did I did not. I did not. Turn around for me. [ __ ] you FOR WHAT? I DIDN'T do this. Let go of the For what? Let go of the [ __ ] thing. [ __ ] you. [ __ ] you.

[00:00:11]Did you just spit? Yes. No, you didn't.

[00:00:12]You just spit at him. She stood up. She tried to. She tried to. I'LL GET IN.

[00:00:15]I'LL GET IN. I'LL GET IN.

[00:00:16]>> IT. I WON'T I WON'T >> GET IN. I WON'T. Pull her in. I won't.

[00:00:20]OH, NO. I'LL I'LL GET IN.

[00:00:23]AT A FLORIDA MARINA, LAW enforcement responded to an unusual theft.

[00:00:28]A severely intoxicated 26-year-old woman jumped onto a jet ski valued at $15,000 and attempted to flee with it.

[00:00:38]The jet ski owner witnessed it from a waterfront restaurant.

[00:00:42]He watched as she put on his life vest, started the engine, and aggressively gunned the throttle attempting escape.

[00:00:50]She forgot to untie the back securing line.

[00:00:53]This critical mistake prevented her from leaving the dock and gave the owner time to intervene.

[00:01:00]Had she remembered to untie that line, this $15,000 property would have been gone within seconds.

[00:01:07]I was up at the upper deck at the Conch House looking out at the docks. We had parked our jet ski there. We had met friends. We're up there for maybe 30 minutes. I see this woman jump on my ski, throw on my vest, and try to aggressively leave the dock.

[00:01:24]Thank goodness, she forgot to untie the back line and couldn't leave.

[00:01:30]But, she was aggressively gunning my ski.

[00:01:33]My husband went So, I I apologize. I'm not familiar with jet skis. Was the key on it so she was able to start it? Um yes. Okay. She jumped on my ski, aggressively was gunning it, trying to leave the dock. Mhm.

[00:01:48]My husband and his friend ran down ahead of me. Mhm. Um and they were just like, "Get off the ski. Get off the ski."

[00:01:55]She's like, "This is my friend's ski."

[00:01:56]I'm like, "No." And I had to get down and like, "This is my ski." Mhm. I just registered it in my name. Like, And she was again and again she was She's She's intoxicated. Mhm.

[00:02:08]Okay. She kept saying the same thing over and over again that she thought it was her friend's ski and that she was just going to take it.

[00:02:14]>> So, she just started revving it and was she able to like actually like get it >> She couldn't get it She forgot to cuz she's intoxicated she forgot to tie untie the back line. So, was she like pulling on the rope like Oh, yeah. She was tugging so that I don't even know what damage I have right now. You got to go check it out.

[00:02:28]Officers find the woman nearby hoping to leave unnoticed. Hey. Ma'am.

[00:02:36]Hey.

[00:02:38]I'm trying to go home with my friend.

[00:02:39]Okay, so you want to talk to >> Look here.

[00:02:41]How you doing? Hi. I just want to go home with my friend.

[00:02:43]>> Okay, calm down.

[00:02:45]All right. You got your ID on you? No, I just want to go home with my friend.

[00:02:48]That's it. My friend drive me home.

[00:02:50]Okay, listen.

[00:02:51]>> want to go home. You're going to have to talk to me for a second, all right?

[00:02:54]>> to go home.

[00:02:55]>> Okay, I don't care what you want at this point. The police are now involved so you're going to have to calm down, answer my questions, all right?

[00:03:02]All right.

[00:03:03]Give me your ID. I don't have it on me.

[00:03:05]You don't have anything in that purse that says who you are. I don't think so.

[00:03:11]Is that her friend? That's my friend but she's okay.

[00:03:15]No, she's going home. She's tired. She's going home.

[00:03:21]I don't think I have anything on me.

[00:03:26]I don't think I have it on me.

[00:03:28]What's this? Your high school diploma?

[00:03:30]And that says your name, right?

[00:03:31]>> No, it says a lot of other stuff. Sorry, I don't What's your name?

[00:03:35]>> something I would give to you. It's a high school diploma. It has your name on it. Says nothing else.

[00:03:39]>> Okay, I get that but I have a lot of other stuff. I'm not giving you that.

[00:03:47]You got a credit card with your name on it?

[00:03:51]Okay, yeah. If that's what you want If you don't have an ID Okay, well I probably do, but if you can give me a second. I'll keep looking.

[00:04:00]Okay, so I can keep looking? Yeah. Okay, well I didn't know cuz you Well, don't put your purse on Is that your car?

[00:04:07]Don't put your purse on somebody else's stuff.

[00:04:09]Put it somewhere in there. Huh?

[00:04:13]Can I look? Yes. Okay, well I didn't know.

[00:04:34]What's your birthday?

[00:04:36]Yeah, 78.

[00:04:45]Did you try to steal a jet ski?

[00:04:47]No. No, I definitely didn't want to. No.

[00:04:50]Well, what's going on? Okay, well it was my friends. The people who were trying to call right now, it's their They were like, "Oh, well go right here."

[00:05:01]They weren't trying to steal a jet ski.

[00:05:02]They were like, "Oh, like go right here."

[00:05:06]So I wasn't trying to steal a jet ski at all.

[00:05:09]Okay.

[00:05:11]Where do you live at?

[00:05:13]Uh 6 Okay.

[00:05:16]Do you have somebody that you can call to come get you? Yes. Okay, cool. You want to work on your phone or your I'll call my dad right now to come get me if I can actually get some help here.

[00:05:26]What did you say your birthday was again? I forgot to write it down.

[00:05:35]Can I put Okay.

[00:05:37]No, don't put your stuff on somebody else's car.

[00:05:47]>> My phone My phone died, so I can't I can't my phone died. You want me to charge it for you? You can.

[00:06:07]All right, just stay right here, okay?

[00:06:13]Actually, come stand right here.

[00:06:15]Just come right here.

[00:06:18]Shady, you're over here anyway.

[00:06:28]I'm just going to pull in the parking spot. Don't move.

[00:06:34]You got to try to get out. Yeah. You just go that way, you can circle around.

[00:06:39]The owner of the jet ski, what she do?

[00:06:41]She apparently got on uh they're they're watching her get onto the jet ski as the as his vest on and she's revving it like to take off, but it's still tied to it, it wouldn't take off.

[00:06:56]So. She got a long history. Yeah. A lot of contacts with us. Really? Lot involving uh mostly alcohol and DUI and but there's a whole I didn't read through everything. They she got She she got Huh?

[00:07:10]I didn't know.

[00:07:14]She don't have an ID, but I ran her. I don't know. I don't know anything.

[00:07:17]She had her She has her credit card and a copy of her diploma. Yeah, I was going to say how how are you drinking?

[00:07:23]No ID.

[00:07:24]Who is that?

[00:07:25]I I work at Tire, so All right, well, go and put your purse in there for me.

[00:07:36]I think you already tried to tell No, I did I did not. Turn around for me.

[00:07:41]No, can I talk to I know, but turn around Put your arms behind you. Turn around.

[00:07:51]Turn around. Stop.

[00:07:52]Stop.

[00:07:53]Do you hear me?

[00:07:55]Stop.

[00:08:07]No.

[00:08:10]Stop.

[00:08:12]Stop resisting.

[00:08:14]You stop.

[00:08:15]>> Stop resisting. You're making it worse by resisting.

[00:08:20]You stop resisting.

[00:08:22]Stop resisting cuz you're making it worse.

[00:08:27]Stop.

[00:08:36]>> [laughter] >> Let go of the bag.

[00:08:40]>> No. No.

[00:08:44]Let go of the bag.

[00:08:46]Let go of the [ __ ] bag.

[00:08:49]Let go of it.

[00:08:50]STOP RESISTING.

[00:08:52]STOP RESISTING. I GOT IT. I GOT IT. I GOT IT RIGHT HERE.

[00:08:57]You're an [ __ ] Did you just spit? Yeah. Did you just spit at him?

[00:09:05]You tried? All right, that's another charge.

[00:09:07]RIGHT HERE.

[00:09:10]YOU TRIED. TEMPTED.

[00:09:17]YOU CAN'T SPEAK. YOU'RE too drunk to form sentences.

[00:09:23]All right.

[00:09:40]>> [screaming] [screaming] >> Get up. Step up. I CAN'T. STEP [crying] UP.

[00:09:54]GET UP. INTO THE CAR.

[00:09:58]INTO THE CAR.

[00:10:11]OW!

[00:10:11]I'LL GET IN.

[00:10:12]I'LL GET IN. I'll get in.

[00:10:13]>> THEN GET IN. PLEASE STOP PULLING GET IN. I WON'T. PLEASE PULL HER IN. I won't. OH, NO. I'LL I'LL GET IN.

[00:10:20]OW! OW! OW!

[00:10:21]I'LL GET IN. I'LL GET IN. I'LL GET IN.

[00:10:22]PLEASE LET ME GET IN. GET IN THEN. OKAY.

[00:10:24]STEP UP. I can't. Step up.

[00:10:27]>> I'll try. Now. I can't with my leg. I'll try. I promise. I promise. I promise. I promise. I'll do it. I promise. I promise. I promise I'll do it. Step up.

[00:10:37]>> I promise.

[00:10:38]Step up.

[00:10:39]Let me do it. I'll Now. I'm I'm trying.

[00:10:41]I promise. There's a step right behind your right foot. Step onto that.

[00:10:45]Push up.

[00:10:46]>> step up.

[00:10:48]Hurry.

[00:10:51]Give me the keys to the Yeah, you're innocent.

[00:11:00][ __ ] with me. You're an [ __ ] Move your foot or give me Under Florida Statute 812.014, grand theft in the third degree occurs when property valued between 10 and 20,000 dollars is taken with intent to deprive the owner. Exactly what happened here.

[00:11:32]The criminal intent was unmistakable.

[00:11:35]She started the engine and tried leaving without permission.

[00:11:39]The fact that she failed due to the tied line doesn't negate the crime. The attempt itself legally constitutes grand theft.

[00:11:47]Officers located the woman nearby attempting to leave with a friend. Her immediate reaction, repeatedly insisting she just wants to go home, reveals severe intoxication's hallmark, complete inability to recognize consequences.

[00:12:03]When confronted, she claimed the jet ski belonged to friends who gave permission.

[00:12:08]This defense immediately fails. Most obviously, the actual registered owner was standing there witnessing her lie in real time.

[00:12:17]Under Florida law, mistake of fact defends theft only if objectively reasonable.

[00:12:23]A reasonable person verifies ownership before taking a $15,000 watercraft.

[00:12:29]Clearly not what occurred here.

[00:12:32]The arrest phase begins.

[00:12:34]Officers have clear probable cause from witness statements and observations of her intoxication.

[00:12:41]Watch as her resistance to handcuffing adds a second criminal charge to the felony theft attempt.

[00:12:48]Florida statute 843.02 criminalizes resisting officers without violence as a misdemeanor.

[00:12:57]The pulling away, tensing up, and refusing lawful commands you're witnessing perfectly meets this definition.

[00:13:05]Despite enduring profane insults and an attempted spitting incident, officers maintain remarkable composure using only soft control techniques.

[00:13:16]This measured response exemplifies the reasonableness standard from Graham versus Connor. Yes, I'm going to finish my statement over here. Thank you.

[00:13:28]Where is it? It's over here. chips.

[00:13:34]Why can't she be skinny?

[00:13:41]She got She was looking for it. She could drive it. Yeah, she She was looking at a different wallet there. She was looking at a different wallet.

[00:13:58]Woo.

[00:14:00]Good girl.

[00:14:02]Lions.

[00:14:18]Which one's yours?

[00:14:19]That.

[00:14:20]I'll get out of the way. Just a second.

[00:14:23]Yeah, just people can't control their alcohol.

[00:14:26]Okay.

[00:14:27]They'll try to steal a jet ski.

[00:14:29]Okay.

[00:14:34]Cut you an offense? I don't know.

[00:14:36]And I'm And I'm politely telling you no.

[00:14:41]I've been called worse.

[00:14:43]Jet skis have tags? Yeah. I'm I'm trying to run it now.

[00:14:46]>> Oh, good.

[00:14:47]She's got one registered. I'm just going to make sure it's the same the right one. Okay.

[00:14:52]But I'll put it I'll put it in the call.

[00:14:57]What's the lady that owns the jet ski?

[00:14:58]Uh they just walked I think back down there. They're not leaving yet cuz I think he told the other officer to hold them there cuz you guys want to check out the jet ski or something like that.

[00:15:07]Just want to make sure I get the right information off of it.

[00:15:10]>> blogging it? I'm just going to go verify I got the right jet ski.

[00:15:13]Be right back. Do you have a You got the victim's information? She's got a blue card?

[00:15:17]I'm really calling nobody.

[00:15:19]What?

[00:15:20]Cuz I need to call an attorney. I want an attorney.

[00:15:23]Okay, you can get one when you when you get to the jail.

[00:15:27]How many times have you been arrested?

[00:15:28]You know how this goes.

[00:15:33]I'm the I'm the manager. Derek's the one that called. That I was the one following her because she was getting She was starting to push on Derek and as a man I didn't want him to be in that position. That's the caller. But again, I took over after she started like trying to get pushy with him because I didn't want a female and a male situation. So, did she ever put her hands on you? She she just She was starting to do that. So, that's when I >> Cuz I was trying to block her. She was just trying to get around me. So, she was trying to walk through me. I mean, she didn't like physically push me.

[00:16:02]Very aggressive. I don't even know what the hell this Jessica looks like. So, if you see her >> take No, let's go. We'll go I'm going down with you to check on my crew while he's talking to them. I'm just shirt soaked cuz I just got back from Vegas and this is really sad.

[00:16:13]But it's not exciting. I dropped the book on it.

[00:16:16]So, you say what happened in Vegas didn't stay in Vegas.

[00:16:18]>> I wish I wish I had more of an exciting story to go with it, but it but it is not. I literally dropped a book like on the second toe right on top and you never felt such pain in your life when the corner of a pinky toe dropped. So, Dougie Doug, what's up?

[00:16:32]How's your mom doing? Pretty good. All right, tell her I said hi.

[00:16:36]Always fun hearing about you.

[00:16:39]Yeah, she was extremely inebriated and I was trying to tell her I'm like, "Honey, She's got a history in our record in our system not long.

[00:16:46]Problems with alcohol.

[00:16:49]Isn't it always It's it Isn't it always? And I was like, "I have a daughter that's 28." And I'm like, "Honey, you are making this worse on yourself." I was like, "You need to stop." I was like, "If you haven't done anything wrong and you explain yourself then everything is okay." You know what I mean? But she was not.

[00:17:05]She was not having that.

[00:17:06]Like I said, I didn't want Derek to get in that position of a man woman. You know, I It's different when it's woman woman kind of you know, even if she were to swing on me and I hit her back. You know, it's just That's Mhm? That's cool old boy. Well, she could have really hurt herself, too, you know what I mean? Or somebody else, you know what I mean? She got away with that jet ski.

[00:17:26]For one, she would have went out there and fell off of it. Wouldn't have been able to get back on it. Oh, no. No way.

[00:17:32]If she's really drunk, she's I'm not drunk. I would have fell off on that sucker, I tell you. Yeah, if we give her a ride. We give her a ride.

[00:17:39]>> [laughter] >> Yeah. Are there cameras that look out here? Yeah, we'll be able to get you video footage. There's probably when you called that recording. Everybody's always on camera right now.

[00:17:55]Hey, how are you doing?

[00:17:57]Good. Are you busy? I'm sorry. Yeah, that's who we were trying to steal jet skis drug vehicle.

[00:18:02]Thank you guys. I think down to the jet ski, right? I found one that was registered to you. I just want to You don't have any other ones or anything, right?

[00:18:09]I just want to verify verify it's the I mean, when I was coming running down, I was going to tackle the person off of the wave runner. It would have been bust both in the salt water. All right.

[00:18:20]Alicia is considering pressing >> turned She had turned it this way when she tried to gun it.

[00:18:25]And But I want What's the back look like?

[00:18:28]>> the front line was still tied down, too.

[00:18:31]Cuz I don't Or did I re-tie that? I don't I But the The back one was tied Is that Yeah, the back one was what jerked her back twice.

[00:18:39]She gunned it twice and got jerked back.

[00:18:41]And I made it down here after the second time.

[00:18:45]It's all right.

[00:18:46]Don't I think it's okay, probably. I hope so. We don't know until we take it out of the water the damage that was done. Yeah. Um Was drinking and driving.

[00:18:56]I I'm going to let you folks deal with it with this gentleman. You got everything you need?

[00:18:59]>> Yes. Thank you so much for your help.

[00:19:01]Absolutely. Absolutely. Jared will be back down and he'll be able to get video footage for you all as well.

[00:19:08]No. As long as you don't want to pursue charges, it's all good. Yep.

[00:19:11]He doesn't want to pursue charges, but I'm curious since he technically was trying to prevent her from leaving even though she hit him, we can still file charges on her for battery.

[00:19:20]I mean, she like went in his like Yeah, I already talked to him. He is not wanting to pursue charges, so I mean, she is. I'm just new to the road, so always asking questions.

[00:19:31]>> No, yeah, no. I appreciate Listen, I appreciate everything you guys do. I mean, I uh Is there any visible damage? Not that I can see here with all the water.

[00:19:40]Don't know for sure, you know, cuz when she gunned it, it you know Is it that black one right there? Yeah.

[00:19:48]Was there any damage to the actual dock itself from when she yanked on it?

[00:19:51]>> Yeah, no, I don't think so. I don't actually don't think there's damage to anything. I hope not. You know, it's hard to tell.

[00:19:58]We actually would not have even decided to press charges but for the fact she decided to become aggressive.

[00:20:06]Okay. She She's got a history in our system. Oh, no. But she's it's mostly alcohol-related stuff. She's got She's definitely got some alcohol issues and she's got a long history of stuff in our system, so she Yeah. So, I mean, like I said, I was literally going I thought it was a man. I was going to tackle him off the Waverunner. It would have been me.

[00:20:25]It would have been a It would have been a nice fall.

[00:20:26]>> it was a dude, too.

[00:20:28]She would have gotten away. She would have hurt herself, somebody else. She could have fell off that thing and drowned.

[00:20:33]All right, guys. Y'all enjoy the rest of your Sunday. The struggle placing her in the vehicle demonstrates challenges with intoxicated subjects.

[00:20:41]She claims physical inability to step up, yet shows no injury.

[00:20:46]Textbook passive resistance designed to delay the arrest process.

[00:20:51]Officers verify the jet ski's registration, confirming ownership in the victim's name.

[00:20:57]This proof is essential for prosecutors.

[00:20:59]Without it, defense attorneys could argue this was merely a civil property dispute.

[00:21:05]The subject's criminal history reveals multiple prior alcohol-related contacts.

[00:21:10]This pattern demonstrates a chronic substance abuse problem that directly contributed to committing this felony and shows need for intervention.

[00:21:19]Prosecutors charged her with felony grand theft and misdemeanor resisting arrest. She entered a no contest plea, neither admitting guilt nor contesting evidence, effectively accepting conviction for sentencing purposes.

[00:21:35]The judge withheld formal adjudication, meaning no permanent felony conviction if she completes probation.

[00:21:43]Her sentence 36 months supervised probation and $418 in court costs.

[00:21:51]Months later, the court granted early probation termination, evidence she completed requirements, maintained sobriety, and paid obligations. This positive outcome demonstrates that accountability and rehabilitation can work.

[00:22:06]Officers receive B+ for professional composure and appropriate force.

[00:22:12]The subject receives D- The felony attempt and resistance were serious, but her post-incident accountability prevents a failing grade.

[00:22:21]Critical lessons Alcohol catastrophically impairs judgment and transforms ordinary people into felons within minutes. Resisting arrest always makes situations worse and adds charges that complicate your legal defense significantly.

[00:22:38]For officers, patience de-escalates better than aggression.

[00:22:43]For citizens one impaired decision can derail your life, but accountability offers redemption.

[00:22:50]Document everything, verify ownership, and never let pride override judgment.