- Hello everyone. I'm Sheriff Wayne Ivey
of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office,
and you're watching Riding Shotgun.
Tonight I have the honor of riding
with Deputy Nick Villacres in our North Precinct.
We're gonna be out patrolling the streets.
Nick's a go-getter.
He likes to put bad people in jail.
So let's go ride shotgun with Deputy Nick Villacres.
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All right, Nick, what's up my brother?
- [Nick] How you doing, Sheriff?
- [Sheriff] Good.
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Nick, I appreciate you letting me ride
with you tonight, man. I'm looking forward to it.
I heard a lot of great stuff, so we're gonna have some fun?
- Absolutely, Sheriff.
- [Sheriff] All right, so Nick, just kind of curious,
you know, you've been with us for about six years now.
- [Nick] Yes, sir
- What attracted you to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office?
- Well, I heard a lot of good things about the agency,
and I wanted to be a part of something great.
And here I am.
- All right.
Went to police academy at Eastern Florida State College?
- That I did back in 2018.
- 2018, all right.
So, well, we are glad to have you, my friend,
and hopefully we're gonna get into some fun tonight
and put some bad people in jail.
- That's the plan.
- [Dispatcher] 311. Possible burglary on 10 Kings Cross.
The house is currently being vandalized.
14-age kids are throwing rocks
and they can hear glass breaking-
(siren blaring) (siren drowns out dispatcher)
- All right, so right now we're headed
to a burglary that just occurred.
Had approximately four juveniles breaking
into a vacant house, causing some damage.
Deputies on scene are already able to contain two of them.
There's still two outstanding,
so we're gonna go up there,
help try to set up a perimeter,
see if we can keep them contained,
and ultimately find the last two of them.
K9 is picking up a track on 'em.
So now we just try to adjust our perimeter
and make sure we keep them bedded down
so that way we don't lose them.
- Born in '08, so how old does that make you?
- 14.
- Your parents know where you're at?
- Yeah, I was on the golf cart.
- All right. So right now we just wanna run them,
run their information, run their name, date of birth,
make sure they're not reported missing,
and from another agency, make sure that they don't
have any TICOs, a juvenile warrant, anything like that.
So we'll see, see if maybe they have any criminal history,
see if they've done anything like this before,
and we will go from there.
- Um, it was two other kids that she knows of,
but she's not sure.
And they, they were on the golf cart, she says, absolutely.
So, so he's gonna be a player too.
- Absolutely. Absolutely.
- [Dispatcher] Like I said, we're fairly certain
we're 10-12, with four outta four.
There may another one in play that we're 10-12 with 2.
We're just trying to ascertain
if there's anybody else walking around
that may be related to this.
You know, 56 us and go through the house
and see what kind of damage we got.
- 10-4. We'll work on that now.
So with the burglary,
obviously we were able to locate all four juveniles
and figure out their involvement with the case.
At this point, two of them are in custody.
They'll be going down
to the juvenile detention center to processed.
They'll be charged with burglary and criminal mischief
and the other two are being released to their parents.
The investigation is still going on, but as of right now,
that's, that's where the investigation stands.
All right. I gonna get flipped around on a bicyclist.
He's over here riding his bike.
He doesn't have any lights on at night.
317, I'll be 10-50.
White male on a bike.
US 1 at 50.
(beeping)
Yeah, you just turned that on now
once I flipped around on you.
- Yeah. It just dawned on me.
- So you have to have the red light attached to the back
but you have to have a white light attached
to the front of the bike as well. Okay?
You got your ID on you?
- No, sir, I don't.
- Okay.
- Where are you coming from tonight?
- Walgreens. - Okay.
What's your first name?
- Kevin.
- Just keep your hands outta your pocket for me, okay?
- Yes, sir.
- You on probation?
- Oh. No sir.
- All right. You got any warrants?
- I think, honestly, I think I have a bench warrant
that I missed for yesterday.
I was talking to my attorney.
He's trying to get me a continuance
cause we're doing the trial thing.
- Okay.
So we're gonna run Kevin, he's said
that he's got an ongoing court case right now,
and it's possible that he might have a warrant
issued out by the judge.
He said he might have missed the court date, so,
we want to verify that
and see if in fact he might have a warrant.
- [Dispatcher] And he is showing 10-4 out of our agency
for a bench warrant, jury trial reference, retail theft.
It's no bond hold for that. 10-12 on the CR and ID.
- 10-4. I'll call and advise with the CR and ID.
Put hands behind your back.
- Ow, ow, ow.
- All right. Stop, stop tightening up.
- I'm not.
- Give me this wrist.
(cuffs clicking)
He was placed under arrest.
Like we said, he's got the felony failure to appear.
It's for a retail theft case.
So, he's going down to the jail.
He will be booked in.
He is under a no bond status, so he's gonna have to wait
and see a judge probably tomorrow afternoon.
And then it'll ultimately be up to the judge to determine
if they're gonna give him a bond, release him
on his own recognizance, or go from there.
But that just goes to show you that, you know,
just something as simple as a traffic stop for no lights
on your bicycle at night.
That's what it can turn up.
You never know who you're stopping
and or what's gonna go on on stops like that. So.
The best thing about working in Brevard County
is just having a community that supports us.
You know, I come to work every day knowing
that the community has my back just as much
as the other men and women that wear this uniform.
I go into a restaurant and go into the gas station,
people are constantly thanking me for my service,
always telling me that they support us,
and always have our back.
So that's always reassuring coming into work knowing that,
especially with what we have to deal with
on a day-to-day basis.
- [Wayne] All right, Nick,
thanks for letting ride away you brother.
- It was a pleasure. - Great night.
Thanks for everything you do to keep our community safe man.
- Thank you, sir.
- Be safe out there, brother.
- Thank you.
- Well, there you have it folks.
Another great night and episode of Riding Shotgun.
Tonight I got to ride with Deputy Nick Villacres.
What a great young man
doing everything he can to keep our citizens safe.
Hope you enjoyed tonight's episode.
We'll see you next time on Riding Shotgun.
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