- Hello everyone. I'm Sheriff Wayne Ivey,
and you're watching H.I.T. the Streets.
- [Narrator] They say that crime will rise
to the level a community will tolerate.
In Brevard county, we have zero tolerance for crime.
These are the stories.
(suspenseful music begins)
- So welcome back to another great episode
of Hit the Streets and tonight's episode
is a great example of what
our deputies face every day out on the streets
as they work to take drugs, illegal guns and fugitives
off the streets of Brevard county.
Tonight, we start on Merritt island where we held
a quick briefing at our east precinct,
but before we could even get rolling,
our fugitivus had already made certain
that Michael Whalen was safe and sound
in the Brevard County Jail.
After they traveled all the way to the state of Virginia
to take him into custody on an active warrant for burglary
of an occupied structure and grand theft.
Whalen was held on a total bond of $75,000
and hopefully he'll soon learn his lesson about
stealing other people's crap.
With Whalen behind bars,
deputy Kyle Schuck and agent Shawn Hanigan
kicked off our first case with a traffic stop
An eventual drug arrest near the intersection
of Merritt Avenue and Parnell Street.
- Back seat.
Hey, can you put this back window down for me please?
Hey, how's it going guys?
- Hi.
- You have your driver's license and registration on you?
- [Sheriff Wayne Ivey] As the occupants were exiting
the vehicle the front seat passenger, Sharina Welch
opened her door and threw a metal rod
with burn edges onto the floorboard of the vehicle.
Well, as you might imagine, our team observed
her throwing the item of drug paraphernalia.
- Push rod. She just threw a push rod (indistinct).
- All right.
- I ain't throw no push bag.
- I'll watch him.
- She just threw that little thing.
- Gotcha.
- You see that thing on the bottom?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- I ain't have no push bag.
- Serena, is that right?
- Yep.
- She dumped a little push.
- 1015.
- [Sheriff Wayne Ivey] As you can see in the video
based upon her criminal activity, Sharina was taken
into custody and was found to be in possession
of various baggies of a white powdery substance
that field tested positive for cocaine.
As well as additional baggies
of cocaine and other drug related substances as well.
Welch was subsequently transported
by Brevard county Sheriff's office transportation team
to the Brevard County Jail.
Where she was held on a total bond
of $4,500 on charges of possession of cocaine
possession of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Okay. Next up agent Sellers and Capporizzo
conduct a traffic stop on a gray Buick sedan
after undercover agents witnessed the driver
of the vehicle doing what appeared to be
a hand to hand drug transaction in the area
of Hill and Easy Street on Merritt Island.
Based upon the observation of the undercover agents
illegal window tint and a seatbelt violation.
The vehicle was stopped on Viva Street
and our team worked the case from that point.
During a probable call search of the vehicle
agents located in the rear center seat,
the brown bag that was observed
by undercover agents around the defendant's neck
just moments prior to the stop.
A search of the larger bag produced a single baggy
containing a white rocklike substance
that field tested positive as cocaine
and weighed approximately 7.1 grams.
In addition to the first baggy an additional clear baggy
contained approximately 1.2 grams of crack cocaine
and an additional bag of a green leafy substance
weighing approximately 12 grams
that field tested positive as cannabis.
As you might have guessed, the driver, Kisa Rivers
was transported to the Brevard County Jail
on a total bond of $2,500 for possession of cocaine
and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Our next case finds us with agents Rush and Dunn
after they were able to finally stop a red Buick
that refused to pull over.
As the agents were attempting to conduct a traffic stop.
- You slow us all the way up here
and then you shut the window on me and then you ate weed.
- You were trying to reach in the car.
- Cause you don't listen.
- You're eating it. Dude.
- We just watched you eat it. Open your mouth.
Open your mouth.
- You're gonna get an intro charge
if you got something in your mouth, bro.
Might as well open it up. Spit it out, spit it out.
- Open up. See the weed all in your teeth.
- Spit it.
- It's only a gram, sir.
Ain't got no records, sir.
I just got a job in HVAC, sir.
Y'all don't care.
Like come on, man ain't nothing in the car.
- Hey, did you eat something besides weed bro?
- I didn't eat. No, I don't do any drugs.
- What you sweating for?
- I just got off work.
- Where you work?
- [Sheriff Wayne Ivey] As a result of Tucker's actions
and admissions agents determined
that Tucker had refused to stop his vehicle
because he didn't want to get
in trouble for the small amount of marijuana
that he had in his possession
and was trying to buy himself a little time to destroy it.
As a result, Tucker was taken
into custody and transported Brevard County Jail
on a total bond of $5,500
for fleeing and attempting to allude
and resisting arrest without violence.
Now this next case takes us
to the criminal with the worst luck in the world.
As while agents Rush and Dunn are dealing
with Zachary Tucker for trying to swallow drugs.
This guy, Yudwan Scott is driving a car
that breaks down on the roadway, right in front
of where Tucker's arrest is taking place.
In an effort to help the motorist,
Lieutenant Jesse Forrest goes out onto the roadway
and starts pushing the car into a nearby parking lot.
While Lieutenant Forrest is being a good Samaritan,
agent Dunn recognizes the driver of the vehicle
and knows that he has active warrants
as a habitual traffic offender
for driving with no valid driver's license.
Folks, if it weren't for bad luck,
Mr. Scott would have no luck at all
as breaking down in a car while driving
without a driver's license, right in front of one
of our fugitive agents is perhaps
the worst case of luck ever.
Scott was transported to the Brevard County Jail
on a no bond status for two separate warrants
for violation of probation and habitual driving
while license suspended.
In case you're wondering,
we didn't charge Lieutenant Forrest
with trying to help a fugitive getaway
as he was just doing what our deputies do each
and every day here in Brevard County
trying to help a citizen in need.
With Mr. Scott now behind bars, let's check in
on agent Sellers and agent Capporizzo
who are at it once again
with a traffic stop on Astronaut Boulevard
in Cape Canaveral for illegal window tint.
Once the vehicle comes to a stop,
agent Capporizzo makes contact with the driver.
Aundrey Strong, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle
and immediately recognized the odor of burning marijuana
coming from inside the car.
To his credit Mr. Strong was up front with the agents
about being in possession of marijuana
and also to not possessing a medical marijuana card.
Strong exited the vehicle and voluntarily produced
a small amount of marijuana that was in his pocket.
A subsequent search of the vehicle
revealed a loaded revolver that was concealed
between the driver's seat and center console.
And also, approximately 6.2 grams of cocaine
that was also concealed in the center console.
Strong was taken into custody and transported
Brevard County Jail on a total bond of $4,500 for possession
of controlled substance cocaine,
and also carrying a concealed firearm
as well as possession of drug paraphernalia.
Now we head over to Venetian way in Merritt Island
where deputy Irizarry and agent Polito
are conducting a traffic stop and then encounter the odor
of burning marijuana coming from inside the vehicle
- Whew, yeah, I can smell it. It hit hard. Step out.
- There's something else in that sock right there.
- There's molly.
- (male agent) There's more molly?
On the left, there's more?
- (female agent) So you got more?
- [Sheriff Wayne Ivey] As you can see from the video
following a probable call search of the vehicle,
the passenger, Fouad Salbi Jr., admitted
that he was in possession of oxycodone
that was concealed in his socks.
As deputy Irizarry searched Salbi,
he discovered two separate packets
of a substance that field tested positive for oxycodone.
Salbi was subsequently transported Brevard County Jail
in a total bond of $2,000 for possession
of a controlled substance.
After arresting Mr. Salbi, Izzy and Hannah
were right back at it stopping another vehicle
near 5020 US-1 in Cocoa.
And this one actually helped reveal the winner
of this week's hide and seek competition
who went above and beyond to try and hide from deputies.
- She consented a search of her vehicle.
Is there anything else if this in the vehicle that's yours?
Is there something else in the vehicle that yours?
- No, I don't have anything.
- Okay. I just gotta make sure that there's a bag
or anything, I gotta ask you for the same.
- Yeah, I don't have.
- You don't have anything in the car?
- I don't have.
- Like a bag or anything? Okay. Alright.
Yeah. It looks like it's just a bunch of her stuff.
What about this guy that's right here in the back seat?
- There's a guy?
- Yeah.
- I thought you guys knew she was in there.
- Let me see your hands.
- Is everything okay?
- She was sleeping.
- Is everything okay?
- You ain't sleeping under. Get out of there. Get out.
- Is everything alright?
- Get up. Get up. Get up. Get up.
- Get out. What are you doing ma'am?
- I was asleep.
- Get up.
- I was asleep. Can you push me? It fell on me.
- You were asleep?
- Yes.
- With stuff over you?
- [Sheriff Wayne Ivey] Well, as you might imagine,
the hide and seek champ Latrina Lamb
was taken into custody for possession of oxycodone.
After she was found in the backseat,
covered up with various items
lying on top of two oxycodone pills
that she was attempting to conceal.
Lamb was congratulated on her technique
for playing hide and seek
and then transported to Brevard County Jail on $2,000 bond
for possession of a controlled substance.
Okay, our next stop takes place
near Grissom and Port Saint John Parkway in Port Saint John
where agent Brandon Sellers makes a traffic stop
on a Nissan Titan pickup truck
for various traffic infractions.
Contact was made with the driver, Billy Baxter Jr.
Who provided a Florida ID card while admitting to agents
that he did not possess a valid Florida driver's license
because his license was suspended.
Baxter, a habitual traffic offender for over five years
was asked to step out of the vehicle.
And things went from there as canine, deputy Adam Steurwald
and his partner canine Waylon
conducted a free air sniff of the vehicle.
A search of the vehicle revealed approximately 5.2 grams
of what field tested positive as methamphetamine
and a sunglasses case that is being sent to the lab
for fingerprinting and an effort
to prove possession of the substance.
Baxter was taken into custody for the driving violations
and his passenger, Toni Wilson was also taken into custody
as she had an active felony warrant for her arrest
for violation of probation for contributing
to the delinquency of a minor.
Both Baxter and Wilson were transported
to the Brevard County Jail
with Wilson having a no bond status
and Baxter being detained on a total bond of $2,000
for knowingly driving while license suspended or revoked
as he has repeated priors
for driving while license suspended.
Okay. Our last case of the night
takes us to deputy Schuck and agent Hanigan
who are conducting a traffic stop
on a van in the 400 block of Canaveral Groves Boulevard.
- Hey, how you doing? Are you Enrique?
- Yeah, me.
- You're Enrique. Do you have your ID on you buddy?
- No, they got my license ID.
- Just do me a favor, man. Put your hand behind your back.
You got a warrant for your arrest, okay.
- What?
- You have a warrant for your arrest.
- [Sheriff Wayne Ivey] The dash cam did a great job
of capturing Schuck and Hanigan
as they arrested Enrique Pagan Otero
for an out of county warrant for aggravated assault.
Pagan Otero was transported to the Bervard County Jail
per the instructions of the warrant on a no bond status.
Well, folks that brings us
to the end of tonight's episode of H.I.T. the Streets
and another night of watching our deputies
agents and canines keep our citizens save.
I cannot be more proud of our agency for all
they do to keep us safe and of our community for
all they do to support the brave men and women
of law enforcement in our community.
Have a great night and we'll see you next time
on H.I.T. the Streets with Sheriff Wayne Ivey.