- 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.
(intense music)
- So welcome back to "H.I.T. The Streets,"
and tonight's episode is one of the busiest yet
as the team got off to a great start
and man, they never slowed down!
Tonight, we start in our West Precinct
where we got a quick update from Sgt. Fletcher
on the various areas that were identified
as High Intensity Targets by our Crime Analyst
and then we hit the streets to go put bad people in jail!
Our first case of the night happens in a parking lot
near the intersection of Commodore Blvd. and Aurora Road
in Melbourne after undercover Agents
observed one of the occupants of a blue Dodge Sedan
conducting what appeared to be a hand to hand
narcotics transaction with a person in a second vehicle.
Once the exchange was observed,
Deputy Kyle Schuck and Agent Shawn Hanigan went to work
by approaching the vehicle's occupants.
- What's up buddy?
Hey, hand out of your pocket for me.
Hand out of your pocket. - What are you doing?
- It's alright man, you're being detained at this point.
- For what?
- You guys got your ID's on you?
- No, hold up.
- Alright, we've got reasonable suspicion--
We've got reasonable suspicion of drug activity.
I need you to step out of the vehicle.
- Uh-uh.
- I need you to step out of the vehicle
or you're going to be forced out of the vehicle.
- I need you to--
- I need you to take your seatbelt off
and step out of the vehicle right now.
- [Man] I need you to call--
- Take your seatbelt off and step out of the vehicle.
We have reasonable suspicion of drug activity.
(muffled speaking)
- Get out of the car.
Last chance, get out of the car.
- Step out, step out.
This is crazy as Hell.
Don't resist, don't resist.
Stop reaching into your pockets.
(radio beeping)
right now you are under arrest for resisting.
Let's go.
It's all good bro, you've just got to do what we tell you.
Okay, face the car.
Anything sharp.
- No, nothing.
And what was that reasonable suspicion?
- Everything will be explained in a moment, my friend.
- That's what it was.
- You dropped that.
(muffled speaking)
- Got his heroin.
(muffled speaking)
No this guy, this guy's heroin.
- What?
- Yeah, you dropped it when you got out of the car, bro.
- [Sheriff] Well, as you could see for yourself,
the passenger of the vehicle, Bryan Green,
resisted the Deputy's instructions multiple times
and had to be forcibly removed from the vehicle
at which time he attempted to discard a plastic baggie
containing a small brown rock like substance
that weighed approximately 1.8 grams
and field tested positive for Fentanyl.
Green was transported to the Brevard County Jail
on a total bond of $3,000.00
for Possession of a Controlled Substance,
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia,
and Resisting without Violence.
Okay, we didn't have to go very far for our next case
as it happened at the same intersection
at almost the same exact time as K-9 Sgt. Jerry Shealy
and K9 Deputy Lovell observed Jonathon King
failing to stop at the stop sign on his bicycle
before entering the roadway.
While gathering Mr. King's information,
a pat down for weapons was conducted
at which time Deputy Lovell recognized by view and feel
a straw that was located in his pocket.
- Drop your hat.
What is the straw for?
- Huh? - Be straight with me.
What's the straw for?
- I'm gonna be completely honest sir.
- I would really appreciate it 'cos I can't stand lying.
- I'ma be straight up with you.
- What's the deal?
- These pants--
- These pants are somebody else's?
Come on, you could at least come up with an original one.
- I got them from the thrift store.
- And you never thought to check britches nothing?
- Well, as we saw in the video,
the straw was coated in residue of a substance
that field tested positive for heroin.
A further search of King revealed a wad of tinfoil
in his pocket and an additional wad of tinfoil in his shoe
that's contained less than one gram of a substance
that also field tested positive for heroin.
King was later transported to the Brevard County Jail
were he was held on a total bond of $2,500
for Possession of a Controlled Substance
and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Our next case happened when Agents observed Haley Haywood
in the area of Aurora Rd. in Melbourne.
Haywood, who was wanted on an active warrant,
was located by K-9 Deputy Tyler Habart
and Sgt. Kirk Geweniger in a wooded area
and was taken into custody without incident.
Haywood was transported to the Brevard County Jail
on an active warrant for Felony Violation of Probation
with a No Bond status.
On a side note and as somewhat
of a Public Service Announcement,
please never walk on top of a piece of plastic
that is laying on the ground because if you do,
you might quickly disappear!
How Sgt. Geweniger was able to stay on his feet
and never lose stride is beyond me,
but thankfully he was not injured!
Next up, K-9 Deputy Adam Steuerwald,
or "Skinny" as we call him,
conducted a consensual encounter with Ms. Sherry Farbsten
who was riding a bicycle past the location
where Deputy Schuck was conducting his traffic stop
on Aurora Road.
Deputy Steuerwald engaged in conversation
with miss Farbsten,
discussing the fact that she was in a high crime,
high narcotics area, and just openly inquired
about how much dope she had on her bicycle.
While Farbsten initially lied to Skinny
and told him she didn't have anything,
she eventually did the right thing
and openly admitted she had some narcotics on her bike.
Farbsten was asked to step off the bike
and Skinny initiated a search.
Following the discovery of multiple baggies
containing approximately two grams of Meth,
Farbsten was taken into custody
for Possession of Methamphetamine
within 1,000 feet of a school
and she was taken into custody immediately
near the campus of Eau Gallie High School.
Farbsten was transported to the Brevard County Jail
on a total bond of $7,000.00
and will hopefully get some help
to get her life back on track and off of drugs.
Okay, next up, the dynamic duo of Agent Hannah Polito
and Deputy Justin Nieves encounter Gabrielle Capone
after she was observed leaving a residence
in the Melbourne area that is known for drug activity.
Capone was actually riding with a friend on a bicycle
and when they observed law enforcement in the area,
they hurriedly attempted to avoid the officers
and actually crashed the bicycle on the sidewalk.
As Agent Polito and Deputy Nieves
were checking on the two subject's wellbeing,
Agent Polito asked for consent
to search of Capone's belongings
and located in total approximately .79 grams of fentanyl
and also a small amount of alprazolm.
Capone was taken into custody on a total bond of $6,500
and transported to the Brevard County Jail
for Possession of Fentanyl and Alprazolm
as well possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Alright, here we go.
Next up, K-9 Deputy Lovell encounters a white female
walking in the middle of the road in the immediate area
of where Polito and Nieves are located on their case.
Deputy Lovell identified the female as Heather Reilly
and asked for permission to search her belongings.
Reilly consented to search and as you might imagine,
Deputy Lovell located approximately .10 grams of Meth
in her purse.
Reilly was subsequently transported
to the Brevard County Jail on a $2,500 bond
for Possession of a Controlled Substance
and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Now let's head up to the north end of the county
where Agents Jeremy Benton and Mitch Matthias
are out on a traffic stop near Sisson Road
with K-9 Deputies Lovell and Steuerwald.
The initial stop was for excessive speed,
but after K-9 Waylon conducted a free air sniff
of the vehicle, things took a different turn.
As you can see from the video,
K-9 Waylon knew exactly what he was doing
as the search of the vehicle produced a significant amount
of drugs that exceeded trafficking amounts.
The driver of the vehicle, Dontavious Hatcher,
was taken into custody
and immediately claimed ownership of the drugs,
claiming that it was his for personal use
as he had a recent accident
and had not been able to get to the hospital.
Yeah, okay!
If you believe that,
then I have a bridge in San Francisco I will sell you!
As you might imagine, we didn't believe it,
so Hatcher was transported to the Brevard County Jail
by our Transportation Team
for two counts of Possession of Controlled Substance,
Trafficking in Oxycodone and Trafficking in MDMA.
Thankfully Hatcher's charges amounted to a No Bond status,
so hopefully a Judge will put him a way for a while
where he can't pedal his poison any longer.
Oh, and just to be clear,
I don't have a bridge in San Francisco and if I did,
I wouldn't sell it to any of my friends
because there is nothing in California
I want to be connected to!
Our next case takes us to Park Avenue in Titusville
where Agent Brandon Sellers encounters several subjects
that were smoking marijuana in the parking lot
of an apartment complex.
As Sellers and other Agents approached the individuals,
one of them, Datari Mitchell, began to reach into his pants
in an effort to conceal an unknown item.
For safety purposes, Agent Sellers attempted
to temporarily detain Mitchell to identify the item
at which time Mitchell attempted to pull away
and further conceal the item.
As you can see from the video,
what Mitchel was trying to hide was five individual bags
that each contained a gram of fentanyl
and also a small amount of cannabis.
Mitchell was also determined to be on felony probation
for resisting arrest with violence,
resisting arrest without violence,
and also driving with no valid drivers license.
Mitchell was taken into custody on a No Bond status
and transported to the Brevard County Jail on the charges
of Possession of a Controlled Substance with intent to Sell,
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia,
Resisting without Violence,
and On-Site Violation of Probation.
Now we head down to Cocoa where Agent Kyle Pemberton
and Deputy Spinelli are attempting
to stop a dark in color Nissan
that was driving recklessly on Clearlake Road.
As the Deputies activated their blue lights
to initiate a traffic stop,
the driver of the vehicle decided to take off.
(sirens wailing)
We're in Sunrise Village. Sunrise Village.
Stopping now.
- Hey let me see your hands!
(sirens wailing)
- [Sheriff] As you can see from the dash cam footage,
the driver of the vehicle, Juanita Hosley,
refused to stop the vehicle
and when she finally did stop at her sister's house,
had the lame excuse that she didn't see the lights
and when she heard the siren
she only wanted to get to her sister's house
because she had left her phone there earlier in the day.
Oddly enough though, she also admitted
to not possessing a valid Florida Driver's License,
so I wonder if that could have actually been the reason
for her trying to elude us.
Either way, she took the ride to jail on a total bond
of $5,500 for Driving While License Suspended or Revoked
and Fleeing and Attempting to Elude.
Mama, there goes that bad man
as here we go again with Schuck and Hanigan
as they conduct a traffic stop on Lunar Lake Circle in Cocoa
on a suspicious vehicle and a subject that had been observed
coming out of the woods by Agent Zach Brown.
- Obviously we've been looking at you.
You came creeping out of the woods.
You left the car running.
- I had to piss bro, she was in the car.
- I know, it looks funny-- - I'm keeping it real.
You want to get me out? - It looks funny.
- Come on, don't violate to do it.
It's all real. - Nobody is violating you.
Believe me, I don't violate rights.
- I had to piss bro.
I called you out. - And then you're creeping
over the center line. - I had to piss.
I had to piss bro
I'm calling you out. - That looks funny.
- Like the store don't let you piss.
- I need-- - You feel me?
Like you want to know what was bothering me
and I'm telling you what happened.
- Just need your license bro.
A lot of people go in there and do sticks, right, so...
- Come on man, you molesting me.
- Relax, don't push my hand.
He's got a bag in there.
Alright, step back man, we're gonna get it, okay?
I've got it right here.
Is it under your drawers?
Here it is.
See how easy that was, man?
We know what we're doing.
Anything else on you brother?
- [Sheriff] As a result of the search,
Deputy Schuck found approximately two grams of cocaine
hidden in the crotch of the driver, Travis Griffin,
and also Agent Hanigan found Aprazolam,
Oxycodone and Cocaine in the lock box
that was taken straight out of the hands
of the passenger, Felicia Brown.
Brown was arrested on a total bond of $6,000
for Possession of MDMA, Alprazolam, and Oxycodone,
and Griffin was arrested on a total bond of $2,500
for Possession of Cocaine and Resisting without Violence.
Now we hustle over to Grove Avenue in Cocoa
where Agent Irrizary or Izzy as we know him
conducts a traffic stop on a silver Nissan
that just blew a stop sign.
As Izzy approached the vehicle,
he could smell marijuana from inside the car
and also observed a marijuana blunt on the center console.
Izzy initiated a search of the vehicle
and also a black fanny pack that the driver
Carlos Buckner had been wearing at the time of the stop.
Izzy'S search revealed a single ecstasy pill
and also $3,972 in cash that was located
in the black fanny pack.
Buckner was placed under arrest for Possession of Meth
and also Possession of a Controlled Substance
While In Physical Control of a Motor Vehicle.
Buckner was transported to the Brevard County Jail
on a total bond of $4,000.
Alright folks, it's time to lace up your sneakers
as we've got a little foot chase action
as Deputy Nieves and Agent Polito conduct a traffic stop
on a black Jeep Cherokee where the passenger,
Lecedric Rhynes, jumps out of the Jeep and bolts.
- Going, going!
- Rhynes was pretty quick, but not as quick
as Agent Mitch Mathias who showed Rhynes
why he played college football on a scholarship!
The even better news is that immediately
before getting tackled by Agent Mathias,
Rhynes tried to get rid of the football,
actually it was a brown satchel
that he was observed running with.
He threw it in a dumpster about five feet
from where he got tackled.
As you might imagine, it had some pretty bad stuff in it
and also Rhynes' passport,
which really helps us prove it was his.
Rhynes was subsequently transported
to the Brevard County Jail
for Possession of a Firearm By a Convicted Felon,
Trafficking in Fentanyl, Resisting without Violence,
and numerous other charges that gave him a No Bond status.
On a side note, the driver of the vehicle
had no involvement in the incident
and immediately complied with our instructions.
He never tried to flee or resist in any way
and was only giving Rhynes a ride
on the way to his girlfriends house.
Oh, one other thing, if you run from us,
you are going to get tackled and taken to jail,
so just save yourself the embarrassment
and man up and face your charges.
Quit running like a punk!
Well that's a wrap on this episode of "H.I.T. The Streets,"
but as you can see, it was another great night
for the "H.I.T. The Streets Team"
and another great night for the citizens of Brevard County
who can sleep safe and sound in their beds
knowing that the brave men and women
of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office
are out on the street working to keep them safe.
Folks, crime will rise to the level
a community will tolerate and in Brevard County,
we have zero tolerance for crime.
Why, because this is Brevard County
where we are tough on crime and even tougher on criminals.
See you next time on H.I.T. The Streets!
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