- Hello everyone.
I'm Sheriff Wayne Ivey, and you're watching Hit the Streets.
- [Voiceover] 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.
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- So welcome back to Hit the Streets and folks,
tonight's episode has everything you've always wanted to see
Drugs being taken off our streets,
car chases and bad people that do bad things
taking a ride to jail.
Tonight we held our initial briefing at our west precinct
and then we hit the streets with our first case
taking place on Catalina Drive in Cocoa,
after Deputy Kyle Schuck and Agent Shawn Hannigan
observed a gray Dodge Charger
following a vehicle too closely.
As Schuck and Hannigan attempted to stop the vehicle,
it pulled into a driveway,
at which time all three occupants of the vehicle
exited the car as they were being approached
by our team members.
(door slams)
- [Officer] Hey, just get back in the car, man.
Just a traffic stop.
- K, have a seat.
Just have a seat.
- I don't know.
- Have, have a seat.
Hey, we're stopping you 'cause you were following,
you were tailgating the car coming down, pluckebaum.
You were right on their bumper
and you gotta leave more space when you're behind a car.
- [Passenger] How would you even see that?
- Do you have your driver's license?
- [Ivey] After Schuck and Hannigan observed marijuana
in plain view, and could smell the effects of
burnt marijuana,
they conducted a search of the occupants
and found Julien Chalk,
who was seated in the front passenger seat,
to have two separate baggies hidden in his crotch.
- You got a bag in there?
- [Julien] Huh?
- You got a bag right there?
- Go ahead and handcuff 'em.
- [Ivey] The baggies contained more marijuana
and two pills that were subsequently identified
as amphetamines, a scheduled two controlled substance.
As you might imagine, Chalk was taken into custody
and transported to Brevard County Jail
on a total bond of $2,000
for possession of a controlled substance.
Now let's check in on Deputy Heiden Irizarry
and Agent Megan Lane over on Peachtree Street in Cocoa,
where they're conducting a traffic stop
on a black four door sedan with dark window tint.
As Izzy and Agent Lane approached the vehicle,
they observed that the passenger, Antonio Phillips,
was not wearing a seatbelt.
K9 Deputy Craig Carson and his dog, Grace,
arrived at the scene and conducted a free air sniff
around the vehicle that resulted in a positive alert
for narcotics.
A subsequent search of the passenger area
produced a small red bag
that contained a loaded .38 revolver
and also additional rounds
of .38 caliber ammo, that were all immediately accessible
to Phillips, right underneath his seat.
The driver of the vehicle actually held
a valid concealed carry permit but advised our team members
that the weapon was not hers.
Further investigation by agents at the scene
revealed that Phillips was a convicted felon
for strong armed robbery out of South Carolina.
Phillips was taken into custody
for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
and was transported to Brevard County Jail
on a no bond status.
Next up, Agents Ezra Dominguez and Adam Weimer
put the habeas grabeus on Freddy Thomas,
who they observed over on Peachtree Street,
while helping out Izzy and Megan.
Thomas had an active warrant for failure to appear,
reference early resolution
for possession of a controlled substance.
Thanks to the quick work of our agents,
Thomas got a free ride to the Brevard County Jail,
where he was held on a $10,000 bond.
Okay folks, it's time for another episode of-
- 'Mama, There Goes That Man'.
- [Ivey] As Schuck and Hannigan get busy trying to stop
a white in color sedan for multiple traffic violations.
And boy do things take off.
- [Officer 1] Ran the red, eastbound on Lake.
- [Officer 2] Eastbound Lake almost struck my patrol vehicle
It's got out of state tags.
- [Officer 2] Alright, Country Lane,
Country Lane northbound, almost into Ford.
Foot pursuit, foot pursuit.
Jamari Parker.
- [Officer 1] On the ground, on the ground.
- [Officer 2] Alright, we got somebody in the driver's seat.
He's gonna flee again.
Black male, white shirt.
(sirens in distance)
- [Officer 2] Alright.
The other driver's fleeing. Black male, white shirt.
We got Jahmari Parker in custody.
He's coming out to Lake. Georgia tag
- [Suspect] Alright, alright.
(inaudible)
Hey Hardy, can you check on SchucK?
Yeah, where's he at?
Two houses in.
Jahmari Parker.
10-4 STAR can you give us the direction, so we can back off.
- [STAR] Yeah, 10, four. I got the eyeball.
He's turning northbound on Prospect.
- [Officer] Okay. Where's he at?
- [STAR] He's heading eastbound.
- [Radio] Can we get an alert two,
for whoever wants to go into the woods?
(beep)
- [STAR] Going north on Endenburg.
Looks like he's getting ready to bail here.
I'll get you.
- [STAR] Alright, sorry.
He's running northbound on Endenburg.
Black male, white shirt, black pants.
- [Officer] Car right turn, car right turn.
- [STAR] Ah, looks like it's gonna be south.
Alright. He, he's paralleling the house.
Looks like he's coming out to you now.
Turn around, run the other direction behind 309 Endenburg.
- What?
- [Ivey] Well, as you saw in the videos,
all three of the vehicle occupants were captured
by our team.
Thanks to the help of our great aviation unit, STAR,
and great coordination by our team members
during the pursuit.
The initial driver of the vehicle that bailed on foot
was captured by Schuck and identified as Jahmari Parker,
who was taken into custody and transported
to Brevard County Jail
on a total bond of $16,500
for fleeing and attempting to elude,
driving while license suspended
and also reckless driving.
The passenger who bailed and ran into the woods,
like a little scaredy cat,
he ended up being a juvenile.
You know, a little junior varsity gangster
that was caught by our deputies and found to be
in possession of approximately 7.4 grams
of a substance that field tested positive as MDMA.
The little fellow was charged with
possession of controlled substance
and resisting without violence
and was left at the daycare in the care and custody
of the juvenile detention center.
And the final driver of the vehicle,
that didn't realize he was being followed
by a helicopter.
Yep. He was a juvenile too.
And he got a notice to appear
for fleeing and attempting to elude,
as well as a citation for operating a vehicle
without a license.
When are they going to learn that this is not one
of those counties where we don't chase bad guys.
If you run from us, you're gonna get run down,
tackled if you keep running
or maybe even bitten by one of our dogs
if you keep resisting.
Folks, this is Brevard County,
and if you run, you're only going to jail tired.
Well, with that case behind us,
let's see what Deputy Dalton Farrington
and Agent Tyler Thoman are up to,
as they stop a black sedan on West King Street in Cocoa.
For the driver, Jerome Jones, not wearing a seatbelt.
- Hello?
- [Driver] I'm buckled. I came to work on my car.
- Okay.
- [Driver] This is the business that I own.
- Hey, hey, hey.
- [Driver] This is who I am.
- Hey chill.
I'm pulling you over 'cause you ain't wearing a seatbelt.
You got your license, registration, proof of insurance?
- [Driver] Sir. Oh, man. Hey, I film you. You-
- That's, that's fine.
You ain't got no seat, you ain't got no seatbelt on.
- No, man.
- Okay, that's fine.
You got your license, registration, proof of insurance?
- [Driver] Oh my God. Jesus. I know what I'm up against.
Lord. Come on, Jesus. Come on, Jesus. You gotta end this.
I know what I'm up against. I, I know.
Spiritual, spiritual.
Brother, you raw. I'm so poor.
My other, my work trouble.
- Hey, hey, I'm asking for your license and regis-
- [Driver] Bro.
- You ain't wearing-
- I'm getting, I'm. Come on, man. You- My man, come on man.
My man, you saw me just came outta Advance.
I didn't have time.
- You didn't have your seatbelt on.
Okay. You didn't have your seatbelt on.
Give me your, gimme your license, registration,
proof of insurance.
I'm asking you again.
- [Driver] My man. Look.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
- [Driver] Hey, and then you just sat there
and snatch me and stuff.
- Let me get the registration.
(inaudible)
- Man, you got the dogs trashing up my car.
What did I do?
- Put your hands behind your back.
- What did I do?
- Drop your stuff.
- What did I do?
- You're on probation and you don't have a license.
- I don't have prob, I'm not on no probation.
- Now here's a simple rule to always apply
when getting stopped by the police
and driving on a suspended DL.
No matter how much you hem and haw or try to stall,
your driver's license is still going to be suspended
when we run it through the computer.
Just hand it over and let it go from there,
as trying to stall only makes it worse.
In this case,
Jones' driver's license had been suspended for months
and he also had nine prior guilty convictions
for driving while license suspended.
The good news is that our jail van transport driver,
Deputy Zach Sorenberger, has a valid driver's license,
so he was kind enough to give Jones a ride to jail
on a $2,000 bond for driving while license suspended
with knowledge.
Okay folks, let's check in on K9 Deputy Adam Steuerwald,
or my main man Skinny as I like to call him,
as he conducts a traffic stop near Michigan Avenue
and Clearlake Road in Cocoa.
Upon approaching the vehicle,
our team members could smell burnt marijuana coming
from inside the car,
so things went from there.
- Hey, do me a favor, go ahead and step out of the car,
based on the odor of cannabis.
You can shut it off.
Step back here.
The reason why I'm stopping is for your tint,
but when you roll your windows down, good Lord.
Stand right there.
- [Ivey] While a search of the vehicle
did not reveal anything of evidentiary value,
a search of the passenger Vontrevious Jones
by Agent Spinelli produced two pills
that were concealed in his wallet.
The pills were identified through drugs.com as oxycodone,
so Jones was taken into custody
and later transported to Brevard County Jail
on a total bond of $2,000
for possession of a controlled substance.
Well, here we go again,
as even though we just heard from them a few minutes ago,
Farrington and Thoman are back at it again,
as they conduct another traffic stop,
this time near Michigan and Cocoa Boulevard in Cocoa.
- All right, go ahead and step out for me.
(inaudible)
- There's a zero on the floor.
- While standing near the driver's side door,
Deputy Farrington observed a fully loaded Ruger 5.7 handgun
laying on the floorboard where both Farrington and Toman
had observed the driver, Equan Adams, reaching.
Adams was taken into custody on a $2,000 bond
and transported to Brevard County jail
for carrying a concealed firearm,
as he did not possess a concealed carry permit.
Now let's head over to Clearlake Road in Cocoa
and see what Izzy and Agent Megan Lane are up to,
as they step out on a traffic stop.
K9 Deputy Tyler Habart used his canine, Colt,
to conduct a free air sniff of the vehicle.
Izzy and Lane found an orange handbag,
that Aubri Barrera, the passenger admitted to possessing.
A search of the handbag revealed a glass pipe
that field tested positive for the presence of meth.
Barrera was determined to be on felony probation
for possession of a controlled substance.
So she was taken into custody
on possession of drug paraphernalia and also
an onsite probation violation.
Barrera was transported to Brevard County Jail
on a no bond status as a result of the probation violation.
The driver of the vehicle was issued a notice to appear
for driving while license suspended
and given a court date with mandatory court appearance.
Now you ready for this?
Episode three for the night of-
- 'Mama, There Goes That Man'
- [Ivey] And I'll be darned if Schuck and Hannigan
aren't at it again.
- [Officer] Samantha Debaets, exit the vehicle.
- [Ivey] This time they're over on Courtney Parkway
on Merrit island, as Agent Hannigan recognized
Samantha Debaets from our agency pass on,
as being the suspect in a previous fleeing
and eluding law enforcement case.
A search of the vehicle and Debaets' purse revealed
that she was in possession of a small bag that
contained a substance that field tested positive as meth
and a second bag that contained a substance
that field tested positive for fentanyl.
Debaets was taken into custody
and transported to Brevard County Jail
on a total bond of $6,500
for the warrant for fleeing and attempting to elude,
and two counts of possession of a controlled substance
and possession of drug paraphernalia.
So unfortunately it's time for our last case of the night.
And it's a great one to end the evening with,
as K9 Deputy Steuerwald is trying to catch up
to a black Dodge Charger,
that earlier in the evening had fled from several
of our units.
Since the driver and vehicle had fled from us earlier,
Skinny got STAR positioned overhead
and let them take the lead.
- [Officer] Alright, looks like we're gonna head back
into-
- [STAR] Blake street, heading south on Blake,
coming up to Stone, passing Stone, still southbound.
- [Officer] Okay. Blake past Stone,
head back towards like G street, all that again.
Hold on a second. I have a bailout. Hold on.
What's the street?
- [STAR] Barbara Jenkins.
He's bailed. He's bailed.
He's on foot.
- [Officer] Okay, he bailed out guys.
He bailed out right there.
He's on Stone.
Sorry this radio's not working.
I need somebody.
What's that street right there Joe?
Temple Street. Get on Temple.
He's still running.
- [STAR] Alright. He's on the sidewalks,
he's walking Temple.
- [Officer] He's on the sidewalk, walking like there's
nothing going on.
Right there. That unit is pulling in.
It's gonna be right on your driver's side door.
That guy right there.
That's him.
Right there.
- [Officer] The red shirt?
- [STAR] Guy's I'm black and white, I can't tell you.
But that's the guy that came outta that car.
- [Officer] On the ground.
Get on the ground.
- [Suspect] I'm on the ground bro.
- [Ivey] So as it would turn out,
Jamal Warrick was taken into custody
on a $4,000 bond for fleeing with disregard
to safety of persons and property,
as he was running from the popo and putting everyone else
in the world at risk
because he is a habitual traffic offender
and was driving while license suspended with knowledge.
Another perfect example of people not understanding
what happens if you run from us in Brevard County.
Either on foot or in a vehicle,
folks, let there be no doubt,
if you run from us,
we are going to track you down
and take your sorry butt to jail.
It's really just that simple.
Well, that's our show for tonight.
And as you can see, the hit team had a great night
out on our streets, keeping our citizens safe.
I could not be more proud of the amazing men and
women of our agency for all they do
each and every day to protect our citizens.
Just a quick reminder,
if you're a criminal and you're thinking about
committing a crime, you may wanna check Google maps
and make sure you're not in Brevard County.
'Cause if you are, you may wanna go ahead and get
a bondsmen on speed dial.
Brevard County, where we have zero,
and I do mean zero tolerance, for crime.
See you next time on Hit the Streets.
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