- 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.
(dramatic music)
- So welcome back to H.I.T the Streets
and folks tonight's show may very well be one
of my favorite episodes of all time,
as tonight, we go after animal abusers, drugs
and those that just don't understand the fact
that in Brevard County, we are tough on crime
and even tougher on criminals.
Tonight, we did our briefing at our South Precinct
but we moved all over the county as we hit the streets
to keep our community safe.
Our first case of the day was the arrest
of two despicable human beings that shouldn't be allowed
to own a Chia Pet in the future, as what they did
to these poor animals is disgusting and evil.
Now this case actually started earlier
in the day around noon
when patrol deputy William Cleveland
and K9 deputy David Lovell responded
to a residence located on Beck Drive in Cocoa
regarding an overdose call,
and while at the residence observed evidence
of animal abuse and animal cruelty.
As a result of their observations,
the deputies contacted our Animal Cruelty Investigative Unit
who responded to the scene
and subsequently obtained a search warrant
for the residence.
As you might imagine
the Brevard County Sheriff's Office SWAT team conducted
an entry on the residence, at which time they determined
that the suspects were not at home
and were able to rescue the three dogs
from inside that were in harm's way.
As you can see from the video footage
and the photographs, these dogs were in bad shape
and the conditions they were being kept
in were horrific and disgusting.
Well, as always the case in Brevard County,
if you harm a pet, your butt's going directly to jail.
And this case is certainly no different
as our Animal Cruelty Investigators immediately
obtained warrants on Javier Davis and Jamie Davis
and the Fugitive Team went to work on locating both
of them as our local nonprofit,
the Brevard County Sheriff's Pet Posse
offered a $1,000 reward for anyone
with information on their whereabouts.
Thankfully, it didn't take long for our Fugitive Unit
to locate Javier Davis, who was hiding out at a friend's
and take his sorry butt into custody.
Even better, shortly after Javier's arrest,
a very caring Brevard County resident contacted us
and shared exactly
where Jamie was hiding her little self at
and we were able to quickly take her into custody
at a separate location.
As is always the case in Brevard county,
if you harm a pet, you get walked into the jail
by the sheriff himself so that everyone knows just
how serious we take animal cruelty in our community.
Javier and Jamie Davis were walked
into the Brevard County Jail on a total bond
of $22,500 each, as both were charged
with three counts of animal cruelty
and three counts of unlawful animal confinement.
As I've said multiple times before,
if you are that lowlife, that you can harm an innocent pet
then you could just as easily harm a human.
So the only place for you is the Brevard County Jail.
Okay, with Javier and Jamie now locked behind bars
where they belong, the dynamic duo of Deputy Kyle Schuck
and Agent Shawn Hanigan went to work as they stepped out
with a vehicle near Reddick and Carver Street
in Melbourne that was parked on the wrong side of the road.
- What's up partner?
Hey, just not parked correctly.
Do you have your driver's license on you?
- [Driver] Yeah.
- What you guys up to?
- [Driver] How you doing?
- Just pulled up. He stays here.
- Oh, you live here?
- Yeah, he does. I chill with him.
- Okay. How do you guys know each other?
- School (mumbling)
- How old are you?
- 17
17?
- Yeah.
- No guns or anything in the car?
No-
Okay face the car.
- It's my personal money.
- Personal money, huh?
- I had it saved up for years.
I swear to God.
- Relax. Relax.
You can head back that way okay.
Can you make sure none of amount money goes anywhere?
- They're probably a stack each so seven grand roughly
but this was in the passenger's pocket.
So he probably just served in that for 20 bucks and
like an idiot he's carrying
around his whole, this whole bank roll.
- deputy Schuck located just over $7,000
in cash that was packaged consistent with the proceeds
of drug sales and also various items
of drug paraphernalia that demonstrated drug sales activity.
While the two subjects were allowed to leave the scene
Schuck and Hanigan seized the currency to be evaluated
for forfeiture by agency legal advisor, Laura Moody.
Now this next case is a perfect example
of what I mean when I say it takes a community
to protect community folks, everyone
in everything in Brevard county is involved
in helping us keep this community safe.
Even an ice machine that clearly understands
that if you run from the Brevard county Sheriff's office
you're only gonna go to jail tired.
This case starts when agents Ben Brown
and Brandon Sellers, along
with Sergeant Jason Speece initiate
a traffic stop on a vehicle
for expired registration and seatbelt violations on all
of the vehicle's occupants. Deputy Christopher Anterio
and agent Adam Weimer were in a marked patrol car unit
and helped conduct the traffic stop in the parking lot
of a store located at 3280 Dixie highway in Palm Bay
as the vehicle came to a stop
the passenger decided he could outrun the team.
But little did he know that a friend of ours who
we call icebox was chilling
out on the corner, just waiting to help out.
- Put it on the ice machine, dog.
- Well, as you could see, Daniel Knowles may have
have been pretty fleet of foot
but he froze up when he turned the corner
hit the ice machine and got knocked to the ground.
As Knowles tried to get back to his feet
he got taken down a second time by Agent Weimer.
And then after a brief period of resistance was placed
in handcuffs.
After running from the Popo and slamming into
the ice machine Knowles for some odd reason
began to complain about his shoulder hurting
at which time Brevard county fire rescue responded
to the scene, evaluated his little shoulder
and determined that he possibly had a broken collarbone
which required him to be transported
to nearby hospital for treatment.
The good news for Knowles is
that we had some ice on hand to help with the swelling.
Geez, I crack myself up.
Okay. On a serious note that insult injury
during the struggle Agent Brown observed Knowles
tossing a small plastic bag under the ice machine
that when retrieved was found to contain a brown substance
and a syringe, the brown substance subsequently
field tested positive for fentanyl.
So after a brief visit
to the hospital that confirmed his collarbone was
in fact broken, Knowles was transported
to the Brevard county jail on a total bond of $3,000
for possession of a controlled substance fentanyl
and also resisting without violence.
Well folks, it's time to check in on Heiden Irizarry
or Izzy as you know him, as he conducts a traffic stop
at the Seven-Eleven at 3998 south Babcock street.
Once the traffic stop is made
Izzy makes contact with the driver Jordan Paci
who did not have her license on her.
And for a good reason
her license was suspended multiple times.
And she was well aware
that she should not be driving a motor vehicle.
Izzy got both the driver
and passenger Hector Ocasio out of the vehicle as canine
deputy Lance Behringer utilized his dog Gator to
conduct a free air sniff of the vehicle
which resulted in a positive alert to narcotics.
As you can see the search of the vehicle resulted
in Izzy and the team locating a piece
of a white rock substance that field tested positive
for cocaine. Ocasio subsequently admitted
that he loaned Paci his vehicle, even though he is
on felony drug probation and is well aware
that Paci uses narcotics specifically, cocaine.
Ocasio even admitted that he had accompanied Paci
to the residence where she purchased the cocaine.
Based upon the totality of the evidence and circumstances.
Jordan Paci was taken into custody
on a $500 bond for driving while life is suspended
with knowledge and Ocasio was taken into custody
on no bond for an onsite violation of probation charge.
As one of the conditions of his probation is
that he's not allowed to associate
with persons engaged in criminal activities.
Now let's check in with canine, deputy Scott Stewart
over at Highland Drive and Fiske Boulevard in Cocoa
where he is conducting a traffic stop on a blue Nissan.
After the driver failed to stop
at the stop sign. During the conduct of the traffic stop,
Deputy Stewart made contact with the driver
of the vehicle and also the passenger Irma Caraballo.
Canine Deputy Andrew Johnson arrived
at the scene for routine backup
and used his canine Romeo to conduct a free air sniff
of the vehicle, which resulted in a positive alert.
The probable cause search
of the vehicle produced a cigarette pack
with a small white rocklike substance in it
as well as an orange pill
and a fragment of a blue pill that was located
inside Caroballo's purse,
all three items, field tested positive
for ecstasy and during a post Miranda interview
Caroballo admitted ownership and knowledge
of the white rock substance inside the cigarette pack
but denied ownership of the other two pills.
Caroballo told Deputy Stewart
that she purchased the sunglass case found
inside her purse for $20 from a friend and surmised
That is how the pills got inside.
As you might imagine
Caroballo was taken into custody for possession
of a controlled substance and was subsequently
transported the Brevard County Jail on a $2,000 bond.
Well, now it's time to check in on one of my favorites
Corporal Hannah Polito and Deputy Dalton Farrington
over on school street in Cocoa
as they checked out with a male subject
on a bicycle that just tried to sell some
of our undercover agents, some crack cocaine
- Yo dude, you keep, keep driving, go keep driving.
Hey Stop!
- The subject.
Raj Valentine gave a consent to search
of his person Polito and Farrington located a glass pipe
and approximately 2.18 grams, including the bag
of a white rock substance that field tested positive
for cocaine. Valentine was taken into custody
and transported to Brevard county jail on a total bond
of $2,500 for possession of a controlled substance
and possession of drug paraphernalia.
All right, folks, our last case of the night takes place
off of Clearlake in cocoa after agent Herb Smith
and deputy Joe Spinelli conducted a traffic stop
on a silver Chevrolet four door being driven
by Carlton Collins. Upon approaching the vehicle
our team could smell burnt marijuana coming
from inside the car and things went from there.
A probable cause search
of the vehicle revealed approximately .25 grams
of a white rocklike substance that was located inside
of the center console of the vehicle.
The substance field tested positive
for the presence of cocaine and earned Mr.
Collins, a ride to the Brevard county jail on a total bond
of $2,000 for possession of a controlled substance.
So there you have it.
Another great episode of hit the streets and another group
of people that can't obey the law being taken to jail.
I absolutely love our hit team
and also the fact that we put bad people in jail
where they belong and we do it more professionally
than anyone else. In Brevard county,
we have zero tolerance for crime.
So if you don't want to go
to jail then don't break the law in our county.
Oh, and by the way, if you do
we're gonna lock your, sorry, butt up.
See you next time on hit the streets.