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[dramatic music playing]
[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

[Paul]
This was the first time ever

in the history of this area

that we've ever had
a vessel pursuit.

[man speaking]

[officer speaking]

[suspenseful music playing]

[sirens wailing]

A chase with a runaway
U-Haul truck.

We deal with people
that are armed all the time.

[sirens wailing]

[indistinct chatter]

[woman] Yes, yes, yes, he is
attached to a [indistinct]

[man] What are we gonna do
next if it doesn't work?

[sirens wailing]

[officer speaking]

[man] You never know what
your bad guy is thinking.

He does not wanna be caught
by the police

and there's definitely
a reason why.

[officer speaking]

[suspenseful music playing]

[soft upbeat music playing]

[Paul] Venice is centered
right here

in the middle
of Southwest Florida.

We're about an hour
south of Tampa

and an hour
of north of Fort Myers.

My name is Paul Joyce.

I work for the city of Venice
Police Department

and I work
in the Marine division.

Our job is keeping people
safe and educated.

Making sure
that they're aware

of the rules on the water.

I received a phone call

from Charlotte County
Sheriff's Marine unit

and they advised me
of an incident

that had occurred
earlier in the week

where there was some
home burglaries committed

and the suspect
had stolen a vessel.

[soft dramatic music playing]

[Paul]
They described the vessel

as a 22-foot Pathfinder

powered by
a single engine Yamaha.

About 3:30 in the afternoon,

I noticed a vessel
approaching me

from the opposite direction.

And then I, uh,
kind of looked at the boat.

I'm going, "Well, that looks
a little familiar."

I immediately
notified our dispatch,

told him that
the vessel of the BOLO

that I received earlier
that day has just passed me.

[upbeat music playing]

[suspenseful music playing]

[indistinct]

[Paul] Within a few seconds,

the air unit had taken off
from our local airport

here in Venice
and was over top of us.

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

[Paul] I immediately
broke off,

went to the local marina
and picked up Officer Brooks.

[Joshua]
When you're out on the water

by yourself usually,
there's no one

that can get to you
if the situation goes wrong.

So to have
somebody else on the boat

is essential for our job.

My name's Officer
Joshua Brooks.

I'm with the Venice
Police Department

and I'm a patrol officer.

[Joshua speaking]

The suspect
had stolen a vessel.

And after that, they believe

he came into Charlotte County

and committed some burglaries
from that vessel.

[Paul speaking]

[officer speaking]

[Paul speaking]

[sirens blaring]

[Joshua] There's a lot going
through my head at the time.

I don't know
who's on the boat.

I don't know if they have
a criminal history

or if they
could be dangerous.

You could have
knives on board.

Also, you are allowed
to carry a sidearm with you

if you're actively fishing.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Paul speaking]

[officer speaking]

[Paul] That's just
when my heart skipped a beat

and the adrenaline kicks in.

[sirens blaring]

[Paul speaking]

This was the first time ever
in the history of this area

that we've ever had
a documented vessel pursuit.

So this was all gonna be new

and things are racing
through my head going,

"All right,
we gotta make sure

that we get this guy stopped

and stopped quickly."

[officer speaking]

[intense music playing]

[officer speaking]

[Michael] I was actually

at the North Siesta
Key Bridge

when I received
a call from dispatch.

I'm Officer Michael Skinner.

I'm with the Sarasota
Police Department

Marine Patrol Division.

When I heard Officer Joyce
come over the VHF radio,

I knew that I had
to get down there quick.

[sirens blaring]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[Michael] When I arrived
on scene, it was stressful.

You have the 40-mile-an-hour
wind in your ears,

you're listening
to the radio.

You have three different
agencies on the channel

and you begin to categorize

what is the outcome
of this pursuit gonna be?

Why is the suspect
not stopping?

Dispatch Patrol Marine 33
is, uh,

also on the fourth sign.

Additional backup
is very vital,

whether it's on land
or on the water

because you wanna get
as many officers you can

to get this vessel stopped
as quick as possible.

[Michael]
Standby just a second.

I'm on the camera.

[woman] Dispatch [indistinct]

[Michael] Shortly.

Get any, um, gestures

or anything like that
[indistinct]

[Michael] I had Officer Joyce
to my left,

Deputy Adams to my right,

and the helicopter above.

[sirens blaring]

[Michael] [indistinct]
he's got, uh,

quite a bit of outline there.

He's gonna try to get
out of the [indistinct]

[Paul] We have three
law enforcement vessels

pursuing this one vessel.

So now we need
to start coming up
with a, um, strategy

of getting this boat to stop.

[Paul speaking]

[Michael speaking]

[Paul speaking]

Obviously, we don't have
tires on boats,

but what we do have
that controls the boat,

uh, is a prop
and that's what's on the...

On the bottom of a motor.

And once that prop stops,

it stops the boat
from going anywhere.

[woman] In visual.

[officer speaking]

[woman] [indistinct]
be advised.

[officer speaking]

I saw the two officers
on board

Officer Joyce's boat

preparing a large ball
of tangled line

with floats on it.

They were going to attempt

to get that in front
of the suspect's boat

and attempt to foul
the propeller

to cause the boat
to stall out.

The best-case scenario
is they deploy the prop foul

and this fleeing vessel
comes to a stop.

Worst-case scenario,
the prop foul is deployed

and I get entangled in it.

[suspenseful music playing]

[sirens blaring]

[Michael]
We got into position,

Officer Brooks
deployed the mechanism.

It deployed perfectly
into the water.

He ran over it,

but what we didn't
take in account

was our speeds.

Our speeds were greater
than 35 miles an hour.

And when your speeds
are greater
than 35 miles per hour,

it raises your boat
higher up out of the water,

so the motors
completely missed the device

and drove right over it.

[Joshua]
That prop foul ended up

traveling
underneath that boat

and came right up
in front of me.

I only have seconds to react.

This prop foul
gets caught in my propeller,

then I'm out of the pursuit.

I'm done.

[boat motor revving]

[suspenseful music playing]

I actually passed neutral
and went into reverse.

I was relieved that I
didn't hit the prop foul

and I restarted my boat

and I got back
into the pursuit.

[intense music playing]

[Joshua] [indistinct]
give me a second.

[officer speaking]

[woman] [indistinct]

[officer speaking]

[sirens blaring]

[Joshua speaking]

We tried getting him to stop
with lights and sirens.

He did not comply.

He kept going.

[Joshua speaking]

[man] [indistinct]
100 to [indistinct]

[Joshua speaking]

[sirens blaring]

[Joshua] So we tried
pulling up next to him,

yelling at him

to stop the boat,
again, he kept going.

[Joshua speaking]

[sirens blaring]

[Joshua speaking]

[sirens blaring]

[Joshua speaking]

[officer speaking]

[Joshua] We tried reasoning
with the female

that was on the boat

trying to get her
to talk to him

to get him to stop,
he didn't do it.

[sirens blaring]

[Michael] At those speeds,
you're in an open cockpit,

if you were to strike
shallow water, uh,

another vessel, you're gonna
be ejected from that vessel.

[intense music playing]

[sirens blaring]

[Michael]
The worst-case scenario

is somebody getting hurt,

somebody getting
seriously injured or dying.

[suspenseful music playing]

[sirens blaring]

[officer speaking]

[woman] [indistinct]

[man] You're gonna try
go up to the bridge

where there's a pinch point

right in the middle of
the channel of the bridge.

[intense music playing]

[man] [indistinct]

[officer speaking]

[Paul] We've trained in ways
where we can come up

next to a suspect vessel
and deploy another officer

off of our vessel
and onto the suspect vessel.

But the problem
we had in this instance

is we had a dog on board.

So we don't know
what would be going on

through that dog's mind.

We don't know
if he's aggressive or not.

So we have to take that
in consideration too

'cause it's not just
about the safety of us

and the general boaters,

we have to think
about, you know,

the safety of everyone else
too, including the suspect.

[sirens blaring]

[woman] Dispatch [indistinct]
48 Brooksdale Drive.

[officer speaking]

[Michael]
With 15 minutes into it,

he began to look around.

Is this gonna come to an end

because he's looking for
a place to ditch the boat.

Is he gonna
pull it up on a beach?

[Michael speaking]

We start approaching
Stump Pass

and it's very shallow
in that area.

I'm relying heavily
on the electronics

that I have on board,

hoping that the depth
that it's showing me

in that area is consistent
with the area that I'm in.

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

The Florida Fish
and Wildlife Commission

otherwise known as FWC
works that area.

The FWC boat goes in

and follows the suspect

probably because
they're familiar

with the waterways back there.

[intense music playing]

[Joshua] It's really
just mangroves and water

all around them

and I was very excited
that, okay,

this is finally
gonna come to an end

and we're gonna catch the guy

and be able to put
handcuffs on him.

That area is very mucky
and very shallow.

At that point
not being familiar

and seeing
how shallow it was,

I backed off a little bit

and pulled
alongside Deputy Adams.

[officer speaking]

[officer] [indistinct]

[woman] [indistinct] go ahead.

[officer speaking]

I knew that
this was our opportunity

that the boat's
not moving fast.

I'm in a stopped position.

I have another boat
next to me.

We can formulate a plan
to get his vessel stopped.

[officer speaking]

[Michael]
Hearing the radio traffic

that he's making
his way back towards us,

I pulled Deputy Adams,
I have a line on board.

It's not typically
made to foul prop

but this may work.

Let's try it.

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

[officer 1 speaking]

So I sat there like,
"We got him.

Just come on out."

[officer] Ninety-four.

[woman] 10-4 [indistinct]

[officer speaking]

[Michael] And realized that
as the sound of the motor

has got
further and further that,

"Oh, he definitely is not
coming out this way anymore."

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

He's definitely taken
a different route

and we'll scratch this...
Scratch this plan.

[man] [indistinct]
I think we're gonna go ahead

[indistinct] is gonna go
ahead in the 10-56 spot.

Now he's coming
back towards me.

[man] Yeah,
he's back northbound

to begin now
and actually go to you.

It looks like he's...

[Paul] The problem was
he's now coming

into a very popular area
called Ski Alley.

[siren wailing]

[man speaking]

[officer speaking]

[Michael] I thought
I can't predict

this individual's behavior,

but really
what's he gonna do next?

[officer speaking]

[siren wailing]

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

[woman]
[indistinct] out there.

[Michael] There was
a personal watercraft,

a jet ski in the area.

Worst-case scenario
he doesn't stop

and he finds himself

colliding with another
person or vessel.

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

[Joshua] Anytime
you're in a pursuit,

you can get tunnel vision
on what's going on.

Ultimately,
we wanna catch the bad guy.

That's the point.

You're thinking,
"What can I do to stop him?"

And you're usually
right up on him.

The good thing
about having Air 1 available

was they could see
the whole picture.

They had that view
from up top.

If they could see
where he was going

and the direction
he was leading us in.

[officer speaking]

[intense music playing]

[officer speaking]

Oh, really?

[officer speaking]

[officer speaking]

[man] Marine 71 to Air 2.

[officer speaking]

[woman] Right on. Do you copy?

[man] Yeah.

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

[officer 3 speaking]

[officer 4 speaking]

[officer 5 speaking]

[officer 6 speaking]

[intense music playing]

[officer speaking]

[man] Once he jumped
off the boat

and took off on land on foot,

it opens up to a variety
of different avenues now.

You know,
does he know the area?

Is he gonna run
into someone's home?

You know, so now
the whole thing changes,

the whole dynamic changes.

[officer speaking]

[man 1] I'm on Waterside.

[man 2] We gotta bail,
like, we're gonna talk

to the [indistinct]

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

[man] I'm on Waterside.

[officer speaking]

[man 1] 501, I'm on foot.
Where is he at?

[man 2] 55 Mangrove.

[officer speaking]

[intense music playing]

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

[officer 1] Air 2 [indistinct]

[officer 2 speaking]

[officer 3 speaking]

[officer 1] 55 Mangrove.

[officer 1 speaking]

[Paul]
We had multiple land units

in the area where we were.

They were all
in the right spot.

At the point that the suspect
ran out of the woods

and was greeted
by the Charlotte
County Deputies,

he just at that point
threw up his arms,

went down on the ground,
and just gave up.

Police pursuit on the water
over the weekend.

A boat stolen
out of Lee County

leading law enforcement
on a pursuit

through Venice and into
Charlotte County waters.

The boat was spotted
by Venice Police,

but it took off
as Venice PD pursued,

Charlotte County officials
joining in on that chase.

The suspect, he's seen here,
Tristan Royer

arrested and charged
with grand theft

of a motor vehicle.

[dramatic music playing]

[Michael] It's a relief
to have him off the water.

Hopefully, he's taken
a motor safety course

and instead
of stealing a boat,

maybe he'll rent one.

Just less risk involved
with that, so.

[thunder rumbling]

[Calvin] It was a pretty
typical shift.

The initial call
was in a neighborhood

called Orange Blossom Hills.

This U-Haul truck
had pulled up

in front of somebody's house

and they loaded up
a motorcycle

and stole it and took off.

I decided to go look
for this truck.

This is a neighborhood
that we're in all the time.

[woman] [indistinct]

I have worked
for the Marion County
Sheriff's Office

for 16 years.

I am a corporal
assigned to the K9 unit.

Jax is my K9 partner.

[man] We're going
10-15 on him.

[engine revving]

[Calvin] I could see
the glow of this U-Haul.

When I first saw the truck,
I was like, "Oh, awesome.

We got a U-Haul."

But we don't know
it's the U-Haul.

[tense music playing]

[Calvin] It took off
down into that neighborhood

and it actually blacked out.

No, this guy
doesn't wanna go to jail.

He does not wanna be
caught by the police.

And there's definitely
a reason why.

[man] [indistinct]

[Calvin] I thought, "100%.

This is the U-Haul
that we've been looking for."

[radio beeps]

[Calvin speaking]

He knew I was trying
to pull him over

from the get go.

Maybe that
stolen motorcycle's

in the back of it right now.

[Calvin speaking]

[dispatch] [indistinct]

[Calvin speaking]

[engine revving]

[dispatch] [indistinct]

[siren wailing]

[Billy] When Deputy Batts
keyed up on the radio,

at that moment,
it's all hands on deck.

We need to get out here
and assist.

When pursuits are initiated,

there is always
that adrenaline dump of,

"Hey, this is happening.
We need to get there now."

[dispatch] [indistinct]

[siren wailing]

[Calvin] This truck
is a U-Haul moving truck.

It probably stands
12 to 15 foot tall.

There's some weight to it.

For a full-sized moving truck,
this thing was fast.

[Calvin speaking]

[Billy] Driving in
a reckless manner like that

through a neighborhood
is always a danger,

which is just amplified
by the size of the U-Haul.

[Calvin speaking]

He knows he's
not gonna be able

to outrun a patrol car,

but I think that
the driver thought

that maybe he could
outdrive me.

[Calvin speaking]

[dispatch] 10-4,
we're going [indistinct]

[Calvin]
And I'll give it to him.

He could drive.

He could drive that truck.

[Calvin speaking]

[dispatch]
Northbound [indistinct]

[siren wailing]

[Calvin speaking]

I've got less clearance
in my vehicle,

so he kind of had
an advantage,

you know, going through there,
believe it or not.

[engine revving]

[Calvin speaking]

That wasn't really
even a lime rock road,

it was just a trail.

He just sent it
right through there.

[engine revving]

[dispatch] [indistinct]

[Calvin speaking]

With this being a dual
rear wheel vehicle,

meaning it's got
four rear tires

as opposed to two rear tires,

we're not gonna be able
to affect

a PIT maneuver
on this vehicle.

It simply won't work.

[dispatch] [indistinct]

[Calvin speaking]

What the patrol guys did,

they formed a box
outside of this neighborhood.

They set up Stop Sticks
on Highway 42.

So no matter
which way he goes,

he's gonna hit
these Stop Sticks.

[Calvin speaking]

[Calvin] [indistinct]
running eastbound over 25.

Soon as we hit Highway 42,

he started to really
ramp up the speed.

[Calvin speaking]

[dispatch] [indistinct]
here it comes.

[beeping]

[officer speaking]

[Calvin]
It was perfect timing.

We're finally could be able
to stop this big truck,

bring this pursuit to an end.

[Calvin speaking]

[dispatch] [indistinct]

[Calvin speaking]

[Billy]
You assume that the vehicle,

at that point,
is gonna start to slow down.

But in this case,
the driver did the opposite.

[Calvin]
We didn't get all tires

but three out of the six tires
in the driver side.

[officer speaking]

[Calvin speaking]

I don't know
he could hear me or not,

but it was worth a shot.

[Calvin speaking]

The driver got some confidence
behind the wheel.

He started to push his luck

and he started
to push that speed.

[officer speaking]

[dispatch] [indistinct]

[Craig] We were listening
on the radio

and it was obvious

that the vehicle
wasn't going to stop.

And we ran out
to the helicopter

and got ready to fire it up.

Because when
we are requested,

it's generally
they need us now.

[sirens wailing]

[Calvin speaking]

[dispatch] [indistinct]

[Calvin] There was only
one more red light

that he had to get through,
then from there on out,

there is just not
a whole lot out there.

[Billy] I really hope
there's nobody else coming

because this guy
doesn't wanna stop.

[cars honking]

[Calvin speaking]

Driving on his rim
is even more dangerous.

[Calvin speaking]

[officer 1] [indistinct]

[officer 2 speaking]

[dispatch]
Passing 272nd Court,
still eastbound.

[siren wailing]

[officer speaking]

[Calvin] In that moment,
I felt like

we were kind of at his mercy.

There were no
Marion County deputies

to get ahead of his thing.

[officer speaking]

This is a busy intersection,
major highway, major exchange,

a vehicle of this size
and with no tires underneath,

it's like driving on ice.

So he does not have
any control

of this large vehicle

as he's approaching
this intersection.

[officer speaking]

[Calvin speaking]

[officer speaking]

[Calvin speaking]

[Craig] With that U-Haul
falling apart

out from under him,

you're thinking that this has
got to end anytime now.

[Calvin speaking]

We've got to make
a split second decision

to deploy our dog or not.

Could it be dangerous?

Of course.

Could he be armed? Of course.

[Calvin speaking]

[officer speaking]

[Calvin speaking]

[officer speaking]

[Calvin speaking]

[officer] [indistinct]

[Calvin] The bailout
unfortunately didn't work.

Jax never saw the driver
bailing on foot.

I did proceed

to see if Jax would
just naturally pick up

this driver's odor,

but we're going
into super dark woods

and it's never good
to just go running blindly

into the woods
after a fugitive,

in case they're
setting up an ambush.

[officer 1] Have somebody
check the car.

What do you have?

[officer 2]
Did somebody check the car?

[officer 1] Yeah.

[Billy] This person has led us
on a very long pursuit.

Obviously, they're running
for some reason.

We don't know
what's behind this door.

[officer] [indistinct]

[sirens wailing]

[officer 1 speaking]

Come on.

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2] Both hands out.

[officer 1 speaking]

[Skylar] Nobody.

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 3 speaking]

[Billy] At this point,
my thought is

what our deputies
doing in the woods.

Are they okay?

[officer]
Know where you're going.

I took four or five deputies
with me into the woods.

I was very grateful
the helicopter

was able to get up
and get eyes over this thing.

[officer 1 speaking]

[officer 2 speaking]

Knowing the helicopter
had the individual in sight

was a huge relief.

They're gonna be able
to direct us straight to him.

We're just in the middle
of the national forest,

so we don't know
what's up ahead of us.

Is he armed?

[officer speaking]

[indistinct chatter]

[officer speaking]

[Calvin] Here.

Up.

-[officer speaking]
-[Calvin] Straight ahead.

[Calvin speaking]

[officer] Left, left, left.

[Calvin] With us being
so far out of county,

the radio reception
was spotty.

My radio really
wasn't working at all

so I was having to rely
on other deputies

to tell me what
the helicopter was saying.

[officer speaking]

[Craig] I am on him
like ants on honey.

I am there. I am on him.

I'm not letting him go.

[officer speaking]

[Calvin] [indistinct] here.

[officer speaking]

[Calvin speaking]

[officer] [indistinct]

[Calvin speaking]

[officer speaking]

[Calvin speaking]

Right here, right here,
right here.

[Calvin speaking]

[officer 1]
Show me your hands!

[Calvin speaking]

He had a weird look
on his face.

I could not see his hands

and I was starting
to get concerned.

Okay, this guy
may have a weapon on him.

[Delvin] [indistinct]

[Calvin] Hey, hey [indistinct]

[Delvin speaking]

[Calvin speaking]

[Delvin speaking]

[Calvin speaking]

[Delvin speaking]

[officer speaking]

[Delvin speaking]

[officer] I got one in.

[Calvin speaking]

[Delvin speaking]

[Calvin speaking]

[officer speaking]

Finally.
It was just a sigh of relief.

Okay. We got this guy
in handcuffs.

[Craig] We're done.
We're clear.

And happy that
we caught our guy.

[Calvin speaking]

[Delvin speaking]

[Calvin speaking]

[Delvin] [indistinct]

[Calvin speaking]

We were able
to respond very well

to this incident as an agency.

But it's not every day

that somebody
takes a U-Haul box

and leads us on
a miles long pursuit.

[Calvin] Do we definitely
believe it was them

that stole this motorcycle
to begin with?

Absolutely.

Unfortunately, the bike was

not in the back of the U-Haul

in that timeframe.

They could've already
gotten rid of the bike.

[officer speaking]

[Delvin speaking]

[officer speaking]

-[Delvin speaking]
-[officer speaking]

[Delvin speaking]

[officer] [indistinct]
straight ahead.

Straight ahead.

Marion County Sheriff's
deputies are showing us video

of a chase
with a runaway U-Haul truck.

On June 18th, deputy
spotted the U-Haul truck

matching a description
of one used

to steal a motorcycle.

The driver, 34-year-old
Delvin Mark Brown,

and a passenger,
26-year-old Skylar Adkins,

were arrested on theft
and drug charges.

[Calvin] I didn't expect this.

I mean, this was by far

the longest pursuit
that I've been involved in.

I think that's what I like
most about my job

is just you never know
what each shift
is gonna bring.

[police siren wailing]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[dramatic music playing]

I mean, you're talking about
a Fast & Furious movie.

[gunshots blasting]

[crashing noises]

In my mind,
I was ready for a shootout.

[gunshots blasting]