Posted: 11.6.09

CLAY COUNTY

Officer Mark Tharp was at Fleming Island Marina when he observed a vehicle that appeared to possess an altered tag. After running a check on the tag, Officer Tharp discovered that not only was the tag expired but its occupant was wanted on a felony charge for dealing in stolen property and providing false identification to a pawn shop dealer. The subject was arrested on the warrant and booked into the county jail.

FLAGLER COUNTY

Officers Eric Meade and Lee Lawshe were working Relay Wildlife Management Area and located a vehicle parked in the area. The truck contained a plastic shopping bag filled with corn. The officers tracked the hunter to his tree stand and found him hunting over corn. The hunter was cited for hunting deer over bait on a wildlife management area.

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

Officer Curtis Suggs was conducting marine fisheries inspections near the Sebastian Inlet. During one inspection, Officer Suggs asked a subject if he had caught any fish. The subject replied that he had caught and kept a 26-inch redfish. Further inspection revealed that the redfish was 36 inches. The subject was issued a citation for the violation.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY

Officer Rich Wilcox responded to a complainant who found an oversize redfish carcass dumped in a vacant lot behind her residence. She gave a vague description of a vehicle she had seen in the area earlier. Officer Wilcox recovered the fish which measured 41.5 inches and canvassed apartments in the area and located a vehicle similar in description. He found large fish scales on the back porch of the apartment. Two subjects at the residence were interviewed and admitted to catching, cleaning and dumping the fish. Both were charged with possession of oversize redfish.