on September 28th 2024 the Flagler County Sheriff's Office fcso received several calls about a group of juveniles causing a disturbance inside Walmart Witnesses reported that the kids were riding bikes around the store cursing and yelling at people and setting off car alarms in the parking lot deputies quickly located The Group of Seven juveniles all under the age of 16 offic Hey sir how old are you guys 14 everyone's 14 yeah nice we weren't even doing anything we were just up down the sidewalk there was no cars or anything all right well you're just crossing the street that's not a crosswalk all you guys look under 16 so that's why I'm stopping out with you I just got here I one of them said somebody called the cops and I was like bro I he called you guys we'll figure it outus tag tety 215 on teletype you guys do we didn't do anything we went we're right there Andre told me you guys were over here so I just headed over here the guys we7 seven juveniles on bikes front of golden chop all right here's the deal technically these are all violations all right so I'm going to need your names date of births all that other stuff are you I don't know yet huh I don't know yet just cooperate with all right just the parents info for everybody parents info for you got parents info or you new miles [Music] miles I've never been in trouble don't I didn't to go back to my house that's where me and I mean there a first time for everything is there yeah but I've never been in trouble I was just going home okay so where were you guys before this we were over there by Lowe's we literally we went to Zach be we got food came over here cuz they were over here and we were right there we were sitting under there for a little bit riding around not causing any harm at all we W sitting under the covering we weren't screaming we weren't swerving cars we weren't in the way we were being respectful to everybody I like everybody that tried to go we let them go and then we came back up and then we came back over here cuz me and him were heading home we live on the other side of town me and him heading home and that's when we were we got stop they were going home too we were going back okay so I got multiple calls about you guys from who that's none of your business multiple about us about me correct so I'm going to give you guys listen be honest D just be honest exactly what you did honesty is the best policy if you're not honest with me that's when things get worse so be honest what were you guys doing we just told you why are we okay so basically we got done with Z we were just eating what happened at Z we were just eating that's all what happened in the parking lot nothing happened in the parking lot I we just pulled up did a couple little little little ass right we were sitting there like all right we're done get a couple little went around here and that's all we just were you setting off car alarms in the parking lot no we were not that silver car alarm was going off for like 20 minutes we went inside and said in Zach's p and said someone's car is going off outside no one came out I went back inside I said someone's blue car alarm is going up blue or silver was right there though I heard it you we weren there me and him had just pulled up like you can literally go check the cameras we not doing nothing to no cars we sitting in the parking lot right here me and him just pulled up as soon as I got we didn't do anything wrong do you know the laws they can take B do you know the laws yeah what's the statute you know what I can and can do that's very I was saying you can't the bik what's it can't the bike you I've never been in trouble like I said first time for everything your listen are you guys I'm going to be frank with you guys are you guys dumb or what okay so crossing the street with a bicycle is that walking no oh J look at that so let's stop with all that crap right it's very simple it's very simple to not get in trouble just just listen just use your brains for a minute okay does this look like a place to go riding around on a bicycle listen crossing the street doing all that stuff going through the parking lots on bicycles and stuff we supp where are we supposed to ride listen there's Parks I I heard somebody was in the listen I hear somebody lives in the B section right somebody lives what b or p b there's a there's a park by the by the P section too there's all sorts of stuff that you you guys can do that is one significantly safer all right and two is made for exactly what you guys are doing this is literally retirement Town there's nothing to do with here okay then you're going to see us a lot more and you're going to get a lot more more tickets all right I'm just being frank with you I'm trying to give you some education so you could stay out of trouble okay so so if you if listen if you're the one that wants to be in trouble look these guys don't want to be in trouble listen listen listen listen cut the lip cut the lip obviously these guys don't want to be in trouble they don't want to get in trouble by their parents they they don't want to be grounded XYZ listen if that's what you want to do and you want to keep running the muck out here we're going to be called and we're going to take care of it all right so it's up to you I'm giving you advice on how not to get in trouble okay listen no no no so you guys are young you haven't seen it see you saw right there this cop car right here with likes cops and that guy still did that right that's not my fault no no no listen Okay God gave you listen God gave you two years and one mouth so you should listen twice as more than you speak be quiet so listen people people fly around here everywhere okay they're not they're not prepared for kids to start riding across the street in hordes all right it doesn't make their action any better but you know what if they don't see you you're going to be dead on the street it's no joke so you may think it's funny you may think it's harmless this and that but there's only one person's action in this world that you can control which is it's your own you can't control the other kids you can only control yours you can't control a motorist okay so that's the whole point of this H can you ride at home because I've got pulled over at home before and they said I can't ride at home it's a part listen if you're on the if you're on the sidewalk riding on the sidewalk you're abiding by the laws you're wearing a helmets all that stuff there's listen you guys are old enough now all right to to know what you should and shouldn't be doing if you're riding a bicycle you should know what you're legally ref ired to have on your bicycle or your person to ride around all right you're coming to the age where consequences are going to become something that you can't Overlook all right for little kids it's okay little kids they don't understand consequences they don't know what they're required to do listen you guys are all old enough you could read you could use your Google you could make decisions and all that stuff you guys are going to be working soon you'll be going to college soon you may think it's a long way away but trust me you guys are right there you'll be driving cars you'll be voting you'll be doing all that stuff relatively soon you guys got to start making good decisions for yourself can you write us a warning that's like I'm I'm going to be looking up all the information and making my decision from there you all might get tickets you all might not it depends how long is this going to take that as long as it takes he's looking up the information listen I'm I'm pretty chill but at the end of the day if something needs to be done I'm going to do it all right I bring the least amount of people to jail I write the least amount of tickets but if I have to bring somebody to jail or I have to write a ticket I'm going to do it all right so I take everything into account so say we say I come up here am I just going to get a warning listen I'm I'll make my decision when I make my decision I'm not going to make any promises question about like the time you have to be I have to be PR soon what time is it going to be contacting your parents so don't worry about that so anytime law enforcement comes in contact with juveniles oh no my we'll be contacting the parents just hang out here I'll be right back if you guys leave it's a felony they said no more no more warnings you getting a ticket everybody getting one is this one getting a ticket oh yeah everybody get a ticket all how how many Dam and stuff I remember you what your name what's your name I know I want to ask him if he gives me a false name he's going to jail hey anybody give me a fake name fake phone number fake anything go to jail understand I'm not bull driving the deputies then contacted the juvenile's parents to come and pick them up hi this is Jeremiah's Mom I'm just trying to find out what's going on we've been getting calls for the last two and a half hours about uh children riding around the city of Palm Coast in various areas causing disturbances and we're at this point we're we're done giving warnings and we're not playing around anymore every time we do they slap Us in the face and they do it again 10 minutes later it's wasting our time we have better stuff to do we have shootings going on we have suicides going on and I'm stuck here with five unruly children that want to cause a servantry so they're all getting citations for no helmets on their bicycles you're welcome to come here and get them if not he's going to ride home you have any questions about that no I don't thank you much he's the one that remember we arrested him he was Cur your parents coming call him and tell him to come uh free to leave until they get here you come over now Jeremiah you too over here sit down call him to come who who's that Mom Dad down right there sir hello tell then you come here Go's sit over there everybody get tiet as things seem to calmed down one of the kids upset that not everyone was receiving citations broke down crying why do you feel that you want to kill and shoot yourself I told you not to say that [ __ ] get up not I crack me what the crack up what the don't stand up no who wow bro no being secured under a Bak wck bro I told you you not how to say that bro don't say dumb [ __ ] why the [ __ ] would you do that oh we're going to get up some help so we figure girl out why you did it bro why would you do that bro you know you're not for real come on f d Fu take this off just take the bag take the bag come what's in it for beer what what's what's going on with stand up stand up what's wrong what what happened that for the past two minutes that he got s like that was his parents or something it's cuz they didn't get anything they're not like what what about them like why don't they get it they I've stopped before you've lied to me I've stopped him several times we stopped him several got I don't know about you but they've never been warned before I never Li you you got me over there and you li me up being with that that day I confirmed it after the fact yeah exactly I let you go right I warned you then I found out later that you were with the group I wasn't not at load either way that's different day but that's that was your one warning I just been run I've been riding on the sidewalk I haven't been like in a road I haven't done nothing I don't know what's wrong with you is it double lock yeah wrong with bro I just like I yo the reason you're getting citation but reason why is cuz you know why right we keep getting calls about you guys and we got to hold you guys accountable come I know but so saying you want to I mean regardless we got to get some help but saying you want to hurt yourself I'm [ __ ] time bro what is going on that caus you to say that it's not P nothing bro you just all yall just say it's just yall bro what's that it's just y'all bro us you got call here I know but y saying yall get tickets I know you first getting a ticket I'm just I'm trying to keep my calm but like bro I just can't no more I [ __ ] sh bro me calm down take a breath all right take a deep breath you're not going to jail are you on probation no you're not I mean I don't know if you are or not but believing that you are or not you're not going back to jail right now you're just sitting here as we write to your tickets man that's it nobody is going to hurt you nobody going we have to take you to a hospital now but like you're not in any trouble or anything BR no I'm just scared of yall bro it's it's it's it's happened before y y'all put your guns on me and I what y p your guns on me bro it's happened before did something occur because no it's because my bike it's had it had really anywhere we've been out with you for like a half hour now I'm check your thing yeah go ahead there's nothing in there a couple T-shirts in that we're going have to call your parents let them know that you're going to be Bay contracted okay what does that mean you ever been B crafted before no all right so what that means we're going to take you down to a hospital you got to talk to a medical professional I don't need a hospital bro I I just need to I honestly I just need to stop running bik bro that's all I need to do I'm I'm I'm talk to someone about that but at the very least we got to we have to grant you that opportunity cuz you just made you just scam bloody murder that you're going to kill yourself or shoot yourself or whatever and I can in good conscience and he can in good conscience allow you to just ride out to the Sunset and risk you doing that you know can you can you open this pocket it's my phone just you can Pat me down everything my [Music] phone all right mom's pH cool work mind if I open it yeah go ahead there when his mother was contacted the situation took a turn hi good evening is Deputy F fire County hey just we're working on it we got seven kids here so um so just so you know he's physically okay um I mean there were some trespassing issues and several calls on uh them and things they were doing uh but I'm St short we're working on documenting them and you know these tickets are being issued and such uh during that your son made some concerning statements so at this time he has been placed under law enforcement sacer as of a couple minutes ago well you are more than I'm sorry can you repeat that we are on our way and you were going to release him to us when we get there that's not the way it works um I'm I bring my will I'm sorry I don't understand what the circumstances are that you can when your son tells law enforcement that he's going to kill himself and shoot himself we plac him under it's Jonathan right Jonathan do we need to be concerned for your welfare [Music] it is a non-criminal thing it's a Law Enforcement baser Act it's where he goes to speak to a mental health professional for evaluation that if you wouldn't have talked to him and harassed him and pressured him he never would have said any of that the only reason he said anything is because you harassed him no one said anything to him at the time he said that actually excuse me I was talking I you're listen to me l e primary his parents um are on the way very high rate gon be an issue and dad also said that he wants to kill himself which one 101 12 coming up behind you the father's anger escalated quickly moments later he arrived at the scene running toward a deputy while screaming aggressively as if ready to fight I guys just watch your back he's running up watch that running up yo calm down calm down let's cool it co let's cool it let's cool it with me I didn't do nothing with me stop I didn't do nothing I didn't do nothing I didn't do nothing I didn't do godamn guys guys here here I'm being I didn't do watch him now get back to shut the up he's not even doing anything get back no I'm not getting back me off my back I'm Cooperative under I'm Cooperative I'm Cooperative ow ow ow you H me bro next time resist I didn't resist he put his hands on me stand back get back I'm not standing back I told you to get back you want to end up like him get back not resisting I'm not my hands aren't on anything do not put your hands on me that's how it starts back what am I going to do and what are you going to do to me sir can you take your hand out of your pocket thank you are we serious serious we got parents coming after us that's what hey guys he guys my left wrist is losing circulation [Music] okay don't know why not why can I take my 14y home stop walking behind then you can stay back you come back over by your car it's his head will go with him that's my husband I can take his hat the Hat's not going to go with him to wherever you guys are planning to take them it is this is ridiculous for a bunch of kids everybody's badge number everything oh there's going to be plenty of documentation don't you worry about that sir on what I said there will be plenty of documentation don't worry about that absolutely thank you4 [Music] [Applause] [Music] can you please give the keys to my wife yeah that's the key hanging out of my pocket there you're going to jail the battery on law enforement I'm going to jail for battery who's got a body cam you got a body cam did you see it why he he put his hands out at me at first I was talking to him you approached him in an aggressive manner I was just running up because I saw him putting my kid in handcuffs in the back of the car so I wanted we explain to you over the phone what was happening oh yeah I freaked out on the phone I apologize about that all right s the back I haven't I'm pretty freaking pissed about all this can youly loosen it up now just go a minute we got a lot to do the left one the left one you're going have to wait bro we got a lot going on oh God I know no they never dealt with kids before they're always on top of them like they even we missing with kids yeah unbelievable can we get our tickets and leave we're working on it I appreciate you guys being cooperative at least I mean no one was no one being no one was being up tell your kids to follow the they still got to be kids and you guys got to be parents I'm upet because do like my son got a ticket on a back that wasn't his bike was in head you got to take it on a helmet ticket yeah was bike yeah cuz the cops brought it up first sh okay just be quiet please please I know like that wasn't that was unall for I agree like it was like just just moving back oh let's talk about it I agree you see how we're talking that's how an exchange should go his son okay okay so he the vehicle when we pull up up and grabbing cops is not the way to go about it cops really cuz he grabbed my hand cuz you put your hand in his face yeah I said get back and he grabbed me no you pointed your finger at him you act you act like that's not aggressive running up on law enforcement is aggressive our child was outside the vehicle before we came up and when we come up you put him in the vehicle if that doesn't look sketchy as hell and he's a minor so you guys should have talked to the parents first before you put him in the [ __ ] cop car that's how we did on the phone and they were yelling at us and we had some other he didn't call his parents I called my parents what youing we're talking about them you didn't even call the parents even put him under arrest or whatever any safeness you didn't notify the parents I had to call my child because I got it from another parent I don't know and we working on pulling up your number because you know what your son didn't know your number somehow came over like what you you guys who di well that sounds like a parenting issue no it's not a parenting issue it's a sheriff flag County issue I mean if you're okay with your child not being cooperative with law enforcement that sounds like a parenting issue he's not he doesn't have to be cooperative with you guys he can tell you who he is and that's it A Min he's a miner at that point you need to contact the parents we sat here gave you the information you needed and you blew it out of prop portion this is on yall this 100% on your own and what would we P out of proportion putting a kid in the back of the car for no you know what a Baker Act is you heard what he you know everything tell me what a baker is got come got why are you here shut the up please here meanwhile citations were issued to the juveniles for their disruptive behavior I've had better things we have shootings going on we have fights going on suicide and here we are dealing with this and parents trying to fight us for Baker Acting a child that's said they wanted to kill themselves so now that now we can't do our job so here we are doing this whatever get your Citation for no helmet 30 days to pay the citation obviously license but when you can't get one till that citation paid 30 days to pay the fine he's got to be trespassed from low I'm still working on the paperwork okay well we can't hold can't we can't I'll drop it off at his house for what for being for being in the lot they want to trespass him being so they're causing a ruckus at lows and the manager the manager does not want them back listen I hav listen I haven't listen I haven't even been there yet because I've been dealing with the kids okay listen so I'm going to explain this as best as I can to you do you own a house yes I do you could trespass anybody you want for any reason doesn't matter okay so they were obviously doing something over there that caught the manager's attention I'll be honest with you we've had so many calls from all sorts of businesses that I don't know exactly which which complaint came from them right but they want them trespassed but you got to understand there's one guys riding bikes in Palm Coast there's a whole community of bik riders you think I want to be here and do this right now know you don't I'm sorry I apologize I'm we got the calls cring the street right now something about it the just chill out guys please look I don't want to be here I know my son rides his bike and that's what they do which one's your son this is my son they have nothing better else to do in I'm going to be honest with you since I got here this is this has been the one that talks understand what he he I taught him that yo you're minor you're a minor and if you don't have to talk but he talks a lot of [ __ ] but at the end of the day you guys are like oh this and that this and that he's a minor listen you got to call me first no I don't so okay no you don't all right whatever you're obviously the professional no I'm not you guys are professionals all right Jeremiah Citation for not having h on your bike all right you need to have when you're riding your bicycle okay the wavs to pay on the back you 3 days to make a payment you don't make a payment within 30 days you be suspended have a good night is what be suspended is non-existent license will'll suspend it before he gets one he won't I won't let that happen don't [Music] worry all get out of here yall free to go my sister's on the way can I wait till she comes all right cross the [Music] street I you guys are welcome to be in the area go across the street watch Vehicles this is an investigation yes sir thank you okay so now that everything's calmed down do you would you like to know what's going on sure okay I tried to find that out on the phone yeah and then what happened your husband attacked us so what's happening is we got called please you guys are ridiculous okay review the body cam yourself and follow the complaint I will I want badge number so the reason we were here is we got calls about children obstructing traffic and disturbing the peace okay that deputy there observe them committing a traffic infraction not having helmets on them when they're under the age of uh 15 okay I I understand all that okay well okay you ask you want the scenario right I I heard you over there so please get are you going to interrupt me I am going to interrupt you because I want to know this figure it out your s too much it's hot out here yeah husband's going to jail for battery and her yeah Malachi being Baker yeah so Malachi said he's going to shoot himself and he wants to kill himself so obviously we have a duty to act and we can't just let that slide so he's being Baker acted but how do you know he means that you have we can't we can't deduce whether or not he means it we have to go we have to make a good faith judgment okay so release him back to he going to be bakera acted where it's it's safe it's safe at the hospital it is not I cannot I cannot in good conscience release to you and risk him hurting himself later I can't do it they can't put my job on the line so he's going to so I can follow him to the hospital can okay and they can release him from there after that once I turn over to the hospital whatever their criteria is I don't know what they what their uh their uh policy is their procedure after they do their thing do whatever you want I don't care what is your policy that we have to a duty to act if someone is a danger to themselves I understand okay so what do you do from there you you just take him to the hospital he's going to Halifax which one and Daytona and Daytona really that's the only Baker Act receiving facility in the area okay and that's where you guys are headed now [Music] yes you have any other questions you have any other questions no I don't have any questions would you like to talk to him at least I mean that would be nice come on he's on that other side the father was taken to the sheriff Perry Hall inmate detention facility and charged with with three counts of battery on a law enforcement officer aggravated assault and resisting an officer with violence you doing now did you get your ticket yet what's what's your name James you got do jamesu going on kind of got lucky you're not going to ticket today like I said uh your dad I stopped him once before okay I've already warned him once he need a helmet on his bicycle on top that he lied to me that day about who he was with and what he was doing which I found out later I wasn't give ticket today cuz this the second third time I've dealt with him but I'm going to give him another warning today he's been stopped by us more than once take this as a learning lesson to make better decisions I mean like I said before you're going to be in college soon you're going to be driving you'll be voting you'll be doing all this stuff and you're going to be paying adult consequences yeah all right so just be mindful about that you know continue being respectful and just choose the right friends all right take care thank you for your cooperation oh