Come on, dude. We're letting you I got fries. Will we pay you? >> Stop screaming. I'm not messing around anymore, man. On July 6th, police were called to the North Wildwood Boardwalk in New Jersey after reports of a man grabbing a seagull and ripping its head off in front of bystanders. Officers arrive and speak with park staff to gather details. Guest killed this seagull. I'm going to go back there and check it out. They rent the cabana through the water park cuz our server got notified of it because they asked for a trash bag because the guy told her he killed this seagull and wanted a trash bag. Did he say what happened? Like why he did it? Or did he just do it when they were attacking him? But she she can probably give you more information. Um but he said the seagull was like trying to eat the fries. A head just doesn't come off of a seagull. Yes. And we all saw him drop it in the trash can. The seagull went straight up to the trash can and ate it, so. Seagulls are protected under federal law, making it illegal to harm or kill them without a permit. Violations can result in fines up to $15,000 or jail time. Hey, man. What's going on? I'm officer Messina. Just so you know, my camera's on. Why did you come here? A seagull came down when we were eating. Okay. Went there. It was like three or four of them attacked my daughter. I just grabbed and went like this and one seagull Okay. That's that's fine. I'm just going to need to grab all your information. For what? Cuz you know, you you can't just be ripping seagull up. >> I didn't rip a seagull up. I grabbed [music] him off my daughter. >> Okay, well I still need your information. For what? I listen, I'm going to get it one way or another. I'm just trying to be very chill. You're not being chill at all. I'm being >> Just stop. I'm being very very chill. Come on, dude. We're letting you I got fries. LISTEN, OKAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE any screaming. I didn't say one thing to you yet. I just got here. I didn't bother I'm not trying to scream. That is not I got it. I got it. All I'm doing is getting his information and leaving. You're not getting kicked out. Nothing. >> what do you get my information for? That's all I'm asking. Who are you charging with? You're not getting charged anything at the moment. What do you need my information for? What What don't you trust me for? What did I do? I don't trust none of you guys. Okay, what did I do? So I'm going to walk you through exactly what happened. Do you have your cameras on? Yeah, yeah, that's it. You're good. My daughter is sitting here eating fries. I didn't know Okay. It was better on her face. She was standing here. I was standing here. She was standing here. All of a sudden, all the seagulls came out and started pitching over to us like Can I see it? Like 10, 12, 20, whatever it was. They came, she was screaming. I just grabbed and I went like this. Boom. Okay. That's fine. So, listen, what I'm saying is that we need information just because I'm not You're not getting charged. It's a killer Yes, it is. You're not getting charged for it. Yes, it is. That's a crime. But But this is what I'm saying. I said But But that's what I'm saying. That's what I'm getting with you. If it's something for that, it's not going to be a crime. Do you understand? >> understand what you're saying. Listen, I'm not He's He's talking. Let him talk. I'm not like trying to make make an issue here. Like I don't I understand it, but I'm I'm asking. Yeah. Why do you need my information? Because of what happened, man. You're Okay, so Was there a complaint? Yes, there was. Yes. You people see That's fine. Is it just a complaint? You people see >> I'm going to give you I'm going to hand you my attorney's number. >> Okay. You can call him. So, if it's just a complaint, I'm fine with that. >> Yes, if there's someone who complained Someone complained cuz listen, you just look at it from an outside perspective, all right? It's a small matter. Okay. Okay. Okay. That is there's a bigger problem. >> No, no, no, there there's not. It's a complaint. It's a complaint. Okay. There's nothing's going to come from this anyway. Not for me at the moment, no. Not for me. >> not for me. I It's not I'm not going to tell you to handle You're taking yourself Listen Okay, listen, man. Someone complained. So, when you're in a family walk See, we're fine. You can take her out. Yeah, if you want to go for a walk, it's fine. I'm not I would And then I'm going to come back and he's not going to be here and he's going I I promise you I am not arresting you. They're not. They're not. They would have already taken me in. I promise you I'm not arresting you. Okay, you can That's fine. You can sit here, but I'll handle it. That's fine. I'll handle it. So, listen, you got Take my daughter, go over there. She's She's going to have fun. I can't I'm completely fine. Yeah, you're not listen, you're not getting arrested, you know? I understand it. I understand it, but there's no reason for me to give you my information for Okay. Someone complained, right? There's no There's There's no reason. Why the would a seagull be laying on the ground if I wasn't grabbing them off my daughter? Yeah, but listen, so someone complains, right? You're at the water park with kids and everything. No matter circumstances, right? Someone another little kid sees a dead seagull, right? How it happened this dead seagull. >> We saw [ __ ] Okay. We saw what? But but listen. They asked me to come over here. They they complained. I'm not stupid. Okay, but that's fine. But it's still complaint. All I need is your information and I'm leaving. I'll give you my information. >> Okay. So, look. My I'm going to tell you something right now. So, I'm going to file a complaint, too. This right here I paid $600 a beer. I'm not trying to be No no yeah yeah. I got it. I came out of the lazy river. The worker here, Nick, is letting people in here to take pictures. And he's taking pictures of girls in here all the time. My information is in here. My belongings are in here that are worth more than a felony charge. >> Okay. So, I want you to go let them know that nobody [ __ ] comes in here the rest of the time. >> Okay, yeah. I'll let them know. But then you also let them know though. Like you have to understand that for any reason I just asked them, "Do they want you out?" They they could as private, you know what I'm saying? They they don't want you to get They're not kicking you out. There's no reason to. I just handed my daughter's What do you think I did? >> No. Snatch the seagull out of the sky. How How hard is it? I'm I'm not But listen. I know. But listen. What do you think I did? No, listen. Jumped up and snatched the seagull out of the sky. [ __ ] head off. No, I think I'm Superman. Listen, I don't think that But he's laughing. He's a joke. I I don't think that happened. Come on, dude. I'm going to stand here with you [ __ ] attacking my daughter. SHE'S MY [ __ ] MY DAUGHTER'S almost 2 years old. And she's standing here screaming. What do you think I'm going to do? Yeah yeah yeah. And that's why that's all it is. Just someone It's just information. That's all it is. When somebody comes in here and he lets somebody in here and they take my credit card information and [ __ ] like that and rob me and they came [ __ ] do it and they get to know who to come to. If I were on this super war or anything, just Very yeah. your name. That's all I'm asking. Yeah, that's all I'm asking. Damn right it is. Yes or no? It is a complaint. Next time you see Superman, meaning me, protect your [ __ ] daughters. You have kids? Protect your daughters, man. No matter what it is. All right, man. You'll be good. Just smile. All right. So, go tell that [ __ ] guy that we're good. Oh yeah yeah. Yeah, you're they're fine. He just wanted to walk away. >> to tell that kid Thank you. and the guy whatever. Thank you. You ever going to listen? I don't want to >> I ain't listening. here I'm sorry I was rude. It's I understand. I just want to enjoy my day. I I understand. Every time you catch him walking Look at me. I'm not I'm not complaining. So that I'm not bringing a [ __ ] in here. Relax, Frankie. You guys have a good one. Let you enjoy your day. Have a good one. No problem. The couple is initially let off, but 2 hours later the officer has to deal with him again after he loses his phone, and this time he's even more obnoxious. I took my daughter She went went on the slide. Is it your phone or your the girl's girlfriend? So listen. She went went on the slide. She goes, "Let me see mama." I went I went got mama. I was still there. And my phone's gone. My phone's got more You had find my iPhone on it? No. Okay. I had that on. Yeah, man. Calm down, man. I don't give a [ __ ] No, it's yeah, it's fine. It's fine. You can drink your social media page. Yeah. Okay, that's what I'm saying. My phone's gone. Okay. That's what I'm saying. So I'm going to get all this with you. Where do I sign it? Right here. This is saying that you're saying that your stuff that you lost it. This is saying that you what you're saying is true and that you lost it. She works for Morris. Why don't you know she could help me with the cameras? You don't want to sign this. You don't want to report it. She works for Morris, dude. How am I going to get cameras? I did not call. How am I going to get cameras? Man, listen. I'm not I'm not trying to go back and forth. I did not call her. No. But she can be here. But she can be here. How random is that? It's fine, man. Do you want to report this or not? Do you want to report Listen, I'm not going back and forth. Do Do want to report this or not? Okay. Just sign this form. me. This is just saying that this you lost this someone took this. You're saying that this phone was taken or you stole from you. What number did I give my attorney? I'm not talking to your attorney dude, that's for you. You guys came down there with me, right? Do you want to sign it? I'm asking you a question. Okay, well I'm not doing this all day back and forth. I've been very chill with you the whole time. I've been very chill with you the So listen, I don't give a [ __ ] Okay, give me my phone back. Give me my phone back. I'm going to sign this Okay. Yeah, yeah. So you shut the God listen. >> No, I'm not. You're going to sign this and then I'm going to leave. Yeah, my my tax dollars pay you. So shut up and listen to me. >> Sign this or I'm going to >> up and listen to You want to get locked up? For disorderly. For what? You're going to be disorderly. I'm just asking you. Okay, and then listen this I'm just asking. I'm asking you a question. So we can talk. Do you want to talk or do you want to talk? Who do you want to talk? Yes? I'm asking you a question. Okay, can we go back to just talking? I'm allowed to ask you a question. You you are but you're but but but we're not going to keep You can't you can't arrest me for asking a question. For for dis for acting disorderly. When you're sitting here and you're arguing but you're going to argue curse and you go back and forth with me. I'm I'm not doing that. That's what I'm not doing. I'm asking you a question. Okay, go ahead. What's your question? Okay, we have a we have an issue here, right? Yes. Now I'm asking you a question. Okay, go ahead. That's what I thought. Go ahead. There's a problem here. Yes. And I can handle it. Yes. I don't want to sign a piece of paper. Go find my phone. I'm not going back there and looking for your phone. Give me my phone back. Then tell me now. Okay, give me my Okay, give me my We're not doing this dude. Oh [ __ ] you can't >> Yeah, you need to relax. No, cuz you're you're starting to piss me off. You want me to go back? You called me this. Look. Right here. All your information. Yeah, where's my contact information from here? Yeah, I'm not going to arrest you. You're about to get arrested. That has my name on >> to get arrested. No, that has my Do you want to go back to your girlfriend and your kid and your daughter? Do you want to go back to your girlfriend and your daughter? So relax. Time out. That has my name on it. Yes, it does. >> legally allowed to grab that. No, you're not. I'm legally allowed to grab that. Okay, I can listen That has my name on it. Yeah, I'm going to arrest you. You're going to get arrested. >> You legally can't arrest me. You're going to get arrested. >> this phone and have Yes, I yes, I can. Relax, man. You can't. I'm a completely fine. >> Okay, do you want to legally >> my name on it. You asked me to sign it. Stop screaming. I'm not screaming. Yes, you are. You asked me to sign a paper that has my name on it. >> going to snatch it out of my I'm legally You're not going to snatch it out of my hand. You're not going to snatch it >> You're not going to snatch it out of my hand. >> allowed to touch it, buddy. We're not going back and forth. >> it. We can do this all day. But you're not snatching it out of >> You arrested me already, trust me. >> Okay. Look, I'm very close to I'm trying to You're not going to Do you want me to be be like honest and explain why I don't want to arrest you? You're going to get in trouble. No, if you want me to explain it yes or no. I don't I want you to be able to go back with your daughter. That that's why. You can't arrest me for something that I'm legally allowed >> when you're snatching it out of my hand, yes, I can. Yeah, no, no, no. Okay. Are you going to sign this or not? Okay, go ahead. There you go. See? I Yeah, yeah, I can get it. >> it out of your hand. You said get a message. It's the same thing. Here. My name's on here as well. Yes. You're going to get through camera footage today. They I am not digging through camera footage to look for your phone. I've given you Listen, I get I'm trying to let you go home. I'm giving you several chances. I'm trying to let you leave with your daughter. You're screaming, snatching stuff out of my hand. I didn't want to arrest you. That's what I'm trying not to do. I'm trying to help. I'm legally allowed to sign this paper. Yes. Just sign the Just sign the paper. Just sign THE PAPER. WHERE'S MY PHONE? I DON'T KNOW. SO, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT where my phone is now. You're going to Man, I can't just imagine people How am I supposed I'm going to find out who stole the bird. How am I supposed to just find it out? Can you please just sign this paper, man, so I can go and look So, okay. So, ready? Listen. I want to know what you're going to do. Calm down. Calm down. This is just a If you walk away, I will talk to you. This is just a It's just explaining that what he's saying like the phone isn't there and it was taken. And it's a description. That's all it is. And when he signs it, I can go with them and try to find the cameras and maybe find who did it faster, but we're sitting here going back AND FORTH. NO. NO, NO. ASKED HIM. HE DIDN'T TELL ME. NO, I don't give a [ __ ] I never said that. You have the pen. I'm going to sign it. Okay. Thank you, man. That's all I needed. I'm going to go back to you. Let's go. Thank you. I tried to help I've been helping you all day, man. That's all it is, man. I don't want you to get in trouble. Like I explained to you. Thank you. No problem. Where's my phone? Okay, I will go with them right now and go look for All right, you're free to go. I'm waiting for you for your girlfriend and your daughter to come back. Take the cameras down. Listen, man. My phone's gone. Okay, I'm waiting for you. So, give me your phone. No, you're not. I I'm in panic. I'm in panic. For what? >> breathe. You want an ambulance? Yeah, I want an ambulance. I want everything. >> Are you sure? I want an ambulance. I want everything. Are you sure? Take me now. I want an ambulance. I I can't call. I can't breathe. I can't everything. All right, back up. No, I need help. I need help. I need help. You want an ambulance? Call help. Stop. I need help. Stop. >> in your face cuz I need help. I need help. I need help. I need help. I need help. I need help. My phone's gone. I'm going to get it. He's outside right now. He's trying to argue. My phone's over. Phone is charged. My phone cost $2,000. We're going to figure it out. We're figuring it out. How are we going to do it right this instant? But I have to WAIT HERE WITH YEAH, IT'S FINE. I'M WAITING. THAT'S WHAT I'M >> I'M WAITING. OKAY, DEAL. ALL RIGHT. DEAL. I'm waiting. And then once YOU'RE IS THAT YOUR GIRLFRIEND, your wife? What What is it? We're all waiting. Is that your girlfriend? We're all waiting. Stop. STOP. IT'S OVER. $2,000 WORTH. IT'S OVER. STOP SCREAMING, MAN. MAN, it's three times it's felony. IT'S $500 OF FELONY. $500, $500. Is that your girlfriend or what? Is that your girlfriend or wife? I don't know what to call her. I'm It's It's not your business. Okay, we're waiting for your girl and your your to come back. >> Sorry, where's my phone? And then I'm going to look at that with the security workers. >> to wait right here. Okay. >> You're waiting with me, you're waiting with me. No, we're not. >> We are. This is your case. This is your case. Okay. This is my case. Okay. We're all here. >> Okay. We're all here. >> Okay. That's my phone. Why are you trying to make this an issue right now, man? Like you're you're okay. It is an issue BECAUSE IT'S MY [ __ ] PHONE. I I UNDERSTAND, but you're trying to make this you're you're you're making it way worse than it has to be right now. >> Yeah, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S MY PHONE. OKAY, and it's not just going to magically appear. DAMN, [ __ ] YOU GUYS are going TO DO YOUR JOB. YOU'RE RIGHT, and I'm going TO GO BACK >> JOB. WELL, WE PAY YOU. >> Stop screaming. I'm not messing around anymore, man. Knock it off. You see that on the camera >> That's fine. That's fine, and you're still screaming right now. I'm allowed to raise my voice. No, you're not. Now you're being disorderly when you're annoying other people. >> Yeah, I'm not annoying anybody. Nobody's here, buddy. Okay. Nobody's here. >> Okay. When you look into it, right? Who gets my phone after that? The same way we anything that gets stolen from anybody when we recover it, they get it back. You're just saying you stole it from me, right? No, I don't. >> you I can tell you exactly who stole it. Who stole from you? Who do you think stole from you? I can walk you through the Who do you think stole from you? See the guy sucking your dick? Who? Who's he playing with, you? I'm not playing with you, dude. I've been trying to keep you I'm doing everything I can. >> You're a damn liar when you first [ __ ] came Stop screaming. I'm not screaming. >> Yes, you are. Wait, you want to hear screaming? No. I don't. You can yell over top of this I can you can hear me you can hear me right now. I can hear you. Okay, can you listen? Just have the worker have the phone. The worker HAD THE PHONE. NO, THE WORKER HAD MY PHONE. WHOA, WHOA. NO. I HAD THE WORKER HAD MY PHONE. THE WORKER HAD MY PHONE. YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ME. STOP SCREAMING. STOP. NO. NO, NO, STOP. Don't follow him. Don't follow him. Don't follow him. You turned around one time. Get over here. LET'S GO. TAKE THIS PHONE. PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. YEAH. PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. NO, I I LISTEN, I GET BROKE. Turn around. Put your hands BEHIND YOUR BACK. STOP. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YOU'RE FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT. >> FOR WHAT? DISORDERLY CONDUCT WHAT? I DON'T WANT TO HURT your other fingers. Brother They arrested me out here. I yelled at him. Come on, Frankie. Nah, dude. I yelled at him, dude. What the [ __ ] are you talking about? Come on, dude. Let go. Let go. I'll go with him. Let go. Sounds like a Frankie, I'm I'm going with this guy. You're good. You're good. Don't even worry about it. Don't call him? All right, come on. Hop in the back. Oh, can you give me your rate real quick? Let me hit this [ __ ] You're going to hit that? Come on. I I can't let you hit it here. Let me hit it. All right, you can hit it right here like this. If you can Woah, don't don't hurt yourself. Here, I'll hold it for you. I'll hold it for Good now? I'm good with you, dude. Yeah, okay. All right, hop in there, Frank. Is that a thousand yard roster for lower cape? My reason brother. [ __ ] guys are yelling on me. Cowards, dude. After finally apprehending the suspect, officers speak with park staff who witnessed the bird incident. My camera's on, by the way. getting them. Before the they Yeah, how long were you there for with them? They just arrived and they ordered like fries and two drinks. Okay. And the man was like he wants to rush the fries because his child was hungry. Okay. So when I come back with the drinks, the fries was already there and the seagull was dead. Okay. So what drinks did he order? Was it Was it alcohol, beer? >> Okay. They got They got there. They They sat down and asked for two beers and an order of fries. And he said, "Hey, can you hurry with the fries cuz my daughter's hungry." So the fries are there. So I guess a food runner would have brought the fries. And then you come back with the two drinks and after you come back the the seagull was dead. So did you physically You saw the seagull. Where was it at, the seagull? >> He hold it in his hand. He had it in his hand. Okay. And was it Did it have its head on it or was the head off of it? >> The head off. Where was the head at? He hold it in hand. In the other hand? Yeah, like all together. >> All together. But it was But the head wasn't attached anymore. Yeah. So where did he put Where did he put the seagull at? >> So he asked me for a trash bag when I come back. So I went for the managers. When you When you Did you go get him a trash bag? No, I just went for the managers. Oh, okay. You got the manager. And that was that the last time you saw saw the bird or was it Okay. >> time. Do you know who cleaned Who cleaned the Who took the bird or cleaned it up? Another staff member? >> Yeah. Okay. So he Did he say anything to you when he when he had the bird in his hand? Yeah, he just told me that no one wants to No one going to steal the fries from his child and he was like angry on that. His woman was recording that. Oh, really? She was recording you? Okay. Like not me, like the bird and Okay. the man. He said nobody will take the fries from his daughter. So that's That's he killed killed the bird. Okay. All right. So what did you have anything else that you can remember or want to tell me about that incident? I don't know. Just after that incident I stayed there and Did you continue to serve them when they stayed there? And how was he after that? I don't know. He looks like he's proud of that. Like he told me that I can say this story in Slovakia and he He wanted you to tell the story in Slovakia? >> Yes. And he just told me that he wants just drinks, not food because these are the seagulls there. If you could just take me from start to finish on everything that you saw, right? Start to finish was like a our server comes in and she's like, "Do you have a bag? My guest just killed the seagull." Would that be Simona? Yeah. >> Okay. And Jen and I were both in the office and we were like, "What are you talking about?" She's like, "No, he killed the seagull." And we were like, "Maybe maybe he injured the seagull. Like she doesn't know what she's talking about." >> Right. She was really I mean, she wasn't fazed by it either, which was kind of shocking to us. So, I went to the cabana uh to the cabana and Jen went to go get somebody from Island Services and somebody from Island Services was already there as well. And we just There's like the wicker garbage can. And so, I think the seagull was just on top of the wicker garbage can with like the head off. And um I was just like we obviously were all like in shock. I mean, we didn't even know like what to When the seagull was on the garbage, was on top of the garbage can, was it decapitated? Okay, where was the head at? It was right next to it. Okay. >> Yeah, yeah. Okay. Body and head both sitting on top of the garbage can. Okay. What happened was we were going to We were told don't touch it. Don't touch anything. Cuz at first I was going to assist in cleaning, but we were like, "No." We were told to um like Will and Park up like the people in Island Services said don't touch anything. So, I didn't touch anything and we stepped away and when I came back the seagull was gone. And somebody from our like the clean team they called the clean team, they cleaned the They assisted in throwing the seagull out. But then the gentleman came back into like when he came out of the lazy river, he's accusing me of taking pictures of his personal items. And I said, "Honestly, I mean, I have no idea what you're talking about." And he's like, "Don't play stupid with me. He's you know, cursing at me. And I'm like, you can look at my phone. He's like, don't I'm not an idiot. You didn't use that phone. So, I had no idea what he was talking about. I also don't care if he had two phones on him. So, Will kind of separated us cuz he was getting closer and closer to me. And Will like pushed me back. And then he you know, we started talking about the seagull. You know, he said like, oh you guys should have wire here. The seagull came in and was eating my fries. My daughter's fries. And you know, that was his excuse for you know, killing the seagull. The suspect pleaded guilty to third-degree animal cruelty, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct. He was admitted to a recovery court in March of 2026, receiving 263 days credit for time served. If you enjoyed this video, leave a like. And be sure to subscribe for more body cam footage daily.