today's body cam footage was captured on February 21st 2023 and around 4 pm Joseph Brooks of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Department has been dispatched to another camp in Point Washington State Forest Santa Rosa Beach Florida there are tons of no camping signs all over the state forest so these these guys are probably in a bit of trouble and when officer Brooks knocks on this trailer door he's in for a surprise I actually you know what I don't think he is I think I think he knows what's gonna be behind the stroller door and it's not gonna be great like a subscriber I'll lose my mind whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa laughs [Music] hey yes sir uh what's going on here um um I don't know I need to see your ID please I don't have my ID with me who I was in the trailer with you I need to know just you can you secure those dogs real quick yes sir how old are you V I'm 33. okay can I get my jacket real quick are we allowed to be here though I mean anything crazy just cure them dogs real quick don't close the door on me because I'm worried about it 43-46 no um on an app I have for camping they said that um I was a little kid here if not I can move in I'm sorry how many 10-12 with uh one white female you have any type of form of any type of idea on you nothing with your name or date of birth on it um go you don't have any time you don't have any anything though no okay there's there's no camping except for over in the campground you can't have a trailer it's no big deal relax okay no I'm sorry but we just got it we got called to complain out here because you are parked here where's the vehicle that was here the red vehicle um my car my wife went to go get go get my car batteries okay what's your name Michelle and and be honest with me okay okay L.A d h e l e what's your date of birth do you have a Florida driver's license issue to you ID card okay go ahead um it's t562 5532 five what five three two um I don't know I can't remember right now okay that's fine I can look it up yeah okay all right I'm gonna ask you this and I want you to be 100 off that hurts yeah yeah are you on any type of turns anything because and they're gonna do a walk around I'm just saying because you're on state plans right now but I don't have any in here you don't have any weather is non-prescription any anything no there's a resin in there can I there's resin is there resin yes ma'am go ahead and just grab it for me if you want that yeah go ahead and bring bring that kind of stuff out for me yeah go ahead and get them in there because I can smell it just stand in here when you open the door yeah I don't need doors back here they're attacking out nope they're not gonna bite me are they no sir okay that's fine get get what you got it right here okay Jamie we have to get this going what is this right here that's pretty pipe okay where's your where's the resident 43 46 can I get routine 94. simple thank you very much and just have eyes and thank you stop hold up Bubba hold up Bubba hold up ma'am come on out with it don't make me come in and grab you bring it here don't destroy it because I'll put you in jail for it sorry it was literally buried that's all you have yes sir back up y'all you got the dog all right sir you have anything else in there all right go ahead and put your battery down yeah yeah this is you're illegally camping here oh yeah I know that yeah all right go ahead and step out of the trailer for me it just makes me feel safer because I can see everything going I'm sorry do you have any idea on you sir okay before yeah well I should have we Where'd I deal with you under the bridge you guys are on the bridge yes sir did you take care of that ticket all right it's supposed to be I put it on the credit card yesterday okay all right you don't have any more warrants or anything I know if I don't have my ID I can't believe I was driving you don't even have a license but the car is working on it we're on the side of 98 it's about the same place it was back down down that way do you have anything with your name on it I think you gave me something with it on it I have no idea uh blow this battery up so I can plug my phone so we can call his girlfriend James Ogburn yes sir just hang out for me real quick let me get another officer here I just don't want you to go back in there because I don't know what's inside the trailer okay I'm just ready to leave I'm so tired I don't believe it's not you I just right huh I said you know somebody called they come by and they seen this and um there's only one spot that you're you're allowed to that's what I mean you have to get and it's a walk-in spot it's primitive camping there's both entrances to the gate there's a big thing that says no camping allowed except for a designated areas and you've seen that I thought this was nice nope there's only one and it's down at East like that all right James what's your middle initial again and it's here all right this was it date of birth to what there's a screw that fell in there okay and this is all you got and you don't have any other pins yeah because I can smell it standing right there in there there's no so yeah so the deal is and that's not the end of the world it's it's a it's a ticket it's just a 55 fine for improper 43 46. can you advise up there Whiskey Bravo Hotel sorry the first one's gonna be uh whiskey foxtrot and the second one's going to be a whiskey Mike not the end of the world okay paraphernalia is not the end of the world okay you've already said it was yours not the end of the world okay we've been going through it with this thing people keep telling me one thing and it's not that way yeah and I said you know and I understand you're trying to find a place to Camp you're trying to find something to do a couple days so that I can go work and be able to get into a camp like somewhere still live to have more than temporarily so does this belong to you yes sir that's your this is yours okay all right like I said you know you can reserve a spot but this not being a the state park might be a might be a place they'd let you camp at you know I don't think it's that much a day um I'm so broke right now with anybody I have no money because I can't get to work yeah but like I said you can't you can't just pull up here and park and the same thing at East Lake Campground you can't you have to pay to pay to camp there pretty much every place around here there's not a free place to camp at even in the Management areas um neither one of y'all got warrants when was the last time y'all used you uh right before we got here put it in park let me see your driver's license that you're driving recklessly shoot it's at the house but didn't park turn it off it the driver's license I don't have it is this your vehicle yes sir I can give you all my information I'm stopping you today yes sir you're driving recklessly I do understand sir 43-46 I'm also gonna have a vehicle 1050 right now for reckless driving on the road I didn't see him driving that way but I seen you and I got it on body cam so I'll be back with you in a minute don't go nowhere all right I already gave it back to you have a seat back where y'all were at if y'all tell us where it is it'll go there might have been a bull can I go with that nope please no you're not gonna go back in there sir there's a bowl of what it's empty but there's a bowl in there a bowl of what it was [Music] Michelle yeah I was waiting no sir I don't have any Pockets please I'm not trying to go to jail please go ahead and turn there's probably you don't have anything okay there's an empty baggie and I might have a little residue in it but I'm not I swear to God okay where where is it just show me where it's at don't touch it because if you touch it I'm gonna put you on the ground sir I understand not gonna touch it okay please I'm not trying to go to jail oh and you sure that's all that's in there listen dude it sure gets your lucky night I ever catch you again in here I'm gonna put you in jail for that that's called reckless driving okay if I wasn't dealing with these you'd be going to jail tonight all right I do on a semester okay sorry about that yep you're gone what are you on probation for oh so like I was talking to you earlier when was the last time you used is this the stuff you used do you cook inside this trailer ever done obviously that there wasn't anything else in there that's reason why I'm just asking you oh I'm just I'm at the reason I'm asking is for my safety okay [Music] I understand that you have problems but this right here and I'm not preaching to you and you you you already know it that you'll never be able to get a home and get get everything straight in your life if you if you're using this you know and as soon as you open the door I could smell it that you've been smoking it in there and I can look at you and tell that you're using and I understand it's a hard habit to kick but hey it's positive said all you do smoke weed out of these there's so much stuff in there do you have any more anywhere in there you have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be used against in a court of law you have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him have him or her present with you while you're being questioned if you cannot afford to hire a lawyer one will be appointed to represent you before any question if you wish if you consent answer questions now without a lawyer present you will still have the right to stop answering at any time okay do you understand each of these rights that I've read to you today just one second let me finish doing this and we'll talk with these rights in mind do you want to talk to me right now okay all right so going back to what to the initial thing so the reason I stopped you is because we got a complaint of you can't been here in any single spot okay you open the door I had I could smell what what I've been led to believe is uh and it's mailed in the past part 13 and or inside there right he brought me out pipes that you say you smoke what with hmm and then you showed right and then you showed me what your mouth in the back that that little baggie that tested positive is that your back are you the only one is it his just yours okay um those pipes are they just yours just yours okay all right and this is your house okay all right is there any more any any other legal substances whether prescription non-prescription anything else in that trailer I need to know about I have a prescription okay I'm not that's it is there any more myth in that place is there any stolen property in that place because it's your domicile is there any none is there any um other narcotics whether or not none okay because I know I know you know I should have been on his room but I apologize all right okay all right just hang out here for me all right man go ahead and put this down all right go ahead and just set that stuff down your back you're under arrest possession [Music] Animal Control is going to come get them oh my God man what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna tag it yes sir and if I in uh in 10 days if it's not removing the state will remove it you don't have anything in any body parts that I need to know about it like I said I've searched the vehicle prior to you getting in it there's not anything in it you don't have anything in your any crevices any place okay go ahead and step up in there because that'll be another felony charge for introduce it into the jail you're not gonna fight or do anything crazy like that are you just relax is there any way y'all can secure that other you have a lock for it because I don't want to come out here and take a property report yeah I'm breathing rough y'all don't have no fin or any crazy crap like that in there do you