"Lone Star Law" Deception on Deck

1 00:00:10,110 --> 00:00:12,270 [Mike Boone] Your daddy know where you're at? 2 00:00:12,270 --> 00:00:13,840 [narrator] Coming up on Lone Star Law... 3 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,610 They've had some issues where some animals got shot. 4 00:00:16,610 --> 00:00:18,580 - Y'all got a buffalo dead out here? - [woman] Yes, sir. 5 00:00:18,580 --> 00:00:20,280 Golly. 6 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:21,920 I may have been born at night, but it wasn't last night. 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:25,120 - Hey, guys! Hey! Cut it! - [siren blares] 8 00:00:28,060 --> 00:00:30,720 [James Cummings] I clearly had the right of way through here. You scared the heck out of me. 9 00:00:30,730 --> 00:00:33,130 Blow, blow, blow, blow. 10 00:00:33,130 --> 00:00:35,900 He might have a gun or something, he may be road hunting. 11 00:00:35,900 --> 00:00:37,130 Why don't you hop out of there for me? 12 00:00:37,130 --> 00:00:38,930 You're gonna be placed under arrest. 13 00:00:42,910 --> 00:00:45,370 - [yelling] - Hey, sit down! Sit down! 14 00:00:49,980 --> 00:00:51,110 [narrator] A Texas game warden's job 15 00:00:51,110 --> 00:00:54,880 is to protect wild animals and wild places, 16 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:59,520 keep the public safe, and every now and again put a bad guy in jail. 17 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:07,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 18 00:01:16,070 --> 00:01:17,100 [Mike] How are y'all? 19 00:01:17,110 --> 00:01:17,970 [fisherman speaking] 20 00:01:17,970 --> 00:01:19,310 What are you doing, man? 21 00:01:23,350 --> 00:01:24,850 - What you using? - [fisherman speaking] 22 00:01:24,850 --> 00:01:26,850 All right, and you got a license? 23 00:01:26,850 --> 00:01:28,820 Let me see it real quick and I'll get out of your hair. 24 00:01:28,820 --> 00:01:30,380 Everybody forgets about their license. 25 00:01:30,390 --> 00:01:32,050 All of a sudden, we come up here and check 'em. 26 00:01:32,050 --> 00:01:33,520 It went out six months ago. 27 00:01:37,290 --> 00:01:38,760 You got your money's worth today. 28 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:39,930 [fisherman laughing] 29 00:01:39,930 --> 00:01:41,060 - Good to go, man. - [fisherman] Yeah. 30 00:01:41,060 --> 00:01:42,300 Y'all be careful. 31 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:43,930 All right, we'll see y'all later. 32 00:01:43,930 --> 00:01:45,230 What's going on, guys and girls? 33 00:01:45,230 --> 00:01:46,600 - How you doing? - Y'all doing all right? 34 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:47,940 [man speaking] 35 00:01:48,140 --> 00:01:49,300 August the 9th? 36 00:01:49,310 --> 00:01:50,440 What's August the 9th? 37 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,340 -Oh -[all laughing] 38 00:01:54,340 --> 00:01:56,080 - For real, I was! - He was about to drown. 39 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:57,440 - You serious? - Yeah. 40 00:01:58,950 --> 00:02:00,480 That's right, you had your back hurt? 41 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:06,050 - Really? - Yeah. 42 00:02:06,060 --> 00:02:07,590 You doing good? 43 00:02:07,590 --> 00:02:08,790 [man in hat] Oh, you're serious? 44 00:02:08,790 --> 00:02:09,920 - Yes! - [Mike] Yeah! 45 00:02:09,930 --> 00:02:11,390 - I was a mess, he'll say... - [Mike] It was bad. 46 00:02:11,390 --> 00:02:13,330 - He's... He's... Yeah. - [Mike] We had EMS down here. 47 00:02:15,430 --> 00:02:17,000 But you good now. 48 00:02:17,770 --> 00:02:18,930 Man, that's awesome. 49 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,240 Feel like I did some good then. 50 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,070 Good, we'll see you later. 51 00:02:32,250 --> 00:02:35,850 See if we got anybody fishing in our little private pond here 52 00:02:35,850 --> 00:02:37,280 that's not supposed to be here. 53 00:02:37,850 --> 00:02:39,820 It's posted with purple paint. 54 00:02:39,820 --> 00:02:42,460 Anytime you see purple paint or posted signs, do not enter. 55 00:02:43,830 --> 00:02:45,290 Yeah, we got people down here. 56 00:02:48,700 --> 00:02:50,260 I don't know what this is about. 57 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:54,740 There's other people that have went in here before, 58 00:02:54,740 --> 00:02:56,440 there's tracks going in and out of this property. 59 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,210 It is posted at all the entrances. 60 00:02:59,210 --> 00:03:02,210 People need to be aware of the purple paint that is marked out there. 61 00:03:03,050 --> 00:03:05,080 State game warden, how are y'all? 62 00:03:06,180 --> 00:03:07,510 What can I do for you? 63 00:03:09,450 --> 00:03:11,220 You got your girlfriend in there or what? 64 00:03:11,250 --> 00:03:12,390 All right. 65 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,160 - Well, right now you're trespassing. - Oh, okay. 66 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,060 Yep. Get your girlfriend out for me. She got her clothes on? 67 00:03:24,770 --> 00:03:26,070 Good, get her out for me. 68 00:03:27,970 --> 00:03:30,070 I can't even see in them dark windows. 69 00:03:30,340 --> 00:03:31,510 [man] Can you get out? 70 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:33,440 [Mike] Come on out, ma'am. 71 00:03:36,050 --> 00:03:37,210 - How old are you, man? - [man] 22. 72 00:03:37,210 --> 00:03:38,610 - [Mike] 22? - [man] Yes, sir. 73 00:03:40,250 --> 00:03:41,620 Your daddy know where you're at? 74 00:03:53,130 --> 00:03:55,300 The weather up here in North Texas, it's crazy. 75 00:03:55,300 --> 00:03:59,100 Here, three weeks ago, it was minus 11 degrees 76 00:03:59,170 --> 00:04:01,840 and now it's 75. 77 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,010 Now, kinda getting into fishing season, into boating season. 78 00:04:05,010 --> 00:04:08,810 As the seasons change, our job kinda changes. 79 00:04:08,810 --> 00:04:10,980 So, uh, that's what makes it fun. 80 00:04:10,980 --> 00:04:13,410 We're just pulling into Lake Bonham here, 81 00:04:13,420 --> 00:04:15,780 seeing what kind of boat traffic's out on the water 82 00:04:15,780 --> 00:04:18,150 and check some fishermen. 83 00:04:19,050 --> 00:04:22,120 Now, these guys right here might have a little trouble. 84 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,260 Looks like this boat might not be running. 85 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,430 Y'all got a job ahead of you, it won't run? 86 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:30,960 [Randolph] I'm doing great. 87 00:04:30,970 --> 00:04:33,130 - Doing better than y'all. - [laughing] 88 00:04:33,140 --> 00:04:35,000 [Randolph] You know what boat stands for, don't you? 89 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,110 - [boater] What's that? - [Randolph] Bring out another thousand. 90 00:04:38,110 --> 00:04:40,270 - [boater] That's about right. - [Randolph] Yeah, oh, yeah. 91 00:04:46,620 --> 00:04:48,250 All right, we'll see y'all. 92 00:04:52,290 --> 00:04:55,620 [phone ringing] 93 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:58,460 Hello. 94 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,400 Yeah? 95 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:10,140 - Had some buffalo shot last night. - [man on phone] Mmm-hmm. 96 00:05:10,140 --> 00:05:12,840 All right, I will be, uh, headed that way. 97 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:15,280 [man on phone] All right. 98 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:20,850 Buffalo were native to Texas, and, uh, most of the time, they have them as their pets. 99 00:05:20,850 --> 00:05:24,150 Could've been simply, uh, shot by accident, 100 00:05:24,150 --> 00:05:26,950 you know, somebody target practicing or something like that, 101 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,820 or it could have been done intentional. 102 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:33,090 You know if somebody, uh, shot one of these, uh, buffalo, 103 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:37,060 which is considered livestock in the state of Texas, 104 00:05:37,070 --> 00:05:40,270 you could be facing a criminal mischief charge, 105 00:05:40,270 --> 00:05:44,270 and whatever the monetary value of these buffalo are, 106 00:05:44,270 --> 00:05:46,610 they could be several thousand dollars, 107 00:05:46,610 --> 00:05:49,380 and it could ultimately be a, uh, felony. 108 00:05:54,150 --> 00:05:55,280 Hi, ma'am, how are you? 109 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:58,020 Y'all got a buffalo dead out here? 110 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,460 Did y'all look it over? I guess, see a bullet hole in it or something? 111 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,430 Oh, really? Okay, where's he at? 112 00:06:07,830 --> 00:06:09,160 Okay. 113 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,470 Y'all ever hear people shooting out here at night and stuff? 114 00:06:14,170 --> 00:06:15,370 Is that your buffalo? 115 00:06:15,370 --> 00:06:16,540 [man speaking] 116 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,370 Golly. 117 00:06:20,380 --> 00:06:22,440 He's already got a few flies on him, ain't he? 118 00:06:30,290 --> 00:06:31,350 Yeah. 119 00:06:37,330 --> 00:06:38,430 Yeah. 120 00:06:39,290 --> 00:06:40,330 Mmm-hmm. 121 00:06:43,300 --> 00:06:44,360 Huh? 122 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,000 Yeah. 123 00:06:49,510 --> 00:06:52,070 Now, we try to look for a bullet hole or something, 124 00:06:52,070 --> 00:06:54,810 but a lot of times, bullet holes are really, really small 125 00:06:54,810 --> 00:06:56,040 and they don't exit, 126 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,780 and the way the temperature's been, 127 00:06:57,780 --> 00:07:00,150 it's starting, uh, to decay a little bit. 128 00:07:02,050 --> 00:07:04,850 This thing's been dead longer than yesterday evening, 129 00:07:04,850 --> 00:07:08,490 for the flies to lay eggs, you know, it needs at least a couple days. 130 00:07:12,860 --> 00:07:15,630 Looking at this buffalo, it's really hard to determine, 131 00:07:15,630 --> 00:07:18,200 uh, exactly what happened to it. 132 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,930 They informed me that they've been out of town for a couple days. 133 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:24,600 So things are, uh, pretty much close to impossible finding out 134 00:07:24,610 --> 00:07:27,710 unless there was a witness or somebody saw something. 135 00:07:27,710 --> 00:07:30,580 The family has said that they've had some, uh, 136 00:07:30,580 --> 00:07:33,050 you know, issues in the past where some animals got shot. 137 00:07:33,050 --> 00:07:35,350 So, uh, I would like to put the family at ease. 138 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:37,850 You know, without much evidence right now, 139 00:07:37,850 --> 00:07:41,020 the only thing I can do is, uh, come back tonight 140 00:07:41,020 --> 00:07:43,020 and see if I see anybody doing something. 141 00:07:44,190 --> 00:07:45,830 Yeah. 142 00:07:45,830 --> 00:07:47,890 There is a little hill right up, uh, north of here 143 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:50,200 that's, uh, got a good county road going down it. 144 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,800 I'm gonna come back tonight and stake that out 145 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,100 and see if I see anybody slow rolling down the road 146 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:56,300 looking for something to shoot. 147 00:08:05,610 --> 00:08:06,850 How old are you? 148 00:08:06,850 --> 00:08:08,180 - [woman] I'm 18. - [Mike] 18? 149 00:08:08,180 --> 00:08:09,380 You got a driver's license with you? 150 00:08:12,150 --> 00:08:13,220 18? 151 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:15,520 Okay. 152 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,060 Your daddy know where you're at? 153 00:08:20,030 --> 00:08:21,430 He know where you're at now? 154 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:25,970 Don't look like y'all are at Walmart. 155 00:08:27,870 --> 00:08:31,970 I got a daughter about your age, but you're 18 years old. 156 00:08:31,970 --> 00:08:34,340 You're here on your own will and consent. Is that correct? 157 00:08:35,310 --> 00:08:36,940 Okay, give y'all a warning. 158 00:08:36,950 --> 00:08:39,280 - When you come past that purple paint right there... - [woman] Mmm-hmm. 159 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:41,050 - you're trespassing -[man] Okay. 160 00:08:43,990 --> 00:08:45,390 No, it's not public. 161 00:08:45,390 --> 00:08:48,520 Anytime you see purple paint or posted signs, do not enter. 162 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,120 All right? 163 00:08:51,260 --> 00:08:52,290 Okay, y'all get out of here. 164 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,260 Be safe. 165 00:08:54,260 --> 00:08:56,330 If the landowner presses criminal trespass charges, 166 00:08:56,330 --> 00:08:58,630 it could be a Class B for simple criminal trespassing. 167 00:08:58,630 --> 00:09:01,970 This landowner's pretty good, he just wants the people to stay out. 168 00:09:01,970 --> 00:09:05,310 So these guys know next time not to go in the property. 169 00:09:16,620 --> 00:09:19,650 We're here where, uh, the buffalo got shot. 170 00:09:19,660 --> 00:09:23,160 I didn't see enough evidence to, uh, see if it got shot, 171 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:27,030 but could've got a hit off a county road maybe. 172 00:09:27,030 --> 00:09:29,830 We're getting a lot of livestock killed with this stuff. 173 00:09:29,830 --> 00:09:34,300 So, uh, we're gonna sit here for a little bit, see if we have any activity. 174 00:09:42,180 --> 00:09:45,150 Normally, if somebody's got somewhere to go, 175 00:09:45,150 --> 00:09:48,750 they're going at a regular pace from point A to point B, 176 00:09:48,750 --> 00:09:52,250 but when you see somebody slow rolling, they're hitting their brakes a lot, 177 00:09:52,250 --> 00:09:54,020 those are the things that I look for 178 00:09:54,020 --> 00:09:56,260 when I'm trying to catch somebody road hunting. 179 00:09:59,130 --> 00:10:01,330 I mean, just right now, we just had a vehicle 180 00:10:01,330 --> 00:10:06,200 slow rolling up to a road where we have a lot of road hunting activity. 181 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,300 He didn't turn on his blinker when he made that right turn. 182 00:10:09,300 --> 00:10:12,740 Look, he's already stopped right there in the middle of the road. 183 00:10:12,740 --> 00:10:14,240 All right, he's pulling off again. 184 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:15,610 Hey, let's go pay him a visit. 185 00:10:18,810 --> 00:10:19,950 He might have a gun or something. 186 00:10:19,950 --> 00:10:22,150 He may be road hunting, we'll check him out. 187 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,030 Randolph McGee, state game warden. 188 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:37,300 Keep your hands there. 189 00:10:37,300 --> 00:10:39,100 Did you throw something out over there? 190 00:10:46,740 --> 00:10:49,080 Randolph McGee, state game warden. 191 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:50,310 Keep your hands there on the, uh... 192 00:10:50,310 --> 00:10:51,880 [man speaking] 193 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:53,310 What are you doing tonight? 194 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:56,050 I saw you stop down there at that little bottom right down there. 195 00:10:56,050 --> 00:10:57,250 [man speaking] 196 00:10:58,990 --> 00:11:00,390 Did you throw something out over there? 197 00:11:01,020 --> 00:11:02,190 - You didn't? - [man] No. 198 00:11:02,290 --> 00:11:04,360 [Randolph] Come over here, I'll visit with you a minute. 199 00:11:05,830 --> 00:11:07,990 You got any weapons in the car, any guns? 200 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:10,830 All right, no weapons? 201 00:11:10,830 --> 00:11:12,600 All right, I'm gonna... 202 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:17,540 Go get gas for your four-wheeler? 203 00:11:18,270 --> 00:11:20,140 Okay, where you headed to? 204 00:11:20,140 --> 00:11:25,050 All right, okay, uh, I've done this a day or two, 205 00:11:25,050 --> 00:11:28,110 and you know what I... You know what I smell right now, don't you? 206 00:11:35,190 --> 00:11:36,960 Okay. 207 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:38,960 Yeah, go ahead and take your hands out of your pockets there. 208 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:40,160 Yeah, I'm sorry, sir. My bad, sir. 209 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,000 - Yeah, what is that there? - [man] I'm sorry, sir. 210 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,200 Well, hey, I smell a little bit of weed. 211 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,230 Why don't you just go ahead and get it out for me? 212 00:11:49,970 --> 00:11:53,070 Marijuana is still illegal here in the state of Texas. 213 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,310 All right, you can go ahead and hop back out here. 214 00:11:55,710 --> 00:11:57,240 As Texas game warden, 215 00:11:57,250 --> 00:12:01,110 our main objective is to, uh, you know, look for illegal hunting activity, 216 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,350 but when we do pull somebody over, 217 00:12:03,350 --> 00:12:05,990 if there's a case of some illegal drugs, 218 00:12:05,990 --> 00:12:07,250 we're gonna deal with it. 219 00:12:07,260 --> 00:12:09,020 You have a driver's license? 220 00:12:14,930 --> 00:12:16,360 Okay, how old are you? 221 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:20,270 28, have you had a driver's license? 222 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:23,970 Okay. 223 00:12:23,970 --> 00:12:26,240 You don't have anything that has your name? 224 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:29,310 Oh, you do have an ID? 225 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,250 Oh, there it is. Okay, that's what I'm looking for. 226 00:12:33,250 --> 00:12:35,980 Hang out right here. I'll be right back with you, okay? 227 00:12:38,820 --> 00:12:41,050 There wasn't any weapons or anything in the truck. 228 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:42,590 I'm glad he's not out here hunting, 229 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:43,820 but, uh, when I pulled him over, 230 00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:45,230 as soon as, uh, he rolled down the windows, 231 00:12:45,230 --> 00:12:48,700 I smelled a really strong odor of, uh, marijuana. 232 00:12:48,700 --> 00:12:51,160 He don't seem to be under the influence, 233 00:12:51,170 --> 00:12:54,070 but, uh, he don't have a driver's license. 234 00:12:54,940 --> 00:12:57,070 Just, you know, I'm gonna go ahead and run him. 235 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,110 2108. Fannin County. 2729. 236 00:13:01,110 --> 00:13:04,280 Info on a... By number from an ID card. 237 00:13:05,310 --> 00:13:07,480 [dispatcher speaking] 238 00:13:13,290 --> 00:13:15,360 He does have a current driver's license? 239 00:13:17,990 --> 00:13:19,260 [dispatcher speaking] 240 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:22,960 10-4. Thank you. 241 00:13:23,870 --> 00:13:25,370 There's one thing going his way. 242 00:13:29,140 --> 00:13:32,070 Hey, they're telling me that, uh, you've got a driver's license. 243 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:36,440 - Oh, it's just not on you? - Yes, sir. 244 00:13:39,050 --> 00:13:41,250 Yeah. Yeah, I understand that. 245 00:13:41,250 --> 00:13:44,820 I found out that he got a little bit confused about when he mailed them off, 246 00:13:44,820 --> 00:13:47,220 and uh... And how that process was handled. 247 00:13:47,220 --> 00:13:49,690 What we're gonna do tonight is just issue a citation 248 00:13:49,690 --> 00:13:51,360 for, uh, the marijuana paraphernalia. 249 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,430 - Oh, okay. - Does that sound fair to you? 250 00:13:53,430 --> 00:13:55,700 - Uh, yes, sir. - Okay. 251 00:13:55,700 --> 00:13:57,360 Sign there at the X, 252 00:13:57,370 --> 00:13:59,130 not an admission of guilt, it's just a promise to contact them, okay? 253 00:13:59,130 --> 00:14:01,200 Okay. 254 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,000 Even though we didn't find anybody that shot the buffalo tonight, 255 00:14:04,010 --> 00:14:06,140 it is a deterrent for... Uh, to be out here, 256 00:14:06,140 --> 00:14:09,180 and, you know, several cars saw us out there tonight, 257 00:14:09,180 --> 00:14:11,310 and, hey, that gets the town and countryside talking, 258 00:14:11,310 --> 00:14:14,410 you know, that, uh, hey, the game warden's out there on these particular roads, 259 00:14:14,420 --> 00:14:16,520 and it'll stop a lot of that activity. 260 00:14:17,020 --> 00:14:18,180 Hey, take care. 261 00:14:34,970 --> 00:14:36,040 [Josh Bulger] What's up? 262 00:14:36,100 --> 00:14:37,200 You ready? 263 00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:39,870 Yeah, I'm putting on sunscreen 'cause safety first. 264 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:41,940 Just like old times. 265 00:14:41,940 --> 00:14:44,180 My name's Josh Bulger, I've been a game warden for almost seven years now. 266 00:14:44,180 --> 00:14:46,710 Today I'm gonna be working with Angel Miller. 267 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,250 I've known Angel since our time in the academy together. 268 00:14:49,250 --> 00:14:52,190 We graduated the same class back in 2015. 269 00:14:52,190 --> 00:14:54,450 [Angel] Gosh, I feel so short. 270 00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:56,260 We appreciate everybody coming out and helping us today. 271 00:14:56,260 --> 00:14:58,290 That's something we're starting to hammer on here, 272 00:14:58,290 --> 00:14:59,860 and obviously you are aware, we had a double drowning. 273 00:14:59,860 --> 00:15:03,260 Lake Lewisville is kind of our baby here. 274 00:15:03,270 --> 00:15:05,900 We have quite a few game wardens coming in from surrounding counties, 275 00:15:05,900 --> 00:15:07,170 and our biggest thing out there 276 00:15:07,170 --> 00:15:09,140 is people that are operating that are intoxicated. 277 00:15:09,140 --> 00:15:12,040 We definitely want to get them off the lake, make it safer out there. 278 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,070 - All right, you ready? - [Angel] Yeah. 279 00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:18,280 Can I just say, I want one of these really bad, 280 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:19,710 - and just like... - [Josh] Weenie dog? 281 00:15:19,710 --> 00:15:21,920 - [Angel] Yeah. [laughs] - I don't know how you'd ride that thing, 282 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,180 - [Josh] I feel like you'd just fall of. - [Angel laughing] 283 00:15:25,190 --> 00:15:27,220 [Josh] We'll make our way to Party Cove. 284 00:15:27,220 --> 00:15:29,420 - Get some AC going. - Yeah. 285 00:15:40,140 --> 00:15:42,840 [dispatcher on radio] 3422. Can you copy? 28. 286 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:44,900 [Josh] So this is kind of one of those problem areas over here, 287 00:15:44,910 --> 00:15:45,970 with all this boat traffic. 288 00:15:45,970 --> 00:15:47,940 It's marked a no-wake zone. 289 00:15:47,940 --> 00:15:50,080 You have a lot of people that just burn it through here, 290 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,510 and here's a wake-zone violation. 291 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,250 [Angel] Oh, you want to grab them? 292 00:15:56,250 --> 00:15:58,320 - [Josh] Yep. - [Angel] Hey, guys! Hey! 293 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,250 - [siren blares] - Cut it! No! 294 00:16:06,230 --> 00:16:08,190 [girl] What is it? 295 00:16:08,900 --> 00:16:10,830 [James sighing] All right, uh... 296 00:16:10,830 --> 00:16:14,230 Grandmother'll be home either later today or tomorrow. 297 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:17,240 Do not destroy the house. Don't burn it down, all right? 298 00:16:17,910 --> 00:16:20,310 I'm a single dad of four amazing daughters 299 00:16:20,310 --> 00:16:23,410 and the oldest is Victoria, she's graduating later today. 300 00:16:23,410 --> 00:16:25,040 Check on y'all later, love you. 301 00:16:25,050 --> 00:16:25,950 [girl] I love you too. 302 00:16:25,950 --> 00:16:27,650 Bye, Dad. 303 00:16:27,980 --> 00:16:30,020 [James] After high school, she's kinda leaning towards law enforcement. 304 00:16:30,020 --> 00:16:31,880 You know, somedays I'm kinda scared for her, 305 00:16:31,890 --> 00:16:34,290 and, uh, but I'm also excited for her. 306 00:16:34,290 --> 00:16:37,590 Victoria's graduating tonight, so I want to be there for the walk. 307 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,430 It's hit or miss on some of the local lakes. 308 00:16:47,070 --> 00:16:49,540 Kirby Lake is a pretty popular spot. 309 00:16:55,910 --> 00:16:57,840 A group of guys on the, uh, fishing dock. 310 00:16:57,850 --> 00:16:59,310 I just wanna see who all's fishing. 311 00:16:59,310 --> 00:17:02,520 Green's got a pole, Superman's got a pole, guy has a pole. 312 00:17:04,090 --> 00:17:06,720 When you got four or five people gathered up 313 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:11,060 it's just always better to establish who's fishing. 314 00:17:11,060 --> 00:17:14,030 Invariably somebody will always say, "I wasn't fishing, I was just here." 315 00:17:15,060 --> 00:17:16,060 So... 316 00:17:23,140 --> 00:17:24,070 [James] Howdy! 317 00:17:24,570 --> 00:17:26,010 Hello. 318 00:17:26,270 --> 00:17:28,470 Hey. Oh, you've got one? 319 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:31,040 All right. 320 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:32,580 Okay, thank you. 321 00:17:32,580 --> 00:17:34,280 I have my license, but I do have a... 322 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,380 I don't have my fishing license on me, but there's my ID. 323 00:17:36,380 --> 00:17:38,050 Okay, what about them two? 324 00:17:38,820 --> 00:17:40,050 [James] Okay. 325 00:17:40,060 --> 00:17:41,950 Yes, sir. You got your license handy? 326 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:43,190 - Absolutely. - All right. 327 00:17:47,360 --> 00:17:48,390 Yeah. 328 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:50,960 [James] Y'all had any luck? 329 00:17:50,970 --> 00:17:53,170 [man in distance speaking] No... 330 00:17:53,170 --> 00:17:56,900 The, uh... The other fella? He have his? 331 00:17:56,910 --> 00:17:58,100 [James] But I'm seeing him fishing. 332 00:18:01,110 --> 00:18:04,180 Slow it down! Stop! 333 00:18:04,180 --> 00:18:06,510 - All right. We're going to talk to them real quick. - [Angel] Yeah. 334 00:18:09,220 --> 00:18:11,420 [siren wails] 335 00:18:11,750 --> 00:18:13,350 Turn it off! 336 00:18:13,350 --> 00:18:16,190 - He's not wearing a kill switch either. - Okay. 337 00:18:17,230 --> 00:18:19,230 [Josh] Hi guys, state game warden. 338 00:18:19,230 --> 00:18:20,790 [man] Are we not past the buoys? 339 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,930 [Angel] No. Y'all are going straight through them. 340 00:18:22,930 --> 00:18:24,960 - [man] Thought we were past it. - [woman] Ugh. 341 00:18:24,970 --> 00:18:27,600 Go ahead and hold that deal up for me real quick. The kill switch. Yup. 342 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,970 Yeah, it was not connected to your wrist. You know what that's for, right? 343 00:18:29,970 --> 00:18:32,670 [man] Uh, yes. If I fall off, it automatically kills it. 344 00:18:32,670 --> 00:18:35,580 Correct, so if you would've fell off and you're going through the cut right there 345 00:18:35,580 --> 00:18:36,980 at full speed, that thing would've just kept going. 346 00:18:36,980 --> 00:18:38,980 The buoys. This is the cut. 347 00:18:38,980 --> 00:18:40,580 So basically, it starts on that side at that buoy, 348 00:18:40,750 --> 00:18:42,280 ends at this buoy right there. 349 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:43,420 You went just through the cut. 350 00:18:43,420 --> 00:18:44,580 [man speaking] 351 00:18:44,690 --> 00:18:45,950 [Josh] Okay. 352 00:18:46,750 --> 00:18:48,490 Have you had anything to drink today? 353 00:18:48,490 --> 00:18:50,060 - Yes, I have. - Okay, what did you have? 354 00:18:50,060 --> 00:18:53,990 Uh, I had a few beers back at the, uh... Where our buddy's boat is docked. 355 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,860 - What time was that? - Uh... I believe we got out there around 2:00. 356 00:18:57,870 --> 00:19:00,270 - Okay, perfect. Do you know your A-B-C's? - Yeah. 357 00:19:00,270 --> 00:19:03,440 Okay. Can you say 'em from C to V without singing 'em for me? 358 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,370 C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J 359 00:19:06,370 --> 00:19:09,780 K-L-M-N-O-K-L-M-N-O 360 00:19:09,780 --> 00:19:12,280 P-Q-R-S-T-U-V 361 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,980 - T-U-V-X-R-X-Y-Z. - [Josh] Okay. 362 00:19:16,990 --> 00:19:19,950 - Can you go and hop on my boat right quick? - Yeah. 363 00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:27,790 [Josh] All right. Let me give you a few instructions real quick. 364 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,090 Follow with your eyes, your eyes only, 365 00:19:29,100 --> 00:19:31,030 go ahead, put your hands down to your side, there you go. 366 00:19:31,030 --> 00:19:34,000 - Do not move your head, you understand? - Mmm-hmm. 367 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,370 [Josh] So a lot of these people don't realize that these aren't like cars. 368 00:19:36,370 --> 00:19:38,340 They don't have brakes, you can't just stop. 369 00:19:38,340 --> 00:19:41,770 Whenever they get going, um, it takes quite a bit of time 370 00:19:41,780 --> 00:19:43,110 for these to actually slow down. 371 00:19:43,110 --> 00:19:45,950 We have a lot of boats going in and out of these, uh, cuts. 372 00:19:45,950 --> 00:19:48,980 If they're intoxicated, they're gonna be slower to react 373 00:19:48,980 --> 00:19:50,450 when another boat comes around the corner. 374 00:19:50,450 --> 00:19:52,920 Just this past weekend we had two drownings. 375 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,690 So that's one of the biggest reasons we're out here, to make sure people are safe, 376 00:19:55,690 --> 00:19:58,890 sober, and can operate their vessels in a safe manner. 377 00:19:58,890 --> 00:20:03,130 On a scale of 1 to 10, with you being the drunkest you've ever been being a 10, 378 00:20:03,130 --> 00:20:04,300 where do you think you're at right now? 379 00:20:04,300 --> 00:20:07,300 - About a 4. - About a 4? Okay. 380 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:09,370 - Would you blow on a PBT for me? - Yeah. 381 00:20:09,370 --> 00:20:10,540 Okay. 382 00:20:14,740 --> 00:20:16,740 - You ever blown one of these before? - I have not. 383 00:20:16,740 --> 00:20:19,180 Okay, so it's like you're blowing up a balloon, so whenever I say, "Go," 384 00:20:19,180 --> 00:20:20,250 just blow like you're blowing a balloon. 385 00:20:20,250 --> 00:20:21,180 Go ahead. 386 00:20:21,180 --> 00:20:23,020 - [device beeping] - Blow, blow, blow harder. 387 00:20:23,020 --> 00:20:26,590 Harder, harder, harder, harder, harder. Okay. 388 00:20:33,330 --> 00:20:36,760 Okay. Do you know what the legal limit in Texas is to operate a motor vehicle? 389 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:38,970 - 0.08. - 0.08. Okay. 390 00:20:38,970 --> 00:20:41,900 - Do you see what that says? - Uh... Yeah. 391 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:44,940 1.346. Those tests were kinda indicative of that. 392 00:20:44,940 --> 00:20:46,870 Um, so right now you're gonna be placed under arrest 393 00:20:46,870 --> 00:20:49,010 for boating while intoxicated, okay? 394 00:20:49,010 --> 00:20:51,140 Boating while intoxicated is a pretty big deal. 395 00:20:51,150 --> 00:20:53,780 Because we have a lot of drownings, we have a lot of boat accidents. 396 00:20:53,780 --> 00:20:57,080 Our biggest thing is getting everybody back safe, okay? 397 00:20:57,090 --> 00:20:59,050 You feel like you're fine to drive a vehicle, like on the road? 398 00:20:59,050 --> 00:20:59,490 - Yeah. - Okay. 399 00:20:59,490 --> 00:21:00,990 Not a jet ski. 400 00:21:00,990 --> 00:21:03,090 - Not a jet... You don't know to drive a jet ski? - No, I don't know how... 401 00:21:03,090 --> 00:21:06,860 - to drive a jet ski. - Okay, we're not gonna put you in that position then. 402 00:21:06,860 --> 00:21:09,760 Hey, you said your wallet's on that boat? 403 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,560 Is your friend the captain? Okay. 404 00:21:13,170 --> 00:21:15,270 Hey, guys. State game warden. 405 00:21:15,270 --> 00:21:17,240 - Captain, can you come right out here real quick? - Sure. 406 00:21:19,070 --> 00:21:20,170 All right. Are you good to drive the boat? 407 00:21:20,170 --> 00:21:21,270 - Are you sober? - Yeah. 408 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,210 Okay. So we got one person drive the boat, 409 00:21:23,210 --> 00:21:24,780 and now we need someone else to drive the jet ski. 410 00:21:24,780 --> 00:21:27,310 Is there anyone else on the boat that hasn't drank? 411 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,520 We're not looking to hem anyone up over here. 412 00:21:29,580 --> 00:21:31,220 -We drank a little. I don't know what... -Okay. 413 00:21:31,220 --> 00:21:33,820 That's fine. I have a PBT, so if you feel like you're comfortable 414 00:21:33,820 --> 00:21:35,550 to drive a car, let me know. 415 00:21:36,290 --> 00:21:37,660 [friend speaking] This man... 416 00:21:37,660 --> 00:21:39,960 So everybody's saying this guy. 417 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,060 I'm trying to release this to y'all so that way we don't have to call a tow company. 418 00:21:43,060 --> 00:21:47,070 All right, go blow. Blow, blow, blow, blow. There you go. Thank you. 419 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,700 0.26. 420 00:21:50,710 --> 00:21:53,110 Okay. Ma'am. We're gonna go ahead and get her on your boat. 421 00:21:53,110 --> 00:21:54,140 - Okay. - And then, I'm gonna have you 422 00:21:54,140 --> 00:21:55,610 - step on our boat. - Okay. 423 00:21:57,380 --> 00:21:59,310 You go ahead, hop on the jet ski. 424 00:21:59,780 --> 00:22:01,810 [man speaking] 425 00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:03,920 If you want your phone we can take it. 426 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,950 What's your number? So he can call you. 427 00:22:08,620 --> 00:22:10,290 [Josh] Hey. 428 00:22:10,290 --> 00:22:12,460 Take a seat for me real quick. I'm gonna let him get your phone. 429 00:22:12,460 --> 00:22:13,790 [man] Why are you laughing? [bleep] 430 00:22:13,790 --> 00:22:15,830 -I'm gonna have you... No, no. Hey. -I'm sorry, I'm still... 431 00:22:15,830 --> 00:22:18,000 Take a seat for me. Just take a seat. 432 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,200 [man] Don't make it worse. 433 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,030 Hey, I'm gonna have you take this lifejacket off, 434 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:22,200 that way we can give it back to them, okay? 435 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,640 Go ahead... Hey, go ahead and stand right here for me. 436 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:27,770 Hey, go ahead, and stand up right here for me. The other life-- 437 00:22:27,780 --> 00:22:29,780 - You told me to sit down. - Okay, I'm telling you to get up, 438 00:22:29,780 --> 00:22:31,210 'cause I have to get you another life jacket. 439 00:22:31,210 --> 00:22:33,050 So stand right there for me, okay? 440 00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:36,120 Put that one on for me. 441 00:22:37,290 --> 00:22:40,450 [man] You know how not noticeable that second buoy was. 442 00:22:40,460 --> 00:22:42,560 You can clearly see the first one, I passed-- 443 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,590 [woman speaking] 444 00:22:48,330 --> 00:22:50,060 - Well, we're looking for your phone. Do you want it or not? - No. 445 00:22:50,060 --> 00:22:51,900 [woman speaking] 446 00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:54,830 I'd rather you have that, so you have the phone numbers you need out of it, okay? 447 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,200 - [friend] He heard you, five times. - [woman] Okay, okay. 448 00:22:57,770 --> 00:22:58,970 - [Angel] Okay. - This is it. 449 00:22:58,970 --> 00:23:00,870 - We're gonna keep you up here for now. - Why? 450 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,140 - [woman] You don't... - Because you can't have it with you. 451 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:05,280 - I said that! - [Angel] Please sit down. 452 00:23:12,590 --> 00:23:14,920 - I'm not doing anything illegal with that phone! - Okay, I... 453 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:16,960 - Why can't I hold my property? - I cannot let you have your property right now. 454 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,230 - Stay in your seat and sit down. Okay. - [friend] For what reason? 455 00:23:19,230 --> 00:23:21,960 You want me to drive, Bulger? You want me to drive? 456 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:23,460 - No, I'm good. - [Angel] Okay. 457 00:23:24,130 --> 00:23:25,330 All right. 458 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:30,170 [woman speaking] 459 00:23:32,570 --> 00:23:35,670 [bleep] joke. Absolute [bleep] joke. 460 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,880 [Josh] We do take it very serious, the intoxication stuff out here. 461 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,980 The biggest thing, though, is we're making sure they're sober 462 00:23:41,980 --> 00:23:43,620 and able to operate that jet ski safely. 463 00:23:43,620 --> 00:23:44,950 Hey, leave that tightened up. 464 00:23:44,950 --> 00:23:48,150 Leave that bottom one tightened up. We're almost there. 465 00:23:51,790 --> 00:23:55,900 No, I'm telling you to leave it buckled. I'm not gonna tell you again. 466 00:23:55,900 --> 00:23:58,900 Boating while intoxicated is the same as driving while intoxicated in Texas. 467 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:00,430 It's a Class B misdemeanor. 468 00:24:00,430 --> 00:24:04,240 And seeing that you were driving a vehicle, you can also lose your license. 469 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,370 [Josh on radio] 2217 county will be headed to Pre-Trial. 470 00:24:06,370 --> 00:24:08,070 [dispatcher] 10-4. 471 00:24:16,750 --> 00:24:18,150 The other fella, he have his? 472 00:24:18,820 --> 00:24:20,820 But I'm seeing him fishing. 473 00:24:20,820 --> 00:24:23,990 Well, I saw him fishing, so does he have a license? 474 00:24:23,990 --> 00:24:26,530 Okay, thank you. I haven't ran you yet, so hold up. 475 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,800 Yes, sir. You have a fishing license? 476 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:34,070 Okay. Well, I saw you holding the pole several times and... 477 00:24:34,070 --> 00:24:36,540 All right. Well, can you... You have your ID on you? 478 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:38,570 Okay. 479 00:24:38,570 --> 00:24:40,940 You don't? You don't have anything on you... 480 00:24:40,940 --> 00:24:42,010 -No. - that has your picture? All right. 481 00:24:42,010 --> 00:24:43,210 Come out back with me. 482 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,310 Did you just not think that I'd show up or... 483 00:24:49,780 --> 00:24:52,220 Uh, sir, I watched you through the binoculars fishing. 484 00:24:52,220 --> 00:24:56,160 You was holding that pole, the little, uh... The little red one he's holding. 485 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,330 - You were holding it, it was in the water. - Okay. All right. 486 00:25:04,870 --> 00:25:06,370 If you would just stand right there. 487 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,270 [on radio] 2729 by name and date of birth, please. 488 00:25:11,270 --> 00:25:13,110 Give me first name, Michael. 489 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,410 [dispatcher speaking] 490 00:25:18,380 --> 00:25:19,910 10-4, thank you. 491 00:25:19,980 --> 00:25:24,850 What we typically do here is issue a citation for fishing without a license. 492 00:25:24,850 --> 00:25:27,850 Just says on this date and time, I found you with no valid fishing license. 493 00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:29,590 You just sign right there on the X. 494 00:25:29,590 --> 00:25:32,190 It's not a plea of guilt, it just says I can release you at this time. 495 00:25:32,190 --> 00:25:34,330 I'm gonna give you a copy of this, okay? 496 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,960 Can you send your brother, Richard, over here for a second? 497 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:42,900 He clearly had a pole. 498 00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:44,940 He held that pole for the 10 minutes we sat there. 499 00:25:44,940 --> 00:25:47,010 He was actively fishing. 500 00:25:47,010 --> 00:25:49,810 And as soon as I made contact, he said, "No, I wasn't fishing." 501 00:25:49,810 --> 00:25:51,940 And so I had to establish my own stuff. 502 00:25:52,850 --> 00:25:55,280 Hey, this is James, 6305. How you doing? 503 00:25:55,780 --> 00:25:57,620 [woman speaking] 504 00:25:57,850 --> 00:26:01,990 I'm good. I just sent photo ID of a Oklahoma ID, that I can't find a fishing license on. 505 00:26:01,990 --> 00:26:05,560 Can you run and verify if they have a Texas fishing license or not? 506 00:26:11,330 --> 00:26:13,100 Hey, Rich, man, do you have a Texas fishing license? 507 00:26:13,100 --> 00:26:15,430 [Richard speaking] 508 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,240 Okay. You have to have a Texas fishing license to fish in Texas. 509 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:20,970 Okay. 510 00:26:20,980 --> 00:26:23,340 All right. You know, if I go to Oklahoma I have to buy a fishing license there, so... 511 00:26:23,340 --> 00:26:26,810 Uh, I'm gonna issue you a citation for fishing, 512 00:26:26,810 --> 00:26:28,850 you know, without a valid license, 'cause, you know, you're saying-- 513 00:26:28,850 --> 00:26:30,120 [Richard] Can I get... 514 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,020 Yeah, but you have to go buy it. You have to go get it. 515 00:26:38,030 --> 00:26:40,830 No. Like I said, if I go to Oklahoma, I have to buy a license. 516 00:26:40,830 --> 00:26:42,260 If I go to Alaska, I have to buy a license. 517 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,730 Yeah. I'm just saying... 518 00:26:45,730 --> 00:26:47,030 I mean, you see what I'm saying? 519 00:26:47,900 --> 00:26:50,700 Doesn't it all come from the sky? 520 00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:52,970 I may have been born at night, but it wasn't last night. 521 00:27:00,050 --> 00:27:00,980 [Richard] So I can't fish anymore? 522 00:27:00,980 --> 00:27:02,050 [James] No. 523 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:05,650 Is this a Texas ID? 524 00:27:05,650 --> 00:27:07,750 [James] Anytime you catch somebody being deceptive, 525 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:09,860 they start trying to hedge everything or lessen his burden, 526 00:27:09,860 --> 00:27:11,260 and that's what he was doing. 527 00:27:11,260 --> 00:27:15,490 This Texas license is for the Texas resource so it does matter. 528 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,500 'Cause you and your brother aren't free to fish... 529 00:27:19,270 --> 00:27:21,830 If you don't have a license, okay? 530 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,100 Unless you... You can go online, you can order one there. 531 00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:27,270 It just says on this date and time, I found on you, 532 00:27:27,270 --> 00:27:29,010 you had no valid Texas fishing license. 533 00:27:29,010 --> 00:27:31,080 Sign right there on the X, it's not a plea of guilt 534 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,150 - just says I can release you at this time. - All right, man. 535 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:36,050 Uh, ticket? $25 to $500 plus court costs. 536 00:27:36,050 --> 00:27:38,280 - Yeah, the judge sets that. - All right. 537 00:27:38,290 --> 00:27:40,120 So I'm gonna give you a copy right here. 538 00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:42,320 All right. Be safe. 539 00:27:47,030 --> 00:27:48,860 I may have been born at night, but it wasn't last night. 540 00:27:48,860 --> 00:27:51,900 And so that contact, that's exactly why 541 00:27:51,900 --> 00:27:53,800 I established who was fishing before I made contact. 542 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:54,830 I can't always. 543 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,170 Sometimes I come around and they see me first, 544 00:27:57,170 --> 00:28:00,610 but always try to establish who's fishing before I make that contact. 545 00:28:15,890 --> 00:28:17,160 How them babies? 546 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:19,260 My name's Trey Kram. 547 00:28:19,260 --> 00:28:21,860 I'm a game warden with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 548 00:28:21,860 --> 00:28:24,300 and I'm stationed in DeWitt County. 549 00:28:24,300 --> 00:28:27,300 These two just were born yesterday morning. 550 00:28:27,970 --> 00:28:29,500 Here we go. There's one. 551 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:31,240 [squealing] 552 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:32,600 - I know. - [squealing] 553 00:28:32,610 --> 00:28:34,910 I know. Mama's gonna come with y'all. 554 00:28:34,910 --> 00:28:36,580 This one is George. 555 00:28:36,580 --> 00:28:38,310 And this one is gonna be Max. 556 00:28:38,310 --> 00:28:40,610 And then we've got Kevin in the house. 557 00:28:40,610 --> 00:28:42,210 All the little Minion names. 558 00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:44,020 That's what I feel like while we got these guys running around. 559 00:28:44,020 --> 00:28:45,620 - [squealing] - Come on. [clicks tongue] 560 00:28:45,620 --> 00:28:48,950 Let's go, Papi. Come on. [clicks tongue] 561 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:01,870 I've been in this district now for, I guess around five years. 562 00:29:01,870 --> 00:29:04,040 The oyster industry is pretty big here at Seadrift. 563 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,000 A lot of commercial oyster fishermen. 564 00:29:06,010 --> 00:29:09,880 Oysters are critical as far as filter species. 565 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,110 Keep our bays clean and also to provide habitat 566 00:29:12,110 --> 00:29:14,010 for other species of game fish. 567 00:29:14,010 --> 00:29:15,750 We want there to be a commercial industry, 568 00:29:15,750 --> 00:29:19,180 but if we let folks fish for this stuff unchecked, 569 00:29:19,190 --> 00:29:22,820 eventually we're gonna get to a point where it's not sustainable. 570 00:29:22,820 --> 00:29:24,690 It's kind of a windy day right now. 571 00:29:24,690 --> 00:29:27,860 So sometimes whenever we got these tough conditions, 572 00:29:27,860 --> 00:29:31,100 the guys will get into a rush to get their catch in. 573 00:29:31,100 --> 00:29:33,100 We're gonna make sure that they weren't rushing too much. 574 00:29:33,100 --> 00:29:35,530 They don't have any undersized cargo on board. 575 00:29:43,380 --> 00:29:45,210 How many sacks you guys end up with? 576 00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:46,550 [Trey] 30? 577 00:29:46,550 --> 00:29:48,950 Made a full day's worth of it, huh? 578 00:29:48,950 --> 00:29:50,520 You guys got y'all's licenses with ya? 579 00:29:54,260 --> 00:29:55,450 [Trey] Thank you. 580 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:58,490 Thank you, sir. 581 00:29:59,660 --> 00:30:01,830 Looks good, man. 582 00:30:01,830 --> 00:30:05,900 Everything seems legit as far as their licensing goes. Everybody's got a license. 583 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:08,970 The main thing that we're looking for is undersized oyster cargo. 584 00:30:08,970 --> 00:30:12,070 Anything that's bigger than three-quarters of an inch but less than three inches 585 00:30:12,070 --> 00:30:14,170 is considered an undersized oyster. 586 00:30:18,780 --> 00:30:21,980 You got some small ones mixed in here on some of these guys. 587 00:30:27,020 --> 00:30:29,820 'Cause I didn't look through the whole sack, but I'm just saying, I see a few in there, 588 00:30:29,820 --> 00:30:33,760 so I'm gonna... I'm gonna count it and we'll double-check on it. 589 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,200 I did see some undersized oyster that were stuck to the larger oyster. 590 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,600 It's their responsibility to knock those undersized oysters off. 591 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:43,000 Hopefully, keeping them alive and returning them to the reef 592 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,270 so that they can continue to grow and get bigger for next year. 593 00:30:53,380 --> 00:30:54,510 Take it from that side. 594 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:10,360 Hey, captain. 595 00:31:10,870 --> 00:31:13,570 Y'all know what you're allowed to be undersized on board? 596 00:31:14,030 --> 00:31:15,170 Yeah, 5%. 597 00:31:15,170 --> 00:31:18,000 So, I mean, you got 517. 598 00:31:18,010 --> 00:31:19,970 80 of them were undersized, 599 00:31:19,970 --> 00:31:23,180 so that gives us 15%. 600 00:31:23,180 --> 00:31:26,380 Y'all have 10% over what would be allowed. 601 00:31:31,820 --> 00:31:33,120 It's a beautiful day. 602 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,150 A little bit windier than yesterday. 603 00:31:37,220 --> 00:31:39,320 Plenty of people on the east side, 604 00:31:39,330 --> 00:31:42,630 but take a swing through, see if anybody's out, what they're doing. 605 00:32:02,850 --> 00:32:05,980 Go ahead and turn the diesel off. 606 00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:08,220 You didn't think you might wanna stop and see who's coming down the road? 607 00:32:08,220 --> 00:32:10,160 You scared the heck outta me. 608 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,200 I thought we were about to meet bumpers right here. 609 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,000 - What have you been doing? - [man speaks] 610 00:32:22,270 --> 00:32:23,370 Your tags are out. 611 00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:25,300 Well, that's the same thing. 612 00:32:25,370 --> 00:32:27,010 You got anything in the vehicle you mind me looking at? 613 00:32:27,010 --> 00:32:28,970 Oh, have a look. Okay. 614 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:30,480 Are you working or what are you doing? 615 00:32:32,580 --> 00:32:34,050 All right, hang tight for me. 616 00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:39,990 [sighs] 617 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,620 2729 by Texas DO, when you're ready. 618 00:32:43,620 --> 00:32:47,360 - [dispatcher speaking] - Texas 20 [bleep]. 619 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:51,800 I don't know, I think he was on his phone, but it... 620 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,470 it scared me. [laughing] He didn't see me. That's the thing, I... 621 00:32:55,470 --> 00:32:58,270 - [indistinct radio chatter] - I had to shut it down before he got to me. 622 00:33:00,140 --> 00:33:02,570 10-4, thank you. 623 00:33:02,580 --> 00:33:06,140 I'm gonna just warn him for his tags and then just talk to him about his driving. 624 00:33:09,850 --> 00:33:11,680 - You scared the heck outta me. - I'm sorry. 625 00:33:11,690 --> 00:33:13,490 There's your tire marks, I got my tire marks. 626 00:33:14,590 --> 00:33:16,620 I'm gonna let the traffic thing go, okay? 627 00:33:16,620 --> 00:33:18,220 Sign right there on the X, 628 00:33:18,220 --> 00:33:19,890 it just says I'm warning you for failure to display valid registration. 629 00:33:19,890 --> 00:33:21,530 It's not a plea of guilt, just says I'm warning you. 630 00:33:21,530 --> 00:33:23,130 Please drive through here slower. 631 00:33:23,130 --> 00:33:26,160 I clearly have the right of way through here. 632 00:33:26,170 --> 00:33:28,230 Hey, man. Go have your lunch, just be careful. All right? 633 00:33:28,770 --> 00:33:30,170 Have a good day. 634 00:33:30,870 --> 00:33:34,270 And there's my mark, and I... I saw him way before he saw me. 635 00:33:34,270 --> 00:33:36,640 If there was a stop sign here, that would have been a different story, 636 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,680 but there's no actual traffic control here. 637 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,980 Now, this is my right of way through here, 'cause it's straight through, 638 00:33:41,980 --> 00:33:43,520 and he was joining it, so he should have deferred. 639 00:33:54,290 --> 00:33:57,300 [Trey] Y'all have 10% over what would be allowed. 640 00:33:57,300 --> 00:33:59,500 To be undersized on board. 641 00:34:03,740 --> 00:34:05,400 I get it. 642 00:34:05,740 --> 00:34:08,770 The reason that we give them that 5% grace period is there's gonna be some times 643 00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:13,110 whenever you may just miss an undersized oyster that's... that's on one of the big ones. 644 00:34:14,750 --> 00:34:18,250 That being said, we want them to be looking at these oysters as hard as we do 645 00:34:18,250 --> 00:34:20,020 whenever we do our inspection. 646 00:34:20,020 --> 00:34:23,720 You gotta understand, I... I hold everybody to the same... same standard. 647 00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:26,990 If... if I expect everyone else to see it, then I gotta expect you guys to see it. 648 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:30,100 - I've been out there, man. - Okay, okay. 649 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:32,730 I've been right there with you guys. I watch you guys work all the time. 650 00:34:32,730 --> 00:34:37,500 It take us from 7:00 to 1:00. Six hours. To make 30 sacks. 651 00:34:37,500 --> 00:34:39,340 - Yeah? But here... - It was fine. 652 00:34:39,340 --> 00:34:43,140 Here's... here's the thing. I get it. I'm not telling you that it's easy, 653 00:34:43,140 --> 00:34:47,150 but I mean, most of the other boats we check are not having issues this year. 654 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,760 You guys get to be out there 'til 3:30. You had two and a half hours 655 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,890 that you coulda stayed out there and cleaned it off better, 656 00:35:00,890 --> 00:35:02,660 and you wouldn't have had this issue. 657 00:35:02,660 --> 00:35:04,600 Take that little bit of extra time to get it done, 658 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,900 and then you're not gonna lose your oyster cargo. 659 00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:09,700 Every one on... on this table is undersized. 660 00:35:09,700 --> 00:35:12,600 Now, it is gonna be a citation for, uh, everybody on board 661 00:35:12,610 --> 00:35:14,610 for possession of the undersized oyster cargo. 662 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,750 Listen, I... I... I'm not here to... to answer how to do it. 663 00:35:24,750 --> 00:35:27,590 I just got to tell you that you gotta do it, all right? Okay. 664 00:35:27,590 --> 00:35:29,960 Y'all have, uh, those IDs with y'all? 665 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:31,160 Okay. 666 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:34,790 Us enforcing the small oyster regulations 667 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:38,130 ensures that we're gonna have this resource in years to come. 668 00:35:38,130 --> 00:35:41,030 If they're still alive, it's really important for us to make sure 669 00:35:41,030 --> 00:35:42,830 that our undersized oysters are being put back, 670 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:46,070 because those are gonna create the... the oyster reef next year. 671 00:35:46,070 --> 00:35:50,940 This is 8107. Can I get you to check three individuals for priors, 672 00:35:50,940 --> 00:35:53,080 specifically oyster violations? 673 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:54,510 I've got DL numbers on 'em all. 674 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:56,580 -[dispatcher] Okay, stand by. -[Trey] Thank you, sir. 675 00:35:57,950 --> 00:36:01,590 All 30 of the sacks that they caught today are gonna have to go be, uh, 676 00:36:01,590 --> 00:36:03,660 brought back out to the reef that they were caught on. 677 00:36:03,660 --> 00:36:06,630 We've gotta hold everybody to the same standard, and it is important for us 678 00:36:06,630 --> 00:36:08,560 to make sure that we're protecting this resource. 679 00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:18,070 Both of those citations were for undersized? 680 00:36:22,310 --> 00:36:26,780 Can you go ahead and e-mail me, um, both undersized oyster cases? 681 00:36:26,780 --> 00:36:27,750 Okay. 682 00:36:27,750 --> 00:36:30,620 If he does have two prior convictions, 683 00:36:30,620 --> 00:36:34,190 but then your third violation is actually a misdemeanor B. 684 00:36:34,190 --> 00:36:38,720 It enhances, um, so it won't be handled by a citation at that point. 685 00:36:38,730 --> 00:36:41,460 It will be, uh, handled by an arrest. 686 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:54,610 If he does have two prior convictions, but then your third violation, 687 00:36:54,610 --> 00:36:59,440 it won't be handled by a citation at that point. It will be handled by an arrest. 688 00:37:01,010 --> 00:37:03,580 These other two guys, doesn't sound like they've got any priors, 689 00:37:03,580 --> 00:37:05,820 so theirs will just be citations. 690 00:37:05,820 --> 00:37:08,950 Last couple years, we've had quite a few closures in the area. 691 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,860 Areas that have been open have been hit pretty hard. 692 00:37:11,860 --> 00:37:13,730 They're relying on this resource for their income, 693 00:37:13,730 --> 00:37:15,830 so we want there to be a resource 694 00:37:15,830 --> 00:37:17,630 for them to continue to harvest moving forward. 695 00:37:17,630 --> 00:37:21,170 Captain, you're gonna have the one citation for possession of undersized oyster cargo. 696 00:37:21,170 --> 00:37:24,570 You're at 15.4%. This is how we got to that percentage. 697 00:37:29,980 --> 00:37:32,240 You guys are 10% over what's allowed, man. 698 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,750 I... it's not gonna be a warning on that, okay? 699 00:37:34,750 --> 00:37:36,510 Uh, Juan? 700 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,950 I'm sure you heard that conversation, but everybody's gonna be issued the citation 701 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:43,790 for undersized cargo today, okay? 702 00:37:43,790 --> 00:37:45,520 Would you sign where that red X is, not a plea of guilt, 703 00:37:45,530 --> 00:37:47,390 just stating you're gonna talk to the judge. 704 00:37:47,390 --> 00:37:51,700 This is the third undersized oyster violation for the guy in the gray and white stripes. 705 00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:54,000 Mr. [bleep] 706 00:37:59,270 --> 00:38:03,380 So how many, uh, citations have you had prior for undersized cargo? 707 00:38:04,110 --> 00:38:06,750 Tres? Tres. 708 00:38:06,750 --> 00:38:12,120 Here's the deal. After you've been convicted twice of undersized cargo, 709 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:16,790 it... it bumps up from a class C misdemeanor to a class B. 710 00:38:16,790 --> 00:38:18,820 Mr. [bleep], you're gonna be placed under arrest 711 00:38:18,830 --> 00:38:21,060 for possession of undersized cargo. 712 00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:25,900 Come over here to this truck, and if you'll just put your hands right here. 713 00:38:25,900 --> 00:38:27,400 Do you have any, uh, armas? 714 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:31,040 No? Need anything off the boat? Phone or anything like that? 715 00:38:36,010 --> 00:38:38,180 Stand back here for me. 716 00:38:38,180 --> 00:38:42,080 Hey, Captain? You understand that as undersized oyster cargo that, uh, 717 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:44,880 you guys can't sell it. Everything's gotta go back on the boat, 718 00:38:44,890 --> 00:38:49,120 and everything's gotta be put back on the reef today. Okay? 719 00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:55,090 All right. I definitely understand that he's trying to make a living out here. 720 00:38:55,100 --> 00:38:58,300 I'm out here to protect the resource. But as long as we can have these guys 721 00:38:58,300 --> 00:39:00,970 put these small oysters back, we're gonna have more oysters next year. 722 00:39:00,970 --> 00:39:03,270 Our reefs are gonna stay healthy. 723 00:39:03,270 --> 00:39:07,270 Uh, basically the ecosystem is... is gonna continue to function as it needs to. 724 00:39:07,270 --> 00:39:09,940 Just watch your head coming through here. 725 00:39:09,940 --> 00:39:11,480 All the way down. There you go. 726 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,410 Take care. 727 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:22,250 - [Stacey] You ready? - [James] No, but it's happening. 728 00:39:22,260 --> 00:39:26,060 Oh, my God. Are you gonna cry like me? 729 00:39:26,060 --> 00:39:28,160 -I've cried plenty. I'm trying not to. -[laughing] 730 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:30,800 You know, everybody thinks I'm as hard as a coffin, man, I'm trying to keep that going. 731 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,300 - It's... it's not easy. - [both laughing] 732 00:39:32,300 --> 00:39:33,970 I need to set up a web series about how to raise girls. 733 00:39:33,970 --> 00:39:36,400 - [both laughing] - I'll see you. 734 00:39:40,140 --> 00:39:43,040 I'm a single dad of four daughters and, uh, the oldest is Victoria, 735 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:48,150 and she's graduating today. Thinking about everything we've done in 18 years, and 736 00:39:49,150 --> 00:39:50,950 they don't get it. Like, oh, I'll be back, I'll visit, 737 00:39:50,950 --> 00:39:52,650 and I'll this, but they don't understand, 738 00:39:52,650 --> 00:39:54,650 your two planets are never gonna circle the same again. 739 00:39:54,650 --> 00:39:56,550 I'm never gonna go in and get her ready for school. 740 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,660 I'm never gonna go in and kiss her goodnight and talk to her about her day. 741 00:39:58,660 --> 00:40:02,290 It's a weird feeling to know this is a junction in life, 742 00:40:02,300 --> 00:40:05,130 the train tracks go this way, they're never gonna merge back. 743 00:40:25,790 --> 00:40:29,550 - Victoria! Victoria! Whoo! - Whoo! 744 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:32,960 -[woman over PA] Victoria Cummings. -[applause] 745 00:40:34,390 --> 00:40:37,960 [woman over PA] Let's give the class of 2021 one more round of applause. 746 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:39,560 [applause] 747 00:40:39,570 --> 00:40:42,130 [James] I'll always be proud of Victoria. 748 00:40:42,140 --> 00:40:43,900 Looking forward to see what she can do in this world. 749 00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:46,040 [Victoria] My dad supported me a lot. 750 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:47,970 Making all the football games every single year. 751 00:40:47,970 --> 00:40:50,210 This is my co-worker Amanda and... and Malina. 752 00:40:50,210 --> 00:40:51,480 - Hi, how you doing? - Nice to meet you. 753 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,240 Every little thing I did, he was there. 754 00:40:53,250 --> 00:40:56,210 And so it's just nice to have him here as I finish high school. 755 00:40:56,620 --> 00:40:58,650 Smile right, Myra. 756 00:40:58,650 --> 00:41:02,050 Thousands and thousands of kids do it every year, but this one was mine, 757 00:41:02,060 --> 00:41:04,460 and so it meant something. You know, the training wheels are off, 758 00:41:04,460 --> 00:41:06,320 and it... it's time to get out there, 759 00:41:06,330 --> 00:41:10,090 and it's just gonna be different, and I'm wondering what that's gonna be like. 759 00:41:11,305 --> 00:42:11,307 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm