"Lone Star Law" Crash Course

1 00:00:10,077 --> 00:00:11,342 I'll be able to get to him. 2 00:00:11,345 --> 00:00:15,679 Narrator: Coming up on "lone star law"... 3 00:00:15,682 --> 00:00:18,015 Woman: But he was just shooting, and it would have killed 4 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:19,750 my fiancé had he been in the car. 5 00:00:19,753 --> 00:00:21,018 Somebody would have been sitting in this seat, 6 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:22,687 it would have definitely been a fatality. 7 00:00:22,690 --> 00:00:24,088 It actually was in his neck. 8 00:00:24,091 --> 00:00:25,490 - Oh, wow. - Wrapped around. 9 00:00:25,493 --> 00:00:27,158 Provaznik: Yeah, he is not happy. 10 00:00:27,161 --> 00:00:28,559 You can either tell me where it is, 11 00:00:28,562 --> 00:00:30,828 or I go into the car, and I find it. 12 00:00:30,831 --> 00:00:32,363 That's how I play today. 13 00:00:32,366 --> 00:00:34,165 So, we're gonna wreck a boat? 14 00:00:36,236 --> 00:00:39,636 There you go! Oh! 15 00:00:39,639 --> 00:00:41,038 [ Guitar strums country tune ] 16 00:00:41,041 --> 00:00:42,440 [ Piercing bird cry ] 17 00:00:48,448 --> 00:00:49,780 [ Rattling ] 18 00:00:52,119 --> 00:00:53,517 [ Whip cracks ] 19 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:54,585 [ Horse neighs ] 20 00:00:54,588 --> 00:00:56,054 [ Gunshot ] 21 00:01:03,130 --> 00:01:04,528 Man: A Texas game warden's job is 22 00:01:04,531 --> 00:01:06,864 to protect wild animals and wild places, 23 00:01:06,867 --> 00:01:08,066 keep the public safe 24 00:01:08,069 --> 00:01:10,601 and every now and again, put a bad guy in jail. 25 00:01:10,604 --> 00:01:11,935 [ Gunshot ] 26 00:01:11,938 --> 00:01:14,872 Captions by vitac... www.Vitac.Com 27 00:01:14,875 --> 00:01:17,975 captions paid for by discovery communications 28 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:25,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 29 00:01:32,159 --> 00:01:35,026 Aw, qui. 30 00:01:35,029 --> 00:01:36,561 My man. 31 00:01:36,564 --> 00:01:38,429 He's our local crabber. 32 00:01:38,432 --> 00:01:40,264 Go talk to him real quick. 33 00:01:42,169 --> 00:01:43,767 Qui! 34 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:45,569 Long time, no see. 35 00:01:45,572 --> 00:01:47,771 How ya doing? 36 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:49,439 I thought you went back to Vietnam. 37 00:01:49,442 --> 00:01:51,909 How was vacation? 38 00:01:51,912 --> 00:01:56,781 Has it been that long? Wow. Any luck? 39 00:01:56,784 --> 00:01:59,183 Yeah. - A few? 40 00:01:59,186 --> 00:02:02,586 Let me look at your crabs real quick. 41 00:02:02,589 --> 00:02:04,589 Yeah, those are good-sized ones. I like 'em. 42 00:02:04,592 --> 00:02:08,258 Right on. Well, I'll let you get to it. 43 00:02:08,261 --> 00:02:10,260 All right. Thanks, qui! 44 00:02:10,263 --> 00:02:12,730 Yeah! Good to see you, too! 45 00:02:18,472 --> 00:02:21,405 [ Cellphone ringing ] 46 00:02:21,408 --> 00:02:23,040 Hey, Brett. What's up? 47 00:02:33,687 --> 00:02:35,620 Give me a few minutes. I'll swing by your house. 48 00:02:37,691 --> 00:02:41,158 Yeah, no problem. 49 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:42,760 I don't know where this alligator came from 50 00:02:42,763 --> 00:02:45,296 or what he was doing, but I want to go and pick him up 51 00:02:45,299 --> 00:02:49,367 and hopefully relocated him to a nice, suitable habitat. 52 00:02:49,370 --> 00:02:52,003 Whoo, there's a hole there. 53 00:02:55,175 --> 00:02:56,573 But actually, it was in his neck. 54 00:02:56,576 --> 00:02:57,708 - Oh, wow. - It was wrapped around. 55 00:02:57,711 --> 00:02:58,842 You can see where he was trying to bite at it 56 00:02:58,845 --> 00:03:00,244 to try to get it out. 57 00:03:00,247 --> 00:03:02,046 So he was okay. It was never inside of him. 58 00:03:02,049 --> 00:03:03,981 - Sweet. - He's a little feisty. 59 00:03:03,984 --> 00:03:06,651 I hear that. 60 00:03:06,654 --> 00:03:09,320 [ Alligator hissing ] 61 00:03:09,323 --> 00:03:11,055 Yeah, he is not happy. 62 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:15,525 Do some rearranging. 63 00:03:23,938 --> 00:03:26,204 Yeah. Those are my fingers. 64 00:03:30,477 --> 00:03:31,742 Yeah, yeah. 65 00:03:31,745 --> 00:03:32,943 Be cranky all you want. 66 00:03:32,946 --> 00:03:34,745 He needs to go live somewhere happy. 67 00:03:34,748 --> 00:03:35,946 - Yeah, right. - Cool. 68 00:03:35,949 --> 00:03:36,881 Thanks a lot. - Good to meet you again. 69 00:03:36,884 --> 00:03:40,150 Okay, thanks a lot. 70 00:03:40,153 --> 00:03:42,820 [ Alligator hissing ] 71 00:03:50,831 --> 00:03:52,362 Bailey: I'm in port lavaca today. 72 00:03:52,365 --> 00:03:54,365 We have a lot of recreational fishing, 73 00:03:54,368 --> 00:03:56,433 which is extremely important. 74 00:03:56,436 --> 00:03:59,170 But I like to go and check the commercial industry, 75 00:03:59,173 --> 00:04:01,572 the commercial fishermen, the commercial shrimpers, 76 00:04:01,575 --> 00:04:05,109 just because they take so much more resource at one time 77 00:04:05,112 --> 00:04:07,911 than most recreational fishermen will. 78 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:09,380 I'm gonna pick my boss up. 79 00:04:09,383 --> 00:04:11,048 We're gonna see if we can check a few coming in 80 00:04:11,051 --> 00:04:12,717 to the docks right now. 81 00:04:14,921 --> 00:04:16,954 You ready? - Yep. 82 00:04:18,726 --> 00:04:20,191 Is that a boat coming in? 83 00:04:20,194 --> 00:04:21,858 Yeah. 84 00:04:21,861 --> 00:04:22,993 Oh, look, there's another boat. 85 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:25,863 That's one, two. 86 00:04:25,866 --> 00:04:27,931 Man, those shrimp boats will get in quick, 87 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:30,467 so we need to go locate 'em. 88 00:04:30,470 --> 00:04:31,935 Beginning September 1st, 89 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:34,004 commercial boats like oyster boats and shrimp boats, 90 00:04:34,007 --> 00:04:35,673 they all need new captains licenses, 91 00:04:35,676 --> 00:04:37,741 and they all need new boats licenses. 92 00:04:37,744 --> 00:04:40,678 It gives money to the department to help protect our resource, 93 00:04:40,681 --> 00:04:43,681 and it also shows how many boats are actively fishing, 94 00:04:43,684 --> 00:04:45,215 so that we know how much aquatic product 95 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:47,685 is being taken from these bays. 96 00:04:47,688 --> 00:04:49,353 Hi. State game warden. 97 00:04:49,356 --> 00:04:53,023 You got your license? 98 00:04:53,026 --> 00:04:55,559 I need to see your captain's license. 99 00:04:59,899 --> 00:05:03,633 You hadn't got it yet? You hadn't bought it yet? 100 00:05:03,636 --> 00:05:06,904 How many croaker you got? 101 00:05:06,907 --> 00:05:09,306 Okay, hold on. Hey! 102 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:11,508 Don't put any more in there. 103 00:05:11,511 --> 00:05:13,577 Y'all ain't got a captain's license. 104 00:05:13,580 --> 00:05:16,047 Hey! No captain's license. 105 00:05:19,586 --> 00:05:22,053 In the water. 106 00:05:22,056 --> 00:05:24,055 A shrimp boat needs a shrimp boat license 107 00:05:24,058 --> 00:05:26,790 because there's only so many licenses in Texas 108 00:05:26,793 --> 00:05:28,992 so that there's not so much aquatic product 109 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:30,260 being taken from the bays. 110 00:05:30,263 --> 00:05:31,929 And a captain's license is important, 111 00:05:31,932 --> 00:05:34,131 so someone can run the boat legally, 112 00:05:34,134 --> 00:05:36,066 and that they're qualified to do so. 113 00:05:36,069 --> 00:05:38,469 Can you run a dl for me, Texas? 114 00:05:38,472 --> 00:05:40,204 I'm looking for priors. 115 00:05:40,207 --> 00:05:41,939 Shrimp go back, too. 116 00:05:41,942 --> 00:05:43,674 Unless you're gonna cook 'em for me. 117 00:05:43,677 --> 00:05:45,275 He's got a lot, then. 118 00:05:45,278 --> 00:05:47,278 That would be why. Thank you. 119 00:05:47,281 --> 00:05:49,213 Bye. 120 00:05:49,216 --> 00:05:50,881 Ben. 121 00:05:50,884 --> 00:05:52,549 He can't get a license 'cause he's got a rap sheet 122 00:05:52,552 --> 00:05:55,152 that's, like, really long. 123 00:06:01,028 --> 00:06:03,494 Provaznik: It's really good to relocate these types of animals 124 00:06:03,497 --> 00:06:06,697 because we got to keep their population sustainable, 125 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:09,900 just as deer or ducks. 126 00:06:09,903 --> 00:06:11,368 Everybody needs protection, 127 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:13,571 even the little old cranky guys like I have in the back. 128 00:06:13,574 --> 00:06:15,973 They all need protection. 129 00:06:15,976 --> 00:06:17,441 The location I'm gonna put this alligator 130 00:06:17,444 --> 00:06:19,843 is a very alligator-friendly environment. 131 00:06:19,846 --> 00:06:22,112 It's a very large bayou where he can just go 132 00:06:22,115 --> 00:06:23,314 wherever he would like. 133 00:06:23,317 --> 00:06:24,848 Not a lot of people trying to harm him 134 00:06:24,851 --> 00:06:26,383 or to scare him, where his old home, 135 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:28,118 it seemed like somebody was trying to catch him 136 00:06:28,121 --> 00:06:30,320 and actually did get him hooked once. 137 00:06:30,323 --> 00:06:33,290 So this environment's a lot less stressful for this alligator. 138 00:06:41,735 --> 00:06:44,769 Yeah, that's my foot. 139 00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:48,072 You gonna come out? 140 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:54,945 Go be free. 141 00:06:59,553 --> 00:07:02,886 There you go, buddy. 142 00:07:02,889 --> 00:07:06,290 That wasn't so hard, was it? 143 00:07:10,230 --> 00:07:13,230 Probably a little bit of shade, some land for him to sit on 144 00:07:13,233 --> 00:07:14,498 until he finally gets his bearings 145 00:07:14,501 --> 00:07:17,067 and makes a home for himself. 146 00:07:19,306 --> 00:07:21,572 Good deed is done for the day. 147 00:07:21,575 --> 00:07:25,376 I like to release alligators or any animal back into the wild. 148 00:07:25,379 --> 00:07:28,412 So when I could see them happy released, it makes me happy. 149 00:07:31,585 --> 00:07:32,917 He can't get a license 150 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,118 'cause he owes $2,400 in civil restitution. 151 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:39,590 It's not that he forgot. They that he can't get one. 152 00:07:39,593 --> 00:07:41,925 Hey, cap! You can't buy a license. 153 00:07:41,928 --> 00:07:43,694 You owe civil restitution. 154 00:07:44,998 --> 00:07:48,299 You owe money to our department, $2,400. 155 00:07:50,471 --> 00:07:52,570 What... What do you owe money for? 156 00:07:55,542 --> 00:07:56,606 And they seized your fish? 157 00:07:56,609 --> 00:07:59,743 - Yeah. - That's what you owe money on. 158 00:07:59,746 --> 00:08:01,225 So you won't be able to buy a license. 159 00:08:05,685 --> 00:08:07,150 Call 'em. They may have a mess-up. 160 00:08:07,153 --> 00:08:09,352 They may not have taken it on the computer or something. 161 00:08:09,890 --> 00:08:13,090 But you didn't buy a license, anyway, so you're going... 162 00:08:13,093 --> 00:08:14,825 This captain doesn't have a captain's license 163 00:08:14,828 --> 00:08:17,094 because he owes our department civil restitution. 164 00:08:17,097 --> 00:08:20,231 That means he owes civilly to the state on illegal fish 165 00:08:20,234 --> 00:08:21,765 he had taken previously. 166 00:08:21,768 --> 00:08:23,968 So if he breaks the law like that, he owes money, 167 00:08:23,971 --> 00:08:25,835 then he's not gonna be able to fish. 168 00:08:25,838 --> 00:08:27,504 You want to walk with me? 169 00:08:27,507 --> 00:08:30,241 I'll write you a ticket in my truck, and then we'll be done. 170 00:08:31,578 --> 00:08:35,245 [ Sighs ] It's just one ticket. 171 00:08:35,248 --> 00:08:37,447 If I'd have seized your croaker, I could have sold 'em, 172 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:39,249 and you'd have more civil restitution. 173 00:08:39,252 --> 00:08:41,184 And they're alive, so we returned 'em. 174 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:43,186 So all you're gonna get is a ticket. 175 00:08:43,189 --> 00:08:45,322 So I cut you some slack on that, okay? 176 00:08:45,325 --> 00:08:47,324 You have any questions? - No. 177 00:08:47,327 --> 00:08:49,126 - All right, captain. - All right. Thank you. 178 00:08:49,129 --> 00:08:51,328 Yes, sir. 179 00:08:51,331 --> 00:08:52,996 It's just funny to me. 180 00:08:52,999 --> 00:08:54,798 They buy the boat licenses, 181 00:08:54,801 --> 00:08:56,666 but the captains don't buy their licenses. 182 00:08:56,669 --> 00:08:58,202 Well, that was two boats. 183 00:08:58,205 --> 00:08:59,736 Did we say two or three out there? 184 00:08:59,739 --> 00:09:01,271 We only saw two in the bay. 185 00:09:01,274 --> 00:09:03,340 The other one came in while we were dealing with this one, 186 00:09:03,343 --> 00:09:05,609 but he's probably already unloaded by now. 187 00:09:05,612 --> 00:09:07,478 That boat may actually have sold here. 188 00:09:07,481 --> 00:09:08,546 I'm gonna turn down there. 189 00:09:08,549 --> 00:09:10,281 Okay. 190 00:09:12,986 --> 00:09:14,285 Oh, look, there's another boat. 191 00:09:14,288 --> 00:09:17,220 - Coming in. - They're all coming in. 192 00:09:17,223 --> 00:09:18,689 Yeah, there's a shrimp boat right there. 193 00:09:18,692 --> 00:09:20,424 Yeah. 194 00:09:20,427 --> 00:09:22,025 Let's run down there and see if he's got his captain's license. 195 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:28,698 Aw, man. They got out of here quick, didn't they? 196 00:09:28,701 --> 00:09:30,601 - Yeah. - How much did they just offload? 197 00:09:32,639 --> 00:09:34,371 They got their limit, then. 198 00:09:34,374 --> 00:09:35,639 Who's the captain? 199 00:09:35,642 --> 00:09:36,840 - Oh, I don't know. - You don't know who he is? 200 00:09:36,843 --> 00:09:38,108 I wasn't here when the boat pulled up. 201 00:09:38,111 --> 00:09:40,176 I just got here. 202 00:09:40,179 --> 00:09:42,112 You have his license information? 203 00:09:42,115 --> 00:09:44,180 His captain's license? 204 00:09:44,183 --> 00:09:45,516 We can either assume that he's leaving 205 00:09:45,519 --> 00:09:46,983 'cause he didn't want us to check something, 206 00:09:46,986 --> 00:09:48,652 or he's leaving 'cause he's done. 207 00:09:48,655 --> 00:09:50,520 They still got their bait tanks running? 208 00:09:50,523 --> 00:09:52,590 I noticed that his bait tanks are still flowing water, 209 00:09:52,593 --> 00:09:54,324 which tells me they're still fishing. 210 00:09:54,327 --> 00:09:56,193 So he's most likely gonna be over the limit. 211 00:09:56,196 --> 00:09:59,463 I'll be right back. - Okay. 212 00:09:59,466 --> 00:10:00,997 He's probably dumping back there. 213 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,666 He probably is. 214 00:10:05,205 --> 00:10:07,270 I wonder if I can get through there somehow. 215 00:10:07,273 --> 00:10:09,339 Yeah, you can. Here, I'll drive you around. 216 00:10:09,342 --> 00:10:11,275 Nah, I'll just run through there. 217 00:10:17,884 --> 00:10:19,282 I'll be able to get to him. 218 00:10:19,285 --> 00:10:22,552 He's gonna be dumping. 219 00:10:22,555 --> 00:10:26,023 I can't get through right there. 220 00:10:26,026 --> 00:10:28,025 I can't figure out why he's backing in... 221 00:10:28,028 --> 00:10:30,760 This is like a residential area. 222 00:10:30,763 --> 00:10:34,364 [ Car beeping ] 223 00:10:58,925 --> 00:11:01,525 We were here. 224 00:11:24,685 --> 00:11:26,684 I asked for the captain's license, and he goes, 225 00:11:26,687 --> 00:11:28,552 "well, the captain's right here." 226 00:11:28,555 --> 00:11:30,421 And the guy pointed to the boat owner, 227 00:11:30,424 --> 00:11:32,222 who we just saw at a fish house 228 00:11:32,225 --> 00:11:33,824 that we wrote the other boat a ticket to, 229 00:11:33,827 --> 00:11:35,292 so we know he's lying. 230 00:11:35,295 --> 00:11:37,628 You don't got a captain's license? 231 00:11:39,833 --> 00:11:41,431 Let's dump off these. 232 00:11:41,434 --> 00:11:43,900 He doesn't have a captain's license, either. 233 00:11:43,903 --> 00:11:45,569 That's why he was coming over here. 234 00:11:45,572 --> 00:11:47,171 Meet us back around over there. 235 00:11:47,174 --> 00:11:48,572 - Okay. - At the fishing center. 236 00:11:48,575 --> 00:11:49,907 And we're gonna handle it there. 237 00:11:49,910 --> 00:11:51,174 - Okay. - Hey, boss. 238 00:11:51,177 --> 00:11:52,509 Yeah. 239 00:11:52,512 --> 00:11:54,043 You want to take my truck to the fishing center? 240 00:11:54,046 --> 00:11:55,312 I'm gonna ride with them over there. 241 00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:56,846 You're gonna ride with them? Okay. 242 00:11:56,849 --> 00:11:58,782 'Cause they's saying you sold a hundred dozen. 243 00:11:58,785 --> 00:12:02,252 When I pulled up... I'll find out. I'll find out. 244 00:12:02,255 --> 00:12:04,053 I'm just telling you what they said. 245 00:12:04,056 --> 00:12:06,190 I think what happened was, the owner of the boat 246 00:12:06,193 --> 00:12:07,591 came down here and hid, 247 00:12:07,594 --> 00:12:08,992 hoping we weren't gonna check him. 248 00:12:08,995 --> 00:12:10,527 It's kind of hard to hide a shrimp boat. 249 00:12:10,530 --> 00:12:13,063 He must have come down here to tell his captain 250 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:14,531 to watch out that we're checking them, 251 00:12:14,534 --> 00:12:16,613 'cause he doesn't have his captain's license, either. 252 00:12:18,472 --> 00:12:21,038 [ Laughs ] I'm 100% positive, cap. 253 00:12:25,612 --> 00:12:27,411 I've written a ticket here before for buying 254 00:12:27,414 --> 00:12:29,613 from an unlicensed captain. 255 00:12:29,616 --> 00:12:31,381 I need to see how much they sold. 256 00:12:32,552 --> 00:12:33,551 For sure? 257 00:12:35,488 --> 00:12:39,823 Hey, cap? There's 100 dozen. He ain't gonna lie to me. 258 00:12:39,826 --> 00:12:41,158 Again. 259 00:12:41,161 --> 00:12:44,227 So what do you think, it was 50 still? 260 00:12:44,230 --> 00:12:46,563 No. 261 00:12:46,566 --> 00:12:49,633 'Cause you're over the limit, then. 262 00:12:49,636 --> 00:12:52,536 Okay? How many croaker did you have? 263 00:12:54,908 --> 00:12:57,841 150 what? Dozen? 264 00:12:57,844 --> 00:12:59,977 All right, you're getting a few tickets. 265 00:12:59,980 --> 00:13:02,979 You're getting over limit, three tickets for that. 266 00:13:02,982 --> 00:13:04,181 You're 300 over? 267 00:13:04,184 --> 00:13:06,049 I could write you 300 tickets. You know that. 268 00:13:06,052 --> 00:13:07,384 And also, I'm cutting you a huge break. 269 00:13:07,387 --> 00:13:09,987 If I sold those, you'd be paying the state 270 00:13:09,990 --> 00:13:11,922 for 100 dozen croaker, okay? 271 00:13:11,925 --> 00:13:13,257 'Cause they're alive, I'll release them, 272 00:13:13,260 --> 00:13:14,724 and I'm cutting you some slack that way. 273 00:13:14,727 --> 00:13:16,059 Yeah, it's unfortunate. 274 00:13:16,062 --> 00:13:18,595 I stood right by the boat owner at Clark's 275 00:13:18,598 --> 00:13:21,665 like 30 minutes ago, man. 276 00:13:21,668 --> 00:13:24,667 You can't make that up, right? 277 00:13:24,670 --> 00:13:27,337 Hey, man, next time, I'm sure it'll be fine, but just know 278 00:13:27,340 --> 00:13:28,939 I cut you a lot of slack, all right? 279 00:13:28,942 --> 00:13:31,408 - All right. - Take care, bud. 280 00:13:34,581 --> 00:13:38,015 Bussy: Two boats, 100% violation rate. 281 00:13:38,018 --> 00:13:41,685 Yeah. Let's go home. [ Laughs ] 282 00:13:41,688 --> 00:13:43,420 I like my odds. 283 00:13:48,294 --> 00:13:49,626 Richards: Hi, Lindsay. 284 00:13:49,629 --> 00:13:50,761 This is Benny Richards of the state game warden. 285 00:13:50,764 --> 00:13:52,029 I understand you had an incident 286 00:13:52,032 --> 00:13:54,965 where your vehicle was struck by a bullet. 287 00:13:54,968 --> 00:13:58,635 Lindsay: Yeah, we were out on vada at a little family party. 288 00:13:58,638 --> 00:14:01,037 We'd been hearing shots going off, 289 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,573 but we thought maybe it was just fireworks. 290 00:14:03,576 --> 00:14:05,775 Well, then my fiancé went by the cars 291 00:14:05,778 --> 00:14:09,512 on the other side of the house, and my car had a bullet hole 292 00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:12,449 directly through the center of the back window. 293 00:14:12,452 --> 00:14:13,984 Uh-huh. 294 00:14:13,987 --> 00:14:16,719 And it had gone all the way through, through my head rest, 295 00:14:16,722 --> 00:14:21,191 and the bullet landed up where my speedometer is on my console. 296 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:22,926 And so he had just moved in, 297 00:14:22,929 --> 00:14:24,661 and I have his address and everything, 298 00:14:24,664 --> 00:14:26,062 but he was just shooting. 299 00:14:26,065 --> 00:14:28,265 There were apparently bullets flying on the other side 300 00:14:28,268 --> 00:14:29,800 of the house where the kids were, too. 301 00:14:29,803 --> 00:14:31,000 I'm, like, "man, you could have hit a kid." 302 00:14:31,003 --> 00:14:32,135 Yeah. 303 00:14:32,138 --> 00:14:34,203 I mean, it could have been so much worse 304 00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:36,039 'cause it would have killed my fiancé had we been in the car 305 00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:38,875 'cause we had gotten there 30 minutes prior to. 306 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:41,611 Richards: This is obviously a very serious situation. 307 00:14:41,614 --> 00:14:43,747 Our population's growing fast in this part of Texas, 308 00:14:43,750 --> 00:14:45,615 so we have had some people get injured 309 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:47,350 and killed by stray bullets. 310 00:14:47,353 --> 00:14:48,952 I think I've got everything I need. 311 00:14:48,955 --> 00:14:50,754 If I don't, I can call you back at this number. 312 00:14:50,757 --> 00:14:52,022 Will that be okay? 313 00:14:52,025 --> 00:14:53,690 Absolutely. Thank you. 314 00:14:53,693 --> 00:14:54,825 All right. Bye-bye. 315 00:14:54,828 --> 00:14:56,960 - Bye. - Can you imagine? 316 00:14:56,963 --> 00:14:59,496 You got your kids out there in your yard and bullets flying? 317 00:14:59,499 --> 00:15:02,966 .30-caliber bullets are flying over your children's head, 318 00:15:02,969 --> 00:15:06,036 hitting your vehicle? 319 00:15:06,039 --> 00:15:09,439 It's gonna be in a body shop over here, caliber collision. 320 00:15:09,442 --> 00:15:11,575 That's it, isn't it? 321 00:15:17,049 --> 00:15:18,715 - Hi. - Hello. Benny Richards. 322 00:15:18,718 --> 00:15:20,984 State game warden. This is Daniel roraback. 323 00:15:20,987 --> 00:15:23,987 We are here about the vehicle that was struck by the bullet? 324 00:15:23,990 --> 00:15:25,588 - Yes, sir. - And if someone... 325 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:27,190 If someone could show us that, 326 00:15:27,193 --> 00:15:30,127 we'd like to take a look at it. 327 00:15:30,130 --> 00:15:34,464 Well, it went through the back glass, and it looks like it hit 328 00:15:34,467 --> 00:15:35,865 up here on the headliner. - Oh, yeah. 329 00:15:35,868 --> 00:15:37,200 And then kind of bounced back down. 330 00:15:37,203 --> 00:15:39,002 You can see the hole in the head rest back there? 331 00:15:39,005 --> 00:15:40,203 Yeah. 332 00:15:40,206 --> 00:15:41,405 You can see it better on the other side 333 00:15:41,408 --> 00:15:43,473 where the bullet came through. 334 00:15:43,476 --> 00:15:46,476 Right here. 335 00:15:46,479 --> 00:15:47,944 Richards: Somebody been sitting in this seat, 336 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:49,746 there would have definitely been a fatality. 337 00:16:03,696 --> 00:16:05,629 [ Car beeping ] 338 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:09,099 Gentlemen! How are you doing? 339 00:16:09,102 --> 00:16:10,700 - What's going on, man? - You doing all right? 340 00:16:10,703 --> 00:16:12,102 - Doing pretty good. - Good to see ya. 341 00:16:12,105 --> 00:16:14,237 So we're gonna wreck a boat? 342 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,305 - Hey, man. - Good to see you again. 343 00:16:16,308 --> 00:16:18,375 Today, Steve and I are up here at lake texoma 344 00:16:18,378 --> 00:16:19,976 helping out our storm team. 345 00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:22,779 They are game wardens, but they are a specialized unit, 346 00:16:22,782 --> 00:16:26,315 forensically certified to investigate boat crashes. 347 00:16:26,318 --> 00:16:28,251 And today, we're gonna create a boat wreck 348 00:16:28,254 --> 00:16:29,853 for them to analyze. 349 00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:32,856 - Tell us what you think? - We've rigged up the actual boat 350 00:16:32,859 --> 00:16:34,391 here that we're gonna run into. 351 00:16:34,394 --> 00:16:37,060 That boat over there is the one that's gonna run into it. 352 00:16:37,063 --> 00:16:39,596 So you're running the big one, the big boat? 353 00:16:39,599 --> 00:16:40,864 - Yes. - Into this one? 354 00:16:40,867 --> 00:16:42,265 Smash it into this one? 355 00:16:42,268 --> 00:16:44,534 Who's gonna be in the big boat? 356 00:16:44,537 --> 00:16:46,002 Nobody. 357 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:48,271 I had a good friend of mine use his engineering skills, 358 00:16:48,274 --> 00:16:51,608 and he fabricated a remote-control system. 359 00:16:51,611 --> 00:16:53,610 - Show us how it works. - You bet. 360 00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:55,378 Our team is storm for short. 361 00:16:55,381 --> 00:16:58,347 We're the state forensic reconstruction and mapping team. 362 00:16:58,350 --> 00:17:00,283 Any time there's serious bodily injury 363 00:17:00,286 --> 00:17:04,353 or a fatality on the water with a boat crash or a collision, 364 00:17:04,356 --> 00:17:07,757 we're usually called to work those crashes, to investigate, 365 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,359 get witness statements, analyze the damage, 366 00:17:10,362 --> 00:17:11,828 to help the field game wardens out 367 00:17:11,831 --> 00:17:13,497 that are the first responders. 368 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:15,832 - So this is steering? - Yeah. 369 00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:19,702 That's impressive. This is throttle. 370 00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:21,038 Straight. 371 00:17:21,041 --> 00:17:22,105 That's slick. 372 00:17:22,108 --> 00:17:23,707 - Pretty cool, huh? - Yeah. 373 00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:25,842 All right. Let's go put 'em in the water. 374 00:17:30,917 --> 00:17:33,450 Stapleton: You may wonder why we would do something like this. 375 00:17:33,453 --> 00:17:35,719 But accidents don't happen every day, and a lot of times, 376 00:17:35,722 --> 00:17:37,320 these guys don't get a real-world 377 00:17:37,323 --> 00:17:38,855 situation to practice in. 378 00:17:38,858 --> 00:17:41,724 So what the team wants to do is crash the boats today, 379 00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:43,727 and then we're gonna have their team members exam 380 00:17:43,730 --> 00:17:46,596 these two boats and try to learn from it. 381 00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:49,399 We're just gonna go ahead and anchor this boat out real quick. 382 00:17:49,402 --> 00:17:51,401 Just get it out here and get it staged. 383 00:17:51,404 --> 00:17:54,471 And while Lance is getting his boat hooked up and ready to go. 384 00:17:54,474 --> 00:17:56,706 May: We're going to make sure everything's running right. 385 00:17:56,709 --> 00:17:59,409 The steering and the throttle response. 386 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:02,813 Let's go all the way down, 387 00:18:02,816 --> 00:18:06,016 and then let's turn around and make a real run at it. 388 00:18:06,019 --> 00:18:07,951 That's all the run you need right here. 389 00:18:07,954 --> 00:18:09,419 Turn it to the left. 390 00:18:09,422 --> 00:18:11,220 Stapleton: There's all kinds of things that could go wrong. 391 00:18:11,223 --> 00:18:12,289 The boat could get away. 392 00:18:12,292 --> 00:18:13,623 It could run on shore. 393 00:18:13,626 --> 00:18:15,092 It could have an explosion. 394 00:18:15,095 --> 00:18:17,894 So we need to be prepared for just about every possibility. 395 00:18:17,897 --> 00:18:19,362 We have one shot. 396 00:18:19,365 --> 00:18:21,230 - You ready, Steve? - Yeah. 397 00:18:30,442 --> 00:18:31,708 Oh, oh, oh, oh! 398 00:18:31,711 --> 00:18:33,376 Watch out! 399 00:18:36,982 --> 00:18:38,981 Richards: Oh, yeah. Somebody been sitting in this seat, 400 00:18:38,984 --> 00:18:40,517 it would have definitely have been a fatality. 401 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:41,651 Oh, yeah, they would have been dead. 402 00:18:41,654 --> 00:18:42,852 There's no doubt. 403 00:18:42,855 --> 00:18:44,187 She had just gotten out of her car. 404 00:18:44,190 --> 00:18:45,322 Holy smokes. 405 00:18:45,325 --> 00:18:46,456 Right about the base of your skull 406 00:18:46,459 --> 00:18:48,324 would have been right there. - Oh, yeah. 407 00:18:48,327 --> 00:18:51,795 Yeah, and then it hit the instrument panel right here, 408 00:18:51,798 --> 00:18:53,463 ricocheted around in there. 409 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:54,997 Very scary. 410 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,134 - Mm-hmm. - Good to meet you. 411 00:18:57,137 --> 00:18:58,601 We need anything else, we'll let you know. 412 00:18:58,604 --> 00:19:00,670 - Thank you. - Thank you. 413 00:19:06,478 --> 00:19:07,877 We're gonna go up here to where the bullets 414 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,212 actually struck the vehicle. 415 00:19:09,215 --> 00:19:10,747 There's maybe somebody we can talk to there. 416 00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:14,083 See if they got anything they want to add to the story. 417 00:19:14,086 --> 00:19:16,820 All right. 418 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:22,025 Richards: Hello! 419 00:19:22,028 --> 00:19:24,761 This is Benny Richards with the state game wardens. 420 00:19:24,764 --> 00:19:26,095 We're here about the incident 421 00:19:26,098 --> 00:19:27,897 with the bullets striking vehicles. 422 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:29,098 I'm real curious. 423 00:19:29,101 --> 00:19:30,633 Other than the vehicle that was damaged, 424 00:19:30,636 --> 00:19:32,836 do you know if your home 425 00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:34,282 or any of your outbuildings were struck? 426 00:19:34,307 --> 00:19:36,505 Yeah. We're good? 427 00:19:36,508 --> 00:19:38,675 And I... 428 00:19:41,714 --> 00:19:43,780 Right. Yeah, that's unacceptable. 429 00:19:43,783 --> 00:19:46,916 I mean, if I lived here under them circumstances, 430 00:19:46,919 --> 00:19:50,020 I would lose my mind, especially if I had kids running around. 431 00:19:51,924 --> 00:19:54,090 - Yeah. - Where was the vehicle parked at? 432 00:19:58,064 --> 00:19:59,328 That little tree that's dying? 433 00:19:59,331 --> 00:20:01,031 Oh, that little bush? 434 00:20:05,338 --> 00:20:07,603 Right, right. Okay. 435 00:20:07,606 --> 00:20:08,671 Well, if you need anything else, give us a call. 436 00:20:08,674 --> 00:20:10,206 - Thank you all. - All right? 437 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:11,808 Thank you, sir. 438 00:20:13,613 --> 00:20:15,145 Richards: It's one thing to hear the story, 439 00:20:15,148 --> 00:20:17,747 but it's another thing to see the story for yourself. 440 00:20:17,750 --> 00:20:19,082 I mean, you don't get to just fire 441 00:20:19,085 --> 00:20:21,818 a high-powered rifle multiple times 442 00:20:21,821 --> 00:20:24,420 through someone's front yard. 443 00:20:24,423 --> 00:20:25,888 Look at this. 444 00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:28,158 Those bullets were going over every one of these houses. 445 00:20:28,161 --> 00:20:29,626 Oh, yeah. 446 00:20:29,629 --> 00:20:31,494 We're not just gonna do a report. 447 00:20:31,497 --> 00:20:32,895 Yeah. 448 00:20:32,898 --> 00:20:34,817 We're gonna take some kind of enforcement action. 449 00:20:36,769 --> 00:20:39,569 Hello! Game warden. 450 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:51,581 Watch out! 451 00:20:52,951 --> 00:20:55,785 Oh, oh, oh, oh! 452 00:20:55,788 --> 00:20:57,386 Yeah, that's... That's scary, Lance. 453 00:20:57,389 --> 00:20:58,388 We don't want to do that. 454 00:20:58,391 --> 00:20:59,789 May: It's not as responsive. 455 00:20:59,792 --> 00:21:03,459 I mean, I can't turn it just right away, you know? 456 00:21:03,462 --> 00:21:07,297 One more time. - One more time. - One more time. 457 00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:13,803 Oh, man. 458 00:21:17,343 --> 00:21:18,908 McGee: There you go! 459 00:21:29,255 --> 00:21:31,654 Oh, man! 460 00:21:36,929 --> 00:21:40,664 McGee: There you go! 461 00:21:40,667 --> 00:21:43,199 Ohh! 462 00:21:50,076 --> 00:21:51,341 May: Wow. 463 00:21:51,344 --> 00:21:53,276 - You happy? - Yeah, that's a good boat wreck. 464 00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:55,344 [ Laughs ] 465 00:21:55,347 --> 00:21:57,280 May: We're gonna take these two vessels. 466 00:21:57,283 --> 00:21:59,949 We're gonna have some training with the rest of the team. 467 00:21:59,952 --> 00:22:02,352 Bring them out and let them look at the damaged vessels 468 00:22:02,355 --> 00:22:04,554 and see if they can determine what happened. 469 00:22:04,557 --> 00:22:07,624 I'm gonna start on that boat, but y'all can go back and forth, 470 00:22:07,627 --> 00:22:10,527 but we'll have y'all mainly focused on that one. 471 00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:15,632 What are y'all seeing right here 472 00:22:15,635 --> 00:22:17,467 that'll help you with the path of engagement? 473 00:22:19,439 --> 00:22:20,437 Yeah. 474 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,705 If a boat's going over a stationary, 475 00:22:22,708 --> 00:22:25,975 so that it's gonna go parallel or match the keel. 476 00:22:25,978 --> 00:22:27,510 You know, I'm a visual learner. 477 00:22:27,513 --> 00:22:29,179 A lot of these guys are. 478 00:22:29,182 --> 00:22:32,581 And so when we can actually visually see what took place, 479 00:22:32,584 --> 00:22:35,185 you could see definitely the looks on everyone's faces 480 00:22:35,188 --> 00:22:36,852 when we're sort of putting things together, 481 00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:39,255 and the light bulb turns on. 482 00:22:39,258 --> 00:22:40,523 "Oh, okay, that's what happened. 483 00:22:40,526 --> 00:22:42,591 Now we understand why we see this Mark here 484 00:22:42,594 --> 00:22:45,061 or that scratch there or that paint transfer over there." 485 00:22:45,064 --> 00:22:46,730 So I think it's very useful. 486 00:22:46,733 --> 00:22:49,265 This is as real as it gets as far as doing a crash 487 00:22:49,268 --> 00:22:53,603 in the real-world scenario, so today was a success. 488 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,947 Roraback: Hello! Game warden. How are you doing? 489 00:23:04,950 --> 00:23:06,282 Good. 490 00:23:06,285 --> 00:23:07,750 I was wondering if we could talk to you for just a second. 491 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:09,352 - Sure. - Daniel. 492 00:23:09,355 --> 00:23:10,954 - Tim. - Good to meet ya. 493 00:23:10,957 --> 00:23:12,688 Benny Richards, state game warden. 494 00:23:12,691 --> 00:23:14,023 What we was wanting to talk to you about 495 00:23:14,026 --> 00:23:16,493 is an incident back on the 30th 496 00:23:16,496 --> 00:23:17,560 when you were shooting your rifle. 497 00:23:17,563 --> 00:23:19,095 Yes, sir. 498 00:23:19,098 --> 00:23:22,298 I'd be very interested in hearing your explanation. 499 00:23:22,301 --> 00:23:24,700 I... I really don't have an explanation. 500 00:23:24,703 --> 00:23:27,103 My son and I were shooting my gun. 501 00:23:27,106 --> 00:23:28,238 Mm-hmm. 502 00:23:28,241 --> 00:23:30,039 And somehow, a round went in their car. 503 00:23:30,042 --> 00:23:32,909 I think they're over there, but I have no idea. 504 00:23:32,912 --> 00:23:34,577 Do you have a backstop or something? 505 00:23:34,580 --> 00:23:35,711 - Yes, sir. - Do you mind if we look at it? 506 00:23:35,714 --> 00:23:37,046 - Sure. - I'd like to look at it. 507 00:23:37,049 --> 00:23:39,449 Okay. 508 00:23:39,452 --> 00:23:40,850 - We're shooting right here. - Okay. 509 00:23:40,853 --> 00:23:42,051 Where was y'all shooting from? 510 00:23:42,054 --> 00:23:45,922 Probably about where that dirt spot is. 511 00:23:45,925 --> 00:23:47,256 What were y'all using that day? 512 00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:48,925 That day was an m-1 carbine. 513 00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:50,993 - Okay. - I had 30-round clips, 514 00:23:50,996 --> 00:23:54,798 and I put 10 in each, maybe 100 rounds, total. 515 00:23:54,801 --> 00:23:57,066 - Probably shot 100 rounds? - Yes, sir. 516 00:23:57,069 --> 00:23:59,802 Okay, and your property, I can follow it with my eyes, 517 00:23:59,805 --> 00:24:01,804 just the fence line here, the rectangle? 518 00:24:01,807 --> 00:24:03,472 Standing right here, could you not see 519 00:24:03,475 --> 00:24:05,141 that house directly in line 520 00:24:05,144 --> 00:24:06,943 with where you were shooting that high-powered rifle? 521 00:24:06,946 --> 00:24:09,211 Yes, sir. I've shot my whole life, 522 00:24:09,214 --> 00:24:11,747 and I learned a whole lot from this. 523 00:24:11,750 --> 00:24:13,482 - Yeah. - And it scared the crap out of me 524 00:24:13,485 --> 00:24:15,151 when they showed me what happened. 525 00:24:15,154 --> 00:24:16,886 People don't think about what's beyond the horizon. 526 00:24:16,889 --> 00:24:19,488 However, you know, y'all can see that house back there. 527 00:24:19,491 --> 00:24:22,758 You live on a very small acreage of land. 528 00:24:22,761 --> 00:24:26,496 Just standing here, in every direction, I see houses. 529 00:24:26,499 --> 00:24:28,030 - Yes, sir. - Okay? 530 00:24:28,033 --> 00:24:31,367 So obviously, you're not gonna be able to shoot a firearm... 531 00:24:31,370 --> 00:24:33,302 No, I know that now. 532 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:35,505 I don't know where they were and where the round went. 533 00:24:35,508 --> 00:24:36,639 Right. 534 00:24:36,642 --> 00:24:37,840 But I been shooting my whole life, 535 00:24:37,843 --> 00:24:40,175 and I've never had that happen. 536 00:24:40,178 --> 00:24:41,744 Here's where we're gonna go from here. 537 00:24:41,747 --> 00:24:44,581 You're fixing to receive two citations, okay? 538 00:24:44,584 --> 00:24:45,915 It's gonna be for the criminal mischief, 539 00:24:45,918 --> 00:24:47,717 the damage to her car, 540 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,320 and for discharging a firearm across a property line. 541 00:24:50,323 --> 00:24:52,588 Both of these are class "c" citations. 542 00:24:52,591 --> 00:24:54,257 It's something that you can go down, tell the judge, 543 00:24:54,260 --> 00:24:56,926 "hey, I made a mistake, what do I need to do?" 544 00:24:56,929 --> 00:24:58,995 She'll tell ya. Get it put behind you. 545 00:24:58,998 --> 00:25:00,263 And we all learned a lesson. 546 00:25:00,266 --> 00:25:01,598 - Yes, sir. - Okay? 547 00:25:01,601 --> 00:25:02,598 It's not something that's gonna ruin your next three 548 00:25:02,601 --> 00:25:03,733 or four christmases. 549 00:25:03,736 --> 00:25:04,733 - Okay. - I'll get my license. 550 00:25:04,736 --> 00:25:07,070 - Okay. - All right. 551 00:25:07,073 --> 00:25:09,071 I believe this gentleman learned a valuable lesson. 552 00:25:09,074 --> 00:25:10,673 He assured me that there was gonna be 553 00:25:10,676 --> 00:25:13,075 no more target shooting on his small block of land. 554 00:25:13,078 --> 00:25:15,878 I totally appreciate your cooperation and your honesty. 555 00:25:15,881 --> 00:25:17,279 Yes, sir. 556 00:25:17,282 --> 00:25:18,681 You sound like a good man that made a mistake. 557 00:25:18,684 --> 00:25:19,949 We all do. 558 00:25:19,952 --> 00:25:21,016 - Thank you, sir. - Thank you. 559 00:25:21,019 --> 00:25:22,919 Have a good weekend. 560 00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:27,356 Can you believe? 561 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,158 I mean, those rounds were going directly 562 00:25:29,161 --> 00:25:31,360 at the neighbor's house. 563 00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:33,363 And he's... did you hear him say he had fired over 564 00:25:33,366 --> 00:25:35,298 100 high-powered rounds? 565 00:25:35,301 --> 00:25:37,767 100? That's ridiculous. 566 00:25:37,770 --> 00:25:40,904 People wonder why there's people in this world running around, 567 00:25:40,907 --> 00:25:42,572 wanting to take guns away from people. 568 00:25:42,575 --> 00:25:45,107 Some people don't need 'em. 569 00:25:52,784 --> 00:25:55,985 We are heading towards east beach. 570 00:25:55,988 --> 00:26:00,390 It'll be a rock jetty down here that people like to fish off of. 571 00:26:03,328 --> 00:26:05,128 We're gonna put some glass on them 572 00:26:05,131 --> 00:26:08,530 and see what they got going on. 573 00:26:08,533 --> 00:26:12,267 I see two guys with fishing Poles. 574 00:26:12,270 --> 00:26:14,737 One guy with a cast net. 575 00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:17,473 That's a fairly large cast net. 576 00:26:17,476 --> 00:26:20,409 So they can only be 14 feet in diameter. 577 00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:24,179 That's like 7-feet tall if you hold it up. 578 00:26:24,182 --> 00:26:26,215 And you can only catch bait with it. 579 00:26:26,218 --> 00:26:28,084 You definitely cannot catch a game fish, 580 00:26:28,087 --> 00:26:29,952 such as a trout or a redfish, 581 00:26:29,955 --> 00:26:34,624 which I've seen him catch two large fish with it now. 582 00:26:34,627 --> 00:26:38,293 Yeah, just scooping them up is not fishing. 583 00:26:38,296 --> 00:26:40,963 That's an oversized cast net. 584 00:26:40,966 --> 00:26:42,498 The struggles with this location is that 585 00:26:42,501 --> 00:26:46,969 I cannot just walk up there and inspect their catch. 586 00:26:46,972 --> 00:26:48,571 They can see me from a quarter mile away, 587 00:26:48,574 --> 00:26:50,172 so if they did have anything wrong, 588 00:26:50,175 --> 00:26:52,041 then I wouldn't be able to catch them. 589 00:26:52,044 --> 00:26:54,711 Hmm. 590 00:26:58,918 --> 00:27:02,851 La-di-da, they're gonna come in. 591 00:27:02,854 --> 00:27:05,321 In this job, it's all about timing. 592 00:27:05,324 --> 00:27:07,790 If you go too soon, you lose your evidence. 593 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:11,594 If you go too late, they spot you and run. 594 00:27:17,470 --> 00:27:18,935 Hey, guys. State game warden. 595 00:27:32,517 --> 00:27:34,650 Provaznik: Hey, guys. State game warden. 596 00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:36,819 Y'all had any luck? 597 00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:42,058 No English? Get any fish? 598 00:27:42,061 --> 00:27:43,592 Only three? 599 00:27:43,595 --> 00:27:44,661 Let me take a look at 'em real quick. 600 00:27:44,664 --> 00:27:46,395 Do you know what kind of fish these are? 601 00:27:46,398 --> 00:27:48,731 Do you speak English? 602 00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:53,269 They're speckled sea trout. 603 00:27:53,272 --> 00:27:55,004 Can I see that one real quick? 604 00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:57,940 Did you buy this? From where? 605 00:27:59,211 --> 00:28:00,810 He bought it online? 606 00:28:00,813 --> 00:28:01,944 - Yeah. - All right. 607 00:28:01,947 --> 00:28:04,781 Let's measure this out real quick. 608 00:28:08,220 --> 00:28:11,554 Oh, yeah. This thing can only be 7-feet long, okay? 609 00:28:11,557 --> 00:28:16,358 This one's way, way longer than that, all right? 610 00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:20,296 Also, let's measure these up. 611 00:28:20,299 --> 00:28:22,164 They got to be 15 inches. 612 00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:24,767 Do you have a fishing license? 613 00:28:24,770 --> 00:28:26,301 Nope? 614 00:28:26,304 --> 00:28:28,037 Yeah, you guys could pack that all up. 615 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,973 I'll take this one. 616 00:28:30,976 --> 00:28:34,577 Let's go measure these real quick. 617 00:28:34,580 --> 00:28:38,647 So all these are spotted seat trout. 618 00:28:38,650 --> 00:28:40,383 They gotta be at least 15 inches. 619 00:28:40,386 --> 00:28:46,122 Now, this one, 14 1/4. Too small. 620 00:28:46,125 --> 00:28:49,392 This one, 13 3/4? 621 00:28:49,395 --> 00:28:50,727 Too small. 622 00:28:50,730 --> 00:28:53,596 This, way too big. 623 00:28:53,599 --> 00:28:55,064 Supposed to be 7-feet tall. 624 00:28:55,067 --> 00:28:56,733 And you're also supposed to have a fishing license. 625 00:28:56,736 --> 00:29:00,136 The $35 will save you at least $300, okay? 626 00:29:00,139 --> 00:29:01,737 Just give me a few minutes, 627 00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:07,076 and I'll be right back with you, okay? 628 00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:09,412 Poor little guy. 629 00:29:09,415 --> 00:29:11,881 So, instead of writing six citations, 630 00:29:11,884 --> 00:29:15,017 I'm just gonna write the one for the undersized fish 631 00:29:15,020 --> 00:29:18,020 because I believe that's more important. 632 00:29:18,023 --> 00:29:21,424 When I run him again, and he has a fishing violation, to me, 633 00:29:21,427 --> 00:29:25,828 he already knows he can't be having small fish versus, 634 00:29:25,831 --> 00:29:28,096 "oh, he used illegal means and methods." 635 00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:30,232 Since he didn't have any previous citations, 636 00:29:30,235 --> 00:29:33,102 and him and his family didn't really know what was going on, 637 00:29:33,105 --> 00:29:34,903 I'm just gonna give them a little bit of a break. 638 00:29:34,906 --> 00:29:39,642 One simple citation for a small sea trout, all right? 639 00:29:39,645 --> 00:29:41,711 A warning for using the big net 640 00:29:41,714 --> 00:29:43,779 and a warning for no fishing license. 641 00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:46,515 You stay in school. Get good grades, all right? 642 00:29:46,518 --> 00:29:49,285 Yeah. Y'all be careful. 643 00:29:49,288 --> 00:29:51,587 All right. 644 00:30:05,204 --> 00:30:08,004 McGee: We're right here at the carpenter's bluff bridge. 645 00:30:08,007 --> 00:30:09,405 Some of this is in Oklahoma, 646 00:30:09,408 --> 00:30:11,807 but we got some cars parked here on the Texas side. 647 00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:13,876 It's probably just some kids down there 648 00:30:13,879 --> 00:30:15,611 just swimming, having a good time, 649 00:30:15,614 --> 00:30:18,414 but we'll go check them out and see what they're doing. 650 00:30:25,691 --> 00:30:28,357 Y'all enjoying the red river? 651 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,759 - Yes, sir. - Oh, yeah? 652 00:30:30,762 --> 00:30:32,562 All right. 653 00:30:32,565 --> 00:30:34,163 Hey, hop around here over here, right quick. 654 00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:36,165 - Huh? - Yeah. 655 00:30:36,168 --> 00:30:38,234 You know what I'm getting at. 656 00:30:38,237 --> 00:30:41,304 Yeah. Stand right there, don't move. 657 00:30:42,974 --> 00:30:45,474 Hey, could you hop out, right quick, please? 658 00:30:47,312 --> 00:30:48,511 Stand right over there. 659 00:30:48,514 --> 00:30:49,712 - Me, too? - You, too. 660 00:30:49,715 --> 00:30:52,648 And you, too, there at the back. 661 00:30:56,521 --> 00:31:00,455 All right. I'm gonna ask one question. 662 00:31:00,458 --> 00:31:02,158 Where's the weed at? 663 00:31:04,062 --> 00:31:06,329 I smell it bad right when y'all walked up. 664 00:31:06,332 --> 00:31:08,130 It's illegal to have it, 665 00:31:08,133 --> 00:31:10,433 so who's been smoking a little weed? 666 00:31:15,407 --> 00:31:18,274 [ Laughs ] Okay. Listen. I'm gonna be real nice. 667 00:31:18,277 --> 00:31:20,542 I just want you to tell me where the weed is 668 00:31:20,545 --> 00:31:22,811 and a little citation would just be written. 669 00:31:22,814 --> 00:31:24,113 How... how old are you? 670 00:31:25,417 --> 00:31:27,350 16? Yeah. How old are you? 671 00:31:28,554 --> 00:31:30,485 How old are you? 18? 672 00:31:30,488 --> 00:31:32,221 18. - Yes, sir. 673 00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:33,956 Okay, well, here's what's gonna happen. 674 00:31:33,959 --> 00:31:35,358 You can either tell me where it is, 675 00:31:35,361 --> 00:31:37,025 a citation will get written, 676 00:31:37,028 --> 00:31:39,228 or I go into the car, and I find it. 677 00:31:39,231 --> 00:31:40,296 That's how I play today. 678 00:31:49,708 --> 00:31:52,575 McGee: Who's been smoking a little weed? 679 00:31:52,578 --> 00:31:54,109 You can either tell me where it is, 680 00:31:54,112 --> 00:31:56,379 or I go into the car, and I find it. 681 00:31:56,382 --> 00:31:57,980 That's how I play today. 682 00:31:57,983 --> 00:31:59,982 Does that sound good? 683 00:31:59,985 --> 00:32:02,718 - Yes, sir. - All right. Where's the weed? 684 00:32:02,721 --> 00:32:06,455 We had a... something over there, but we threw it out. 685 00:32:06,458 --> 00:32:07,656 We smoked it. 686 00:32:07,659 --> 00:32:09,324 So I'm saying there should be none in the car. 687 00:32:09,327 --> 00:32:12,728 There should be none in the car? Where did you dump it out at? 688 00:32:12,731 --> 00:32:14,463 - We just threw... - that was, like, 30 minutes ago 689 00:32:14,466 --> 00:32:16,465 way back across the bridge. 690 00:32:16,468 --> 00:32:18,935 So y'all were smoking weed down there? 691 00:32:18,938 --> 00:32:21,337 Okay, all right. Now we're getting somewhere. 692 00:32:21,340 --> 00:32:24,740 'Cause y'all reek right now, bad. 693 00:32:24,743 --> 00:32:26,208 All right. Anything in the car? 694 00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:29,478 All right. Who bought the weed? 695 00:32:29,481 --> 00:32:31,880 You don't know? 696 00:32:31,883 --> 00:32:34,083 It just kind of showed up, don't it? 697 00:32:34,086 --> 00:32:35,718 [ Laughs ] All right. 698 00:32:38,424 --> 00:32:40,622 Whose is this? 699 00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:43,159 Anything in it? 700 00:32:43,162 --> 00:32:44,326 Anything illegal in it? 701 00:32:44,329 --> 00:32:45,761 No, sir. 702 00:32:45,764 --> 00:32:48,230 Once I smell marijuana, I can search the vehicle. 703 00:32:48,233 --> 00:32:49,899 Everything is in fair play. 704 00:32:49,902 --> 00:32:51,181 What was y'all smoking' it with? 705 00:32:53,638 --> 00:32:56,805 The blunt's in the... Floorboard? 706 00:32:56,808 --> 00:32:57,840 All right. Anything in here? 707 00:32:57,843 --> 00:32:59,975 Whose purse is this? It's yours? 708 00:32:59,978 --> 00:33:02,645 Any paraphernalia in here or anything? 709 00:33:06,986 --> 00:33:09,652 Little grinder? 710 00:33:13,191 --> 00:33:14,423 Is it all empty? 711 00:33:16,461 --> 00:33:18,060 Anything else before I go to looking? 712 00:33:18,063 --> 00:33:19,729 All I'm writing is tickets, okay? 713 00:33:21,733 --> 00:33:23,532 There should be nothing? All right. 714 00:33:23,535 --> 00:33:25,534 It's not the crime of the century. 715 00:33:33,212 --> 00:33:34,844 What is that? 716 00:33:37,149 --> 00:33:38,880 That's yours. 717 00:33:38,883 --> 00:33:41,684 It's there in the car. 718 00:33:41,687 --> 00:33:44,820 In the driver's compartment, right in the center console, 719 00:33:44,823 --> 00:33:47,023 is a pipe used to smoke marijuana. 720 00:33:47,026 --> 00:33:49,024 The girls that were sitting in the back seat, 721 00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:51,894 I didn't find anything in their immediate reach, 722 00:33:51,897 --> 00:33:54,497 so I don't have anything on them at this point. 723 00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:56,298 All right. Hey, if I could get your I.D. 724 00:33:56,301 --> 00:33:58,033 Thank you. 725 00:33:58,036 --> 00:33:59,568 You know, everybody lies to the game warden. 726 00:33:59,571 --> 00:34:01,103 They simply don't want to be in trouble, 727 00:34:01,106 --> 00:34:04,974 but you know, it's hard to fool me. 728 00:34:04,977 --> 00:34:07,443 Since I didn't find any usable amount of marijuana, 729 00:34:07,446 --> 00:34:09,244 I didn't want to take anybody to jail, 730 00:34:09,247 --> 00:34:13,115 so I'm just writing a class c drug paraphernalia charge. 731 00:34:13,118 --> 00:34:15,050 Just sign there at the "x." Not admission of guilt. 732 00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:17,720 Just promise to contact him. 733 00:34:17,723 --> 00:34:19,588 All right, well, my advice to you. 734 00:34:19,591 --> 00:34:20,856 You're just 16. 735 00:34:20,859 --> 00:34:22,057 You got your whole life ahead of you, 736 00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:24,392 and drugs are bad, m'Kay? 737 00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:26,995 All right. Have a nice day. 738 00:34:26,998 --> 00:34:29,131 You know, I don't want to be the preacher to them, 739 00:34:29,134 --> 00:34:32,001 but I hoped they learned to stay away from drugs. 740 00:34:39,278 --> 00:34:41,143 [ Cellphone rings ] 741 00:34:41,146 --> 00:34:44,213 Hello. 742 00:34:44,216 --> 00:34:46,748 One... just one person on it when it blew up? 743 00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:48,451 Really? 744 00:34:51,156 --> 00:34:53,689 The jet ski, is it still there on scene? 745 00:34:53,692 --> 00:34:56,024 He's already been transported? 746 00:34:56,027 --> 00:34:57,493 Thank you. 747 00:34:57,496 --> 00:35:00,428 There was a jet ski out on lake tawakoni that had exploded. 748 00:35:00,431 --> 00:35:02,565 Evidently, this was not a small explosion. 749 00:35:02,568 --> 00:35:04,366 A lot of people heard it. 750 00:35:09,174 --> 00:35:10,873 There's the jet ski. 751 00:35:19,684 --> 00:35:21,417 There's the jet ski. 752 00:35:26,625 --> 00:35:29,558 Hey, hey, hey. Okay. 753 00:35:29,561 --> 00:35:31,293 Texas game wardens are responsible 754 00:35:31,296 --> 00:35:32,961 for investigating any kind of boat accident 755 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:35,230 or fatality involving a boat accident. 756 00:35:35,233 --> 00:35:37,433 And even though the other officer got there before we did, 757 00:35:37,436 --> 00:35:39,101 we're gonna take over the investigations. 758 00:35:39,104 --> 00:35:41,971 The jet ski was in the shop for some work. 759 00:35:41,974 --> 00:35:43,104 I don't know what for. 760 00:35:43,107 --> 00:35:44,373 They picked it up yesterday. 761 00:35:44,376 --> 00:35:46,175 Just one person it when it blew up? 762 00:35:46,178 --> 00:35:47,576 - One person. - One person. 763 00:35:47,579 --> 00:35:48,978 Okay. 764 00:35:48,981 --> 00:35:50,845 As I'm walking down to the edge of the lake, 765 00:35:50,848 --> 00:35:53,849 I can see debris for 50 yards in every direction. 766 00:35:53,852 --> 00:35:56,385 And the half of a jet ski nose-up in the lake. 767 00:35:56,388 --> 00:35:57,719 So it's very obvious to me 768 00:35:57,722 --> 00:36:00,622 that there was a large explosion involved. 769 00:36:00,625 --> 00:36:02,124 He was saying that it was in the shop? 770 00:36:02,127 --> 00:36:03,592 - Yes, sir. - Getting worked on? 771 00:36:03,595 --> 00:36:05,394 - It was. - It was running for about 772 00:36:05,397 --> 00:36:08,397 an hour yesterday, and then stopped working. 773 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,732 It was smelling flooded, so we just towed it in, 774 00:36:10,735 --> 00:36:12,468 parked it, left it overnight. - Yeah. 775 00:36:12,471 --> 00:36:13,669 He went down here to try it, just try to re-crank it, 776 00:36:13,672 --> 00:36:15,403 see if it'd dissipated. 777 00:36:15,406 --> 00:36:17,473 All of a sudden, we heard what sounded like an explosion. 778 00:36:17,476 --> 00:36:18,674 - Really? - Yeah, it was that loud. 779 00:36:18,677 --> 00:36:20,208 - It was loud. - I said like a Cannon going off. 780 00:36:20,211 --> 00:36:22,744 So we're in the house, and it shook the house. 781 00:36:22,747 --> 00:36:24,613 We walked out, there was still shrapnel 782 00:36:24,616 --> 00:36:27,650 coming down, hitting the water. 783 00:36:29,687 --> 00:36:31,687 So when y'all got down here, was he conscious and talking to you? 784 00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:33,755 He was not. He was not talking. 785 00:36:33,758 --> 00:36:35,023 He was... but he was conscious. 786 00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:36,358 His eyes were open. He was conscious. 787 00:36:36,361 --> 00:36:38,427 By the time we got down here, it was right here, 788 00:36:38,430 --> 00:36:39,828 face up with his life jacket. 789 00:36:39,831 --> 00:36:41,297 Eyes were open, but he was... 790 00:36:41,300 --> 00:36:42,631 [ gasps ] He was sucking wind. - Yeah. 791 00:36:42,634 --> 00:36:43,899 - But he had his life jacket on? - Life jacket was on. 792 00:36:43,902 --> 00:36:45,100 That's good. He's lucky. 793 00:36:45,103 --> 00:36:47,102 That life jacket probably saved his life. 794 00:36:49,041 --> 00:36:52,107 There's stuff all along here. 795 00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:53,708 Here's what we're gonna do. 796 00:36:53,711 --> 00:36:56,578 I'm gonna get in contact with one of our boat accident 797 00:36:56,581 --> 00:36:58,580 investigators, see what caused that. 798 00:36:58,583 --> 00:37:01,783 Each one of these pieces may be a clue as to what happened. 799 00:37:06,024 --> 00:37:08,457 There's not an intact piece left from this jet ski. 800 00:37:08,460 --> 00:37:09,457 It's incredible. 801 00:37:09,460 --> 00:37:10,859 Richards: Hello. 802 00:37:10,862 --> 00:37:13,262 I got everything you need as far as information, though. 803 00:37:13,265 --> 00:37:14,997 I just got a call from the boat accident investigator. 804 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,398 He's on his way. 805 00:37:16,401 --> 00:37:17,532 The storm team is getting involved 806 00:37:17,535 --> 00:37:18,801 because this is what they do. 807 00:37:18,804 --> 00:37:20,202 They have the experience and the training, 808 00:37:20,205 --> 00:37:21,469 and they will be able to determine 809 00:37:21,472 --> 00:37:22,805 if it was mechanical failure, 810 00:37:22,808 --> 00:37:26,408 or if it was a human mistake, and who's responsible. 811 00:37:26,411 --> 00:37:28,010 What do you think? - I think I found... 812 00:37:28,013 --> 00:37:31,013 I think they gave me the heaviest 2x12s ever. 813 00:37:31,016 --> 00:37:33,549 Yeah, let's get them down in the water. 814 00:37:33,552 --> 00:37:36,285 And look at it. 815 00:37:38,356 --> 00:37:40,288 The jet ski's kind of in an awkward area, 816 00:37:40,291 --> 00:37:42,624 surrounded by some piers and docks. 817 00:37:42,627 --> 00:37:44,693 There's a breaker wall that we have to contend with, 818 00:37:44,696 --> 00:37:46,829 so we're using just makeshift equipment. 819 00:37:46,832 --> 00:37:49,631 We kind of come up with a plan to put some planks in the water 820 00:37:49,634 --> 00:37:52,167 to work as a slide and try to pull it out. 821 00:37:52,170 --> 00:37:55,437 Come on back. 822 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,306 Come on, baby. Ahh, it ain't gonna make it, either. 823 00:37:58,309 --> 00:38:00,376 Oh, hup. 824 00:38:00,379 --> 00:38:03,111 That wasn't good. All right. 825 00:38:03,114 --> 00:38:05,381 It's starting to turn into a cluster. 826 00:38:11,256 --> 00:38:12,921 Do you, really? 827 00:38:12,924 --> 00:38:14,990 Hey. - What? 828 00:38:14,993 --> 00:38:17,258 She's got a tractor with a bucket on it. 829 00:38:20,732 --> 00:38:23,065 Thing's heavier than we thought it was. 830 00:38:28,873 --> 00:38:30,739 Okay, we got something out here. 831 00:38:30,742 --> 00:38:33,875 - Got it? - Now, come on up. 832 00:38:33,878 --> 00:38:36,945 Try that real slow. 833 00:38:50,429 --> 00:38:52,227 - Sorry. - It's okay. 834 00:38:52,230 --> 00:38:53,561 [ Laughs ] 835 00:38:53,564 --> 00:38:56,098 Sorry. There was dirt in it. 836 00:38:58,169 --> 00:38:59,902 We're good. Thank you very much, ma'am. 837 00:38:59,905 --> 00:39:02,638 Don't know what we would have done without you. 838 00:39:02,641 --> 00:39:05,641 Just throw it up there on top. 839 00:39:05,644 --> 00:39:09,244 We're out of here. 840 00:39:15,921 --> 00:39:17,453 Richards: We got the boat out of the water. 841 00:39:17,456 --> 00:39:19,521 We're gonna turn it over to some experts 842 00:39:19,524 --> 00:39:23,792 to try to determine what actually caused this explosion. 843 00:39:23,795 --> 00:39:25,260 All right, good deal. 844 00:39:32,938 --> 00:39:35,270 May: Pull this thing outside here. 845 00:39:35,273 --> 00:39:37,005 So, since we know this vessel was worked 846 00:39:37,008 --> 00:39:38,674 on prior to this explosion, 847 00:39:38,677 --> 00:39:41,143 there could a potential there for a civil liability. 848 00:39:41,146 --> 00:39:43,479 So we're going to analyze the damage 849 00:39:43,482 --> 00:39:46,949 and determine how this explosion happened. 850 00:39:46,952 --> 00:39:48,350 Fuel line. 851 00:39:48,353 --> 00:39:50,552 Oh, that's what connects over there. 852 00:39:53,491 --> 00:39:54,623 - It come right off. - Yeah, it's loose. 853 00:39:54,626 --> 00:39:56,024 Oh, it's loose as it can be. 854 00:39:56,027 --> 00:39:57,426 So as he cranked on it... 855 00:39:57,429 --> 00:39:59,161 It's pumping fuel, and it's pumping it right there. 856 00:39:59,164 --> 00:40:01,296 - It's just pushing it out. - Right down in there. 857 00:40:01,299 --> 00:40:04,299 May: You can see how loose that one is right there. 858 00:40:04,302 --> 00:40:06,902 So this is the correct clamp that you have to have 859 00:40:06,905 --> 00:40:08,637 a special tool to use, 860 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,305 and this is the incorrect type clamp 861 00:40:10,308 --> 00:40:11,974 that you just buy from a hardware store 862 00:40:11,977 --> 00:40:13,909 because it's not able to clamp down enough. 863 00:40:13,912 --> 00:40:16,511 This is just gonna come loose and start dumping fuel. 864 00:40:16,514 --> 00:40:19,113 Got some loose battery terminal connections, too, 865 00:40:19,116 --> 00:40:22,918 it looks like here, that may have caused a spark. 866 00:40:22,921 --> 00:40:24,987 Which ignited the fuel vapors that were in the bilge area, 867 00:40:24,990 --> 00:40:27,589 and that's what caused the explosion. 868 00:40:27,592 --> 00:40:29,724 With the dumping of the fuel from the poor clamps 869 00:40:29,727 --> 00:40:32,528 that were used, in addition to loose connections here 870 00:40:32,531 --> 00:40:36,064 on the battery, causing a spark, blew off the top, 871 00:40:36,067 --> 00:40:39,801 and the victim, blew him off and into the water. 872 00:40:39,804 --> 00:40:42,004 - Right. - As well and probably causing 873 00:40:42,007 --> 00:40:43,805 all the internal injuries that he has. 874 00:40:43,808 --> 00:40:46,341 We've got a lot of questions for the owner, 875 00:40:46,344 --> 00:40:47,609 the one that was injured. 876 00:40:47,612 --> 00:40:49,478 What happened leading up to the explosion? 877 00:40:49,481 --> 00:40:52,147 Who worked on it, you know, all that kind of stuff, yeah. 878 00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:55,417 And hopefully that'll complete the loop. 879 00:40:55,420 --> 00:40:57,953 So this is what this all about and what this team does 880 00:40:57,956 --> 00:40:59,888 and the training that we put all the team members 881 00:40:59,891 --> 00:41:01,756 through all the game wardens in the state. 882 00:41:01,759 --> 00:41:03,826 This is all about trying to give the victim 883 00:41:03,829 --> 00:41:05,894 and the family some answers 884 00:41:05,897 --> 00:41:09,231 and putting the pieces of the puzzle together. 884 00:41:10,305 --> 00:42:10,506 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm