PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Punta Gorda Police Division addressed the viral confrontation Saturday morning, between a Florida charter captain and a fisherman that led to an arrest earlier this week.
Round 7:30 p.m. on April 1, 40-year-old Brock Horner pulled his boat alongside the sufferer’s boat and boarded it with out permission.
Within the video, which has since gone viral, the fisherman, Gage Towles, tells Horner he cannot go flying beneath the 41 bridge in Punta Gorda, roughly 10 toes from the opposite boat. Horner was upset about an incident on March 30 round 5:30 a.m., relating to Towles and others fishing at nighttime with out their lights on in the identical space.
The constitution captain is heard screaming, cursing and changing into aggressive towards Towles earlier than he jumps aboard the sufferer’s boat. Horner threatened Towles and grabbed him by the shirt, demanding him to apologize for the prior incident.
After police performed a number of interviews with the sufferer and witnesses, they established possible trigger to arrest Horner in reference to the illegal boarding and threats below Florida Statue 810.02(2)(A) – Housebreaking with Assault or Battery (non-forced entry).
As of Friday evening, Horner stays within the Charlotte County Jail.
“This kind of habits is not going to be tolerated in our waterways—or anyplace else in our metropolis,” Punta Gorda Police Chief Pam Smith stated. “We’re dedicated to making sure the protection of our residents and guests, each on land and on the water.”
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Together with the police division’s investigation, the Florida and Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Coast Guard are conducting separate investigations given the character and placement of the incident.
Punta Gorda police stated additional particulars can be launched because the investigation continues.
