Florida teens seen dumping trash into ocean turn themselves in
Two teens who were seen on a viral video dumping trash into the ocean off the coast of Florida have turned themselves in. Officials say they both face felony third-degree charges of causing pollution so as to harm or injure human health or welfare, animal, plant, aquatic life or property. WTVJ’s Niko Clemmons reports.
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Old enough to drive a boat like that old enough to get treated as an adult
@paula-fr1rm
13 күн бұрын
I wonder which "Rich" Daddy boat that was at the helm? Not to mention the cost of fuel for that beast! Rich "Privlidged" brats!
@kahetiger
13 күн бұрын
Probably the "parent" who said, "My teen is a minor, no comment." That sounds like a comment that might come from the father of a privileged teen who they most likely won't be help to any accountability. That was so typical in the small farming community I grew up in.
As a Floridian this is disgusting! Make them pickup trash on Floridas beaches for a couple years straight.
@Qotroz
13 күн бұрын
A fine and community service is a joke. These teens should serve at least 10 years in prison.
@7XHARDER
13 күн бұрын
But the rest of America is ok to keep tossing cigarettes in my porch plants 🗿
@donnakubiski5572
13 күн бұрын
@@7XHARDERDon't speak for the rest of America. I'm not okay with it.
@raymondhoagland4976
13 күн бұрын
I said for a month, I like your idea better 😄 !
@lamadyarah8787
13 күн бұрын
But they are white kids! They didn’t do anything wrong. They meant no harm. Rich white kids can never be guilty of anything bad. Leave those kids alone.
That totally looks like rich kid behavior
@KiraLou06
13 күн бұрын
The boating yeah
@aohjii
13 күн бұрын
@@KiraLou06 not just the boating, but that on top of throwing the trash into the ocean without care for anything else outside of themselves
@brandycandy333
13 күн бұрын
No, This is ⬜️🚮 Behavior.
@PaulaDautremont
13 күн бұрын
Some kids don't have to be rich to be entitled.
@TechReviewTom
13 күн бұрын
@@brandycandy333 No its not. Quit being prejudice.
_"My son is a minor child.."_ ~ Great display of parenting there.. his son probably got a 5 minutes time-out for that
@TheBigScat
13 күн бұрын
Sir, it looks like your son is a MAJOR child!
@tomandgerit.2157
13 күн бұрын
Your son is a major something...wonder why
@runningbeard7380
13 күн бұрын
"My son is a minor child.." after their kid tortured a small animal, painted swastikas on a temple, stole a car and totaled it... etc. etc.
@wendybutler1681
13 күн бұрын
Betcha it's his boat. He taught his son all about boat etiquette. And how to dispose of trash.
@rebeccahicks2392
13 күн бұрын
If your son's not old enough to know better, your son and friends aren't old enough to be on a boat by themselves!
I blame the parents. Obviously these kids were never taught to respect their environment. They are probably spoiled and were never disciplined.
The one dad saying my son is a minor. That say a lot about this dad.
@d.lawrence5670
13 күн бұрын
Yeah, I know. "My son is a minor". Hmm, wonder if he thinks the same way when he sees a news story about a young black kid committing this sort of infraction.
In othere words the rich kids get away with it
@KHallesy
13 күн бұрын
The opposite is true in almost every circumstance! Your very wrong in your statement.
@DaveCM
13 күн бұрын
@KHallesy Nope. Rich kids have rich parents that can afford good lawyers.
@KHallesy
13 күн бұрын
@@DaveCM, I understand but if your poor the police just look the other way. I see it everyday in Seattle! Litter and homeless encampments go hand in hand and I’ve never seen anyone arrested or have a single consequence.
@KHallesy
13 күн бұрын
@@DaveCM, while true poor kids do not even get arrested. And if they do they have no consequences or every little.
If they deliberately bring all that trash from shore just to dump it overboard. That is very sick.
@randyscott3386
13 күн бұрын
The question they don't answer is WHY they deliberatley did that .
@pdoylemi
13 күн бұрын
I know. It makes me wonder what they were dumping.
@andylowe447
13 күн бұрын
@@pdoylemibeer cans so they don’t get busted bringing them Back in the inlet
@pdoylemi
13 күн бұрын
@@andylowe447 A lot of that was paper.
@randyscott3386
12 күн бұрын
@@pdoylemi Throwin the paper out with the beer cans .
That boat should be seized and sold at auction. The money should go straight to waterway cleanup efforts.
@SubFlow22
13 күн бұрын
Only a hippie would suggest something do dumb.
@AngelleSL
13 күн бұрын
That’s a wonderful idea!!!
@user-kk1ne9wf7j
13 күн бұрын
@@SubFlow22 Only a troglodyte would think it was dumb.
@1800godhelp
13 күн бұрын
it s a rental
@kevinbond8966
13 күн бұрын
Dumbest thing I've read all day.
Might wanna round up that parent saying my teen is a minor and no comment. Looks like dad going to feel the full force of the law too.
@kahetiger
14 күн бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. I wonder if or how much trouble that minor has been in trouble with law enforcement. At least the other parent sounds like their minor will be held accountable not only by law enforcement but at home. Hopefully, he learns a lesson and maybe a chance for him not only to understand what these kinds of actions do to the environment and our oceans but goes into a career with one of those in mind.
@buzz5969
14 күн бұрын
Not sure Id label him as a PARENT, He has no disregard for discilpine or ethics.
@elijahblack1464
14 күн бұрын
The way he said "minor child" makes me think he isn't exactly defending their behavior. Also the way the other parent talks... I doubt they will personally discipline their son at all.
@rolandthethompsongunner64
14 күн бұрын
He’s finished. Probably lose his job or business. He will be blacklisted. But they are native Floridians too. They think because they are they can do what they want to Florida.
@rolandthethompsongunner64
14 күн бұрын
Another question is why did they have so many garbage on board that boat ?
Charge both teens and parents total of 100,000 per person. Give money to the ocean cleanup
@TechReviewTom
13 күн бұрын
100k per person? Are you crazy?
@chuckwendt8328
13 күн бұрын
10k???
Since their parents have the money to trust their kids on a boat in the ocean .. less than 100k dollar fine would be atrocious.
@SubFlow22
13 күн бұрын
You can't even comprehend a 100k fine.
Looks like they missed some of the trash because they were still on board.
@laurakrajnikburick2731
13 күн бұрын
Great comment 😂
@JackR617
12 күн бұрын
That’s what I said too. Wrong trash was thrown out.
If he’s a minor you’re his voice. Raise him better.
@hyanotha
10 күн бұрын
Then the dad should pay a $50K fine and pick up garbage on the beaches for a year while on probation.
They were under age and I'm sure drinking. Any adults with them on that boat should be charged with delinquency of a minor.
@infinitejest441
13 күн бұрын
Underage drinking and OWI.
They behave like this because they were raised like this.
This is a total disregard for sea life!
To be honest, I wish people were this angry at all the corporations poisoning us and the environment.
@HippieRacing
13 күн бұрын
A lot of us are….
@frankcb11
13 күн бұрын
People are though….
@user-vu5dt9lb4d
13 күн бұрын
This could be the start.
@SILSAL67
13 күн бұрын
Why can't we be angry at BOTH?!?!? This isn't an "either or" situation.
@cascade00
13 күн бұрын
Yup the intense focus on those who are on bottom rung and no saying no to what's coming from above, is very very bizarre. I watch every single day as people focus massive attention on the tiny cases while the huge cases go untouched. Start saying no to authority. It is said we now live in a soft authoritarian country. Say no.
Deliberate. That’s disturbing.
Those entitled kids’ behavior is disgusting!
Seriously, how privileged & outta touch with reality do you have to be to even consider this ??
Why?? So dumb. Bad parents??? Sickening!!!!
@TechReviewTom
13 күн бұрын
Parents have little to no control over what teenagers do.
@JackR617
12 күн бұрын
@@TechReviewTomyes they can change that by not spoiling them. They need to get a job and learn respect re everything.
This affects THE ENTIRE PLANET. I BLAME THE PARENTS WHO DIDNT INSTILL ANY MORALS INTO THOSE BOYS. NONE. 💔
Community Service Penalty: 6 months in a garbage disposal yard picking and sorting through trash.
"My son is a minor child and we have no comment." 1:20. And that folks, is how to bring up a kid who will NEVER take responsibility for anything in life.
"my son is a minor child" - A telltale sign you raised him to be a child and not a man.
What a joke "my son is a minor" 😂 your son is tomorrow's serial killer. 😂😂😂😂
@TechReviewTom
13 күн бұрын
For dumping trash into the ocean? Lay off the true crime podcasts
Young kids? Sorry, teenagers are culpable, too.
No respect for Mother Earth at all.
It's a little more than a teachable moment.
6 months of community service picking up trash along the beach areas, hefty fine, and sit for 2 hours on a Saturday watching videos on conservation.
This is Exhibit A for the consequences of horrible parenting.
Disgusting.
WOW--Just Horrible. THey should get charged with a CRIME! How is this not on more new channels? Wicked disrespect for nature. Shocking.
Disgusting!!!
@gxoobr
10 күн бұрын
i litter
What about the adults on board?Aren't they facing any consequences?
@nancyfolk29
12 күн бұрын
No adults just rotten kids.
and NO jail time???
@lynnwalters4801
13 күн бұрын
They need hard labor and fines. Take away all privileges. And then jail.
@user.AsianRicenoodles
13 күн бұрын
They are not career criminals, they will learn a lot from their mistakes
@JackR617
12 күн бұрын
Who are you their parents? They heed a few serious lessons.
@user.AsianRicenoodles
12 күн бұрын
@@JackR617 they ain’t from the hood, I doubt they are serious offenders you know that. They probably have therapists every week, no concern at all. Just give them fine and community service
Because parents are not parents anymore 😢
Community service should be cleaning 100 times worth of of trash out of the ocean they dumped.
@hakenkreuz7076
6 күн бұрын
They should be made to clean the rivers and beaches of Guatemala.
“I can do it because I am rich” attitude.
They need 1000s of hours of community service
Nobody is gonna talk about them throwing up gang signs?
Learned behavior
100 hours of beach clean up
Wow! That’s awful! I’m so sick of people who litter!
Just imagine these kids behave in a classroom.
the kids arent alright.
@FreedaPeeple-in2mn
14 күн бұрын
Yeah, they are. They turned themselves in, didn't they?
@laangelsfan
14 күн бұрын
@@FreedaPeeple-in2mn typical usual white boys 😂
@simulationkoyo
14 күн бұрын
definitely Florida, no surprise.
Remember folks: Florida Teens will eventually grow up to be the infamous _FLORIDAMAN_
@infinitejest441
13 күн бұрын
😱🙀👻💩
Dad he's your child and your obligation as parent is to teach your children
underage High school kids,the owner of the boat should be charged with neglect,endangerment of minors
They should make them go and pick all of it up.
The parents have failed. The education system failed.
@FriedChairs
13 күн бұрын
This has the energy of “own the libs”. Parents are probably constantly talking about that so kids try to find ways to do that as well.
The parent that has no comment, is probably the parent that taught the kid to do that
No accountability. Smh.
Why were all these "minor children" operating a large watercraft out in the open ocean by themselfs unsupervised ? That shouldnt even be legal but i assume it is because no ones brought it up in the story. Its a great example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should". As a parent i cant imagine turning my young teenage child loose in a $100,000+ boat and pointing them towards the open ocean. Especially when they demonstrate this level of maturity.
@TheBenrogue
13 күн бұрын
I had to look it up, but you're legal to operate a personal watercraft in Florida at age 14. That doesn't make sense to me.
But if all that done and they’re release, they should show their face to the public
Unbelievable disregard for everything 🙈
I don't think there's any rehabilitation for people like this.
If anyone sees the Pelican docked, think about this video.
These kids will also be the first to join a protest about environmental pollution.
It's totally unacceptable. They must be held accountable for their actions. PERIOD
This is how America value teach in school
@johncooper7663
13 күн бұрын
Parents. Not the schools fault
@tygockley1292
13 күн бұрын
@@johncooper7663 Its both
@letsdothisshiat1162
13 күн бұрын
They go to a private school 😂
@johncooper7663
13 күн бұрын
@@tygockley1292 explain why it’s the schools fault
That’s just horrible 🤬🤬
Everyone one this boat was responsible for dumping the trash, not just the persons that did the action especially the person the boat is registered to
If they are "adult" enough to drive a boat, they should also man up and face the consequences. I hope people that live in the area are enraged about this.
BP Petroleum paid 20 billion dollars in fines
They had to unload the evidence before returning to shore.....
Behaviors come from parents. So many bad parents this days. Wish these kind of ppl produc no more.
Didn't anyone on the boat try to stop or say anything to them about doing it ,everyone on the boat needs to be charged.
"My son is a minor child, and we have no comments." There, you can see the source of the problem.
No community service, jail time for them.
🤔 Just wondering, why didn't the others or the adults on the boat try to stop them?
Jail! 30 days!
@JackR617
12 күн бұрын
Longer
"young kids"? If you can go out on the ocean without your parents you are not a "young kid".
More money and privilege than brains.
Highschool kids littering!!! I am shocked and appalled!!
How absolutely sad They should all be punished and held accountable Make them clean up their mess My son would never be allowed to use our boat again
Disgusting 😖
I watched Carnival Cruise Lines dump bags and bags of trash into the Atlantic Ocean one night around 3am when I was on a cruise in the late 80’s/early 90’s. I’ll never cruise with them again because of it.
They'll learn to not do it on camera next time.
@hakenkreuz7076
6 күн бұрын
Man that's what I was saying, they better clean up their act, because they failed as criminals. Clowns 🤡🤡🤡
@hakenkreuz7076
6 күн бұрын
my thoughts exactly, as criminals they fail.
One of the parents said, "this is not a representation of who we are." Uh, yeah, I think it is.
Shame on them
My son is a minor child that can drive a $50,000 boat and empty trash in the ocean. We have no comment.
What in a right mind thinks that this is a good idea? They all should be charged with felonies!!!!
Disgusting 😔😔😔
Yeah man. Classless individuals for sure!!
also is a crime a bit of a sausage party no ?
That father never learn that's never to early to start disciplining children.
The ocean is humongous. No harm. No foul.
The teen is a minor but not a minor CHILD. #parentingfail
These teens don't deserve to go to jail for this, but they can still be punished seriously enough in some way and be made an example of at the same time.
We did a lot of dumb things as teens. But, we were never as brazen about it. Not sure if it's worse than in the past.
@FreedaPeeple-in2mn
14 күн бұрын
No, instant communication just spreads the word faster and farther so it look worse. These kids are just caught between "young azzhole teens" and "young adults." They did turn themselves in, after all...
@Mister_Listener
13 күн бұрын
Yeah but when you were a teen, trash was regularly disposed of in the ocean as a best practice, so nobody back then would have cared about the teen’s behavior.
What do you expect when we have an educational system which denies reality?
This really proves kids don't think about consequences of their actions they never think 5 minutes ahead of time
THAT IS GOING TO HURT MY HEAD TODAY - HOW SAD
This disgust me.. I hope they are held accountable
🥸 litterbug’s mom: “my boy has learned his lesson. I gave him a good ol’ timeout, so no fines or jail time needed…” 👩🏼🍼💕💩🤦🏻♂️
1 year in the box may fix it
It's pure arrogance. From teenagers. Shame on their parents for allowing them to be this way. I was not a perfect parent but my son would NEVER have been so disrespectful. Not to laws, not to the ocean, not to the planet. Really tired of arrogant pipsqueaks.
Had to get rid of the alcohol containers.