Underage Drinking and Boating Safety Enforcement Incident

Young boaters caught with alcohol learned the hard way about the dangers of underage drinking.

### Consequences of Underage Drinking and Boating Safety Enforcement
* 🚤 FWC officers in Palm Beach County conducted a safety inspection on a boat with **young occupants** returning from **Peanut Island**, a popular party spot.
* 🍺 The officers noticed a smell of alcohol and questioned the occupants, who claimed they hadn't been drinking, attributing the smell to a **spill by their dad**.
* 🛥 Upon inspection, it was revealed that the boat lacked **sufficient life jackets** and that the operator, under 21, had a blood alcohol content (BAC) of **0.056**, exceeding the legal limit of **0.02 for minors**.
* 🚨 The officers emphasized the seriousness of underage drinking and boating, reminding the group that "**it is not the end of the world, but you could be dead**" due to alcohol-related accidents.
* 📞 Parents were called to pick up the minors, as the officers could not release them without **adult supervision**, despite the absence of citations for minor consumption.
* The officers instructed the group to **dispose of empty alcohol containers** and ensure they had **enough life jackets on board for safety**.
* 👮 The officers reiterated their focus on safety, stating that their primary concern was to **ensure everyone got home safely**, while also educating the young occupants about the **risks involved**.
* 👍 The video concludes with an invitation for viewers to engage with the channel, highlighting the **importance of staying informed about boating safety and regulations**.

yes, you guys have drank, and you guys got caught. Accept it and realize it, okay? Understand that it is not the end of the world, but you could be [Music] dead. Welcome back to the Donnie Rapture Channel, where I always bring fresh, never recycled body cam footage to you. Today's video comes out of Palm Beach County, and it picks up as FWC officers spot a boat with several young occupants leaving Peanut Island, a place where people like to party. So, they conduct a safety inspection. Doing good, just wondering what you guys doing, just... just... I got... stop, stop, stop, hands in, hands in. Thank you. I don't need you guys to hurt anything. All right, how we doing? All right, the reason I'm pulling you over, it's all slow speed on... oh yeah, sorry, yeah, no, no, I'm sorry. Let me get your license of registration and your Bo ID card, please. Where we heading back to? You said house? Yes. And where we coming from? Peanut Island. Peanut Island, nice. Who's over 21 on the boat? Who's over 21 on the boat?

uh no is no. Is my dad took it out the other day. He took it out the other day. So why do you smell like alcohol though if your dad took it out. Why do you smell like alcohol. That's why I went over here to look here. So when you talked I smelt it. I'm sorry I haven't drank yet. You haven't drank. Okay that's fine. Go ahead pop open that cooler for me. Did he spill alcohol over here. He did yeah he did. Oh okay. I tried to clean it up. I couldn't get okay. All right open up that back hatch real quick cuz I smell it there. That's what I'm saying. So all right let me see life jackets for everybody. There's two four 6 8 10 six. That's six interesting. Any more smell it like. All right I'm going to hop on board real quick cuz again I still smell the alcohol. He spilled a lot of alcohol on this boat. I have a first K in there. I don't need the first a kit. All right show me so you.

don't have enough. You don't have enough life jackets, but show me your jackpot. Okay, that's why I smelt alcohol. No, that's fine. It's all is Dad. That's fine. I understand that. But so that doesn't save you. That doesn't save you. At least I need you to hop on my boat real quick. Get my, I think my PBTS there. H on my boat real quick. All right, all right. In the front. Yep, you go sit there. Put that on. Put that on real quick. All right, yep, please. All right. So under the age of 21, I knew I smelt alcohol. You're right there. There, you don't have possession. You're operating. There's enough prob. Say that you might be operating while having drunk any some drinks. You can't drink at all. Okay, not at all. Okay, so what's going to happen is there's a portable breath test in here. Basically, what it is, is because you're under 21, you have given your consent.

that you will be if suspected of drinking and operating on the V on the water that you'll provide a breath. Okay, you can't have above a 0.02. Yes, sir. Okay, do we understand that? Yes, sir. Okay, so with that, I'm going to give this. He's under 21. There's a low boat, and he's operating. Yes, it's. That's what happened. You want to see it? Look, go look, go look, lawyer, go look, go look. Okay, okay. I smelt alcohol. I knew I smelt alcohol. Okay, all right, all right. Take a deep breath, and then you're going to blow until you hear a beep. You understand? Yes, sir. Okay, I'll hold it. I'll tell you when to blow. All right, deep breath. There you go. Keep going, keep going, keep. You're stopping. Okay, all right. So what's going to happen again? We're going to try again. You're going to blow, put your lips around it. You're going to blow, keep going, keep going, keep.

going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. You're doing it again. There's consequences to that. Would you like to cond... I'm not try... ask. I'm talking to cops right now. How old is he? Happ. My my lips are complet... no, they're not. No, they're not. I'm telling you they're not. All right, here we go. Deep breath and blow again. Listen, listen, listen. I'm trying to be as cool as I can with you before I just do a refuse la [Music]. And 8120 Temple. So for everybody's benefit, we have way too many alcohol-related fatal boating accidents, and a lot of it involves young people. So we're pretty heavy on the alcohol enforcement, especially for under 21. All right, you know how to blow up a balloon? Yes, sir. You're not doing that right now. Do you understand? No, no, no, no. I'm letting you know you're not doing this right now. Take a deep breath. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going.

going stop move your tongue out the way and blow my man this I don't know why you guys open any I'm on the phone with a cop right now so I don't really care no you don't have to stay on the phone with I'm I'm sorry sir take a deep breath and blow keep going keep going keep going keep you're stopping I want you to follow me do that all right no do it do it there you go see that do that keep your mouth closed and do that yes sir there you go keep going keep going all right we're going to do it one more time before you get refuse okay so you know his first breath was over an' 05 myself officer all very experienced voting of the influence [Music] investigators keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going thank you 056 I thought you said you didn't drink I thought that was all your dad's okay cool I mean it's just to like we really anything

I understand like we got fast, but like none of us like drink anything. Take this off, hop on your boat, tell the person that no one drank anything. Your operator was at a 059, but no one drank anything. Okay, so now I heard everything with you guys saying, Yes, you guys have drank, and You guys got caught. Accept it and realize it, okay? Understand that it is not the end of the world, but you could be dead, okay? You may not think so, but it's fine, it's okay. I will take everything that you guys need to take off of that. You have a lot of empty alcohol beers in your K. It might be your father's, but obviously, someone drank something. Yes, sir. Okay, you shouldn't have anything in you, but you have something in you. Yes, sir. Okay, so you can tell your cop friend that, you can tell your lawyer friend that, whatever you guys want. Who's not over the age of 18, ladies and gentlemen? We are calling parents, and then you guys are getting to your, uh, we're getting, we're getting you.

dropped off somewhere. We need to release you to the parents. I need a parent for everyone. That's the only way I can release you guys. I have someone over 18 on the phone. I need them. Okay, Mom, I need you to show up to wherever we end up, which will most likely be Curry Park, so I can release your daughter. The refusal is worse than blowing over. Yes, because all of you are under the age, and you were on a... you were... so this was a crime, because this is a crime. I have to release each and every one of you to your parent. Okay, if you can get a parent on the front... yeah, it's right there. If you can get a parent... if you can get a parent on the phone... if you can get a parent on the phone, I'm going to talk to the parent and tell you if they can leave too. Okay, big picture, we want everybody to get home safe, right? And this is how we're going to accomplish this. Okay, hand me

the nothing sorry for I mean you guys are hanging out peut Island all day. We figured it's probably going to be alcohol, and like we can smell it coming off the boat and off everybody, so we know what we're talking about. It's not like a wild guess. We were just wild guessing there was going to be empty alcoholic beverages on board the vessel. Is your parent where's your parent at just the uh the boat ramp. Just tell them drive right to the boat right get them on hold cuz I can't let you go. If I can't let you go, then I got to take to Jack, and I don't want to be there. Okay, so get get get somebody to get you want everybody to get home safe right? No, yeah, you can release as long as there's a guardian that can take responsibility for everybody to get everybody home. Like you can pile four or five people in a car. I don't care. Ha, that's on the driver if they want to take that many people home. All

right. They'll come. They're all I. Me. We could go through this and do like minor consumption for everybody on board the boat. We're not going to do that. No. Yeah. No. Like thank you but we're just going to if you're under 21 your BAC should be zero. Right. My mom's already like watching all of them. We could do this times 11 but we're not doing it. We're only doing it for the operator. Right. I. It. Yeah. As long as one responsible can take multiple people. Yeah. That's fine. It's everybody get home safe. All right. Dang it. I. Me. Yeah. That's fine. It's going to take us a minute to get there so I can still s. Oh yeah. It's freaking coming off. All about to say everyone just wafting. Yeah. I was like I know there's boo on that boat. Yeah. All right. So everybody has a parent coming correct or someone to take responsibility. Of my dad's coming. I know your dad's coming. Is that the second parent you're

talking about one, and I have one that's taking. Are you guys like twins? Okay, you guys are messing me up 'cause I'm like, I thought two people were the same thing. I thought that. Okay, you guys are messing me up. Okay, so but your parent is going to take. No, her parent is taking, and my mom is taking, and all of us. Okay, gentlemen. Okay, long as one, as long as a parent takes you guys, I have no problem. I just can't have you guys leave. Okay, my dad's allowed to drive the boat. Your dad's allowed to drive the boat. I'm releasing the boat to him. That's fine. Allowed to come. That's fine. I have no problem if your dad's okay with taking them, then I have no problem with that. I just, like I said, I can't just leave minors by themselves. Okay, all right, so what we're going to do is one of those coolers was empty, right? So go ahead and take that, the big one. Yeah, take that big one, D.

Ice, uh, dump the ice. Yeah, dump the ice and then start putting all those alcohol cans inside of there for me, please, 'cause we're about to throw them away. Is there anything? Oh, you have more life v. Yeah, you don't have enough, but you have more. See if there's more in there because you're down. You're down six. Okay, well, well, more. We got three more, though, so you need three more, sir. All right, look for more. How many more? I got to take that one off. I got life jackets, so you got life jackets. Okay, but like, you know, came. I mean, if it came down to it, went well. If you don't know where they're at, you can. Yeah, it doesn't help anybody, right? You're like, Where's the life dragons? I don't know. Okay, her mother is getting. You're her mother there, you guys in. Okay, she's all the. Okay, so give me, give us a second. Let us tie up and then we'll sort everything out real quick. Obviously, they're all under 18. I got to

release them. Crime committed, so you're taking control of them. They're yours. They have nothing. They have no s. They have no citations. They're all empty. So, it is what it is. But yeah, they all wreak of alcohol, but they're not operating, so I can't do anything with them. I didn't want to pursue the minor consumption. That's not what I'm trying to do. I care more about the operator. Cu, they don't even know where the life jackets are. They just found them. So yeah, so if you're, are you taking these four here? It's a life safety. So, do you have everything off this boat? Everything off this boat's mother. So, you're good. You're good. You're good to go with them. Not a problem. You guys have a good time. Listen, I've been there before. I just don't want you guys to be anywhere, okay? So, you guys are good to go. I thought you were going with her. Oh, it doesn't matter if you want to.

take him. You take. I'm happy to. You know well. Do you have enough room in the car? Okay, so yeah. So you don't have enough. I mean, I can't drop anybody off like at their house. I mean, what I'm trying to say. Wait, I have one, one, two, two, three, four. Soor, I'm all confused. Four. I have four seats. Am I want to go to the. Oh yeah, go yeah. So that's it. So you just, you have to wait for. You have to wait for. Okay, that's fine. That's fine. That's not a problem. So go ahead and go to the bathroom and then good to go. It's fine. My mom coming anyway. Sure. Okay, yeah. I got registration and license here. I hope you guys liked today's video. If you did, be sure to hit that like button and let me know what you think in the comments. I post three to four videos a week, guys, so you definitely want to subscribe so you don't miss my content.

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Underage Drinking and Boating: A Cautionary Encounter

FWC officers in Palm Beach County conduct a safety inspection on a boat with young occupants leaving Peanut Island, a known party spot.

The officers notice a strong smell of alcohol and discover a spilled drink, raising suspicions about underage drinking.

The driver, under 21, is asked to take a portable breath test due to the officers' concerns.

A young boat operator suspected of drinking is being instructed to provide a breath sample, with a strict limit of 0.

The officer emphasizes the importance of alcohol enforcement due to the high number of alcohol-related boating accidents involving young people.

Despite multiple attempts, the operator struggles to provide a consistent breath sample, ultimately registering a blood alcohol level of 0.

Addressing Underage Drinking and Its Consequences

A group is being confronted about underage drinking, with empty alcohol containers found in their possession.

The speaker emphasizes the seriousness of the situation and the need for parental involvement to release the minors.

The goal is to ensure everyone's safe return home while acknowledging the gravity of the situation.

The speaker observes a strong smell of alcohol coming from a boat and suspects underage drinking.

They emphasize the importance of having a responsible guardian to take everyone home safely.

The speaker is willing to release the individuals as long as there is a responsible driver, prioritizing the safety of all involved.

Managing Minors and Boat Responsibilities

The speaker is confused by the presence of two people who seem similar and is trying to clarify their roles.

Parents are taking the minors, and the speaker is okay with that as long as they are not left alone.

The speaker is organizing the removal of alcohol cans and life jackets, while also trying to locate more life jackets for the minors.

A group is being addressed for their empty boats and minor alcohol consumption, with a focus on ensuring everyone's safety.

The speaker is offering assistance and trying to coordinate transportation for the individuals involved.

The conversation ends with a reminder to like and subscribe for more content.