15 and 16-year-olds face felony charges after viral video of boaters dumping trash in Florida
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2024
- Two teens are facing felony charges after a viral video showing boaters dumping trash in the ocean off Boca Raton sparked outrage, officials said Friday.
The viral video, which was posted on the Instagram account Wavy Boats, shows 10 people onboard the boat traveling out of Boca Inlet on Sunday. Two people are seen emptying large garbage cans full of trash and bottles into the ocean before heading back to the Boca Bash, an unsanctioned boating party, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials.
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The "teaching moment" was when you were raising them. If you release a 15 year old with your 2 million dollar boat and they "don't know" not to dump trash offshore, you've failed as a parent.
That boat is not worth anywhere near 2 million. 150 thousand max.
@@jungleno. It's an older boat, so maybe not 2M--I took a shot in the dark not knowing what make/model it is. But that thing has >$75k worth of motors, alone.
@@robot_spider yes. Those outboards cost at least 20 grand each.
You don’t live in the real world
@@jerseyraider9618 Yep, my inability to appraise a boat based on a grainy 30 second clip truly makes me history's greatest monster. It was the final ingredient I needed for my doomsday device.
Anyone who is capable of driving a boat should face adult consequences.
it a boat not a helicopter
@@scalz420your point?
@@SouthFloridaSunshine its a boat not a helicopter is the point, stop missing points so much
@@scalz420 When someone can't explain themself it gives you a clue that they really don't know what they are talking about. But let me give it a shot. So, you can be less responsible because flying up in the air is much more complex than driving a boat? But I would say complexity isn't the issue it's being responsible because driving a boat is like driving a car, ....you shouldn't speed, you have to yield for right of way, wreckless driving applies to boat and auto, and you do need a license to drive a boat in Florida. As to your helicopter comparison, I'd say driving a boat is more like operating a helicopter because you need to have navigation skills, read a compass, weather is critical, survival skills, etc. How's that?
So a kid who throws trash out of a boat should forever lose their right to vote and lose their ability to get a passport? That is what happens to adults with felonies. It seems like a totally reasonable punishment unlike nonsense like making them clean up the ocean, pay fines and do other types of community service.
Your child being a minor and you having no comment for his behavior, basically sums it up.
He's a dud. Apple not far from the tree.
@@davidb2206 was just going to say that , you beat me to it ,
Everyone on that boat should also be held accountable. For the parent that stated his son was a minor and had no comment, this is exactly why your son is such an idiot. No accountability for his actions.
A lot of the trash was Miller light beer cans. What's 16 and 15 yr olds doing with beer, and operating a boat this size. Someone's parent needs to be investigated.
I agree....Why are they operating a marine vessel while also underage drinking? Who supplied the alcohol? Kids this young with zero monitoring could easily have become intoxicated and drive this boat under the influence and maim themselves or others.
Rich kids from Boca raton an you si will no punishment
His (Charlie Ruth) parents are Chris and Lisa Ruth of Gulf Stream Florida. They own Firstlight Care Home Franchises, they are from New York!
@@axebeard7677 hmmm sounds like we have a punk apologist apologizing for ...punks.
@axebeard7677 really? As a bunch of underage drunk teens dump garbage into the ocean, your giving the teen steering rhe boat the benifit of the doubt? Lol, alright buddy.
spoiled kids , riding around driving a multi 100k dollar boat, parents hire a PR firm, maybe they should have just raised their kids correctly., I suspect these kids get anything they want and do whatever they want. Hope the judge throws the book at them. Horrible kids and parents
Ditto
That aint nothin compared to army disscharges in saint lucie river for 30 years
The father will grease the palms and kids get off easy.
*Their parents were just like these kids*
parents are just as bad.
Both teens and their parents should be held accountable! Their parent statements prove that these parents have never taught their children not to litter or trash or oceans. To all parents, that’s your job. I raise both my boys on boats. We not only taught them to throw away the trash in a trashcan once we got back to land, but we also would pick up other peoples trash on oceans and lakes. My sons are there 30s and they’re both into the boating industry. and they still pick up peoples trash. Come on parents raise your kids, right! Teach them how to be responsible and put their trash and trash cans. Pretty simple thing to teach your children!
They sacrificed the youngest among them thinking they would get leniency. Honestly not surprised. Every passenger aboard should be charged...
Investigate the parents, this isn’t a teens boat. What kind of a parent allows this behavior.
WHITE PARENTS.
They dont know what their kids are doing. Parents rarely know. Mine didnt know and I wasnt rich growing up.
@@Sevenfold120 you will be issued a citation for using Common Sense&Rational Logic on the Internet if you keep this up bucko. That sort of thing isn’t allowed around here, first&final warning.
What kind of dummy think the parents “allow” this behavior?
what about the driver.@@Sevenfold120
Rich 15 years olds dumping all the empty alcohol cans and bottles they'd consumed.
More than one crime here.
A republican would tell you that what you saw was Mountain Dew cans....
@@Flies2FLL a republican would point out the violent crime taking place everyday in democrat run cities....
Tens of millions of underaged teenagers throw their beer cans out the window of their car in case they’re pulled over. What’s the difference? Wrong maybe but not felonious.
Like no otger teens drink. It's part of being a teen dingdong...the polluting is not
@@Flies2FLL explain the high murder rate in cities run by democrats for the last 20 or more years.
How about both charges the $50, 000 each and the 5 years jail term
Absolutely
father: "my child is a minor child, we have no comment" hmmmm he is so minor that you let him out in the ocean on that boat to pollute and dump trash......were you there supervising your "minor child"? or did you have a responsible adult with your "minor child" and by the way was your "minor child" drinking? The statement from the parent explains sooo much about why your "minor child" felt entitled to dump trash in our oceans.
The parents are about 10 years late in finding a "teaching moment."
Those parents are fools letting teens drive a high powered boat with no supervision. Shame on them.
@@schoolcounselor2534like 16 year olds can’t drive cars . 🥱🤣🤣🤣🤣.🤡💩
@@schoolcounselor2534seriously I have a cabin cruiser in my mid 20s & have a very difficult time even getting it back in the slip (parking spot at dock) I have only been out less than a handful of times on my own yet they let all these teens go out and party on this boat ALONE. Pathetic parenting
Dude they dumped trash being stupid. It’s truly not a big deal. This is the stupidest comment thread, I’m glad all you morons never made a mistake throughout your entire teenage years 😂😂😂
I guess you were never a teenager and never did anything stupid. Teenagers throw most of their upbringing out the window, especially when with other kids. Making them pick up a lot of trash would indeed be a teachable moment.
Anyone caught littering on water or land should be given THOUSANDS of hours of roadside litter clean up community service.
IMO it should be a capital offense, but I’ll take it 😅
Thousands of hours eh? How dense are you? Do you have any idea how many hours a thousand is? This is just like the dumbest comment I've read all year
In the middle of July when it’s baking hot and humid.
Exactly!!
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Both sets of parents failed at the most important job they had, raising decent children.
"My son is a minor child and we have no comments" yeah right... the fact that you can't even own your flaws as raising parents says it all.
"My son is a minor child and we have no comment" if your 16yr old can't handle himself then you should be on the boat too.
I woudn't say anything to the media either.
Michael Kirby & Chris Ruth
@@TheAnimeistyeah cowards are usually afraid to speak, and explain how dumb they are, as well as being afraid of any responsibility they or they’re dumb kids make.
How did y'all miss the part about teachers and school administrators were operating the boat, teens were with them? 1:15
Y'all read video/article titles and know everything from that to make comments on?
Don’t think they meant that the boat was being operated by school staff and administrators……. What they meant was they spoke to schools trying to identify the teens as well as speaking to others that were on the boat with the teens
Well, I guess that second father should be charged, since his son is a minor. No wonder his son has turned out this way with parenting like that. What BS!!!
That father probably either owns the boat or bought all the beer for them (or both).
Sure, because ALL children do EXACTLY what their parents tell them to, and have NO way of making their own choices.
I'm sure that Daddy will be doing his best to get his minor son out of the consequences.
Listen, it was smart of him to say no comment since they don’t know what’s gonna happen to the kids you’re supposed to get a lawyer and shut your mouth if you’re smart and he’s protecting his kid like all of us would.
@@bcgambit80 This commenter is the type of P.O.S. that is the reason for these types of kids existing. Loser.
They should be forced to clean trash from the ocean.
the punishment should be... $50,000 in fines AND 5 years in prison.
That father saying his son is minor and no comment is a sign of stupidity and maybe include him in community service and double the fine!…
But but he's a good father!😂😂😂
That's why his kid like that. Got from his father. Parent never teach him to be a good person.
Yes double the fine if they ain't going to jail them ,Youths should be on a police record as well , only expunged after twenty years of no other arrests , parents too ,
so what are minor teens doing with beer?
The parent that said my son is a minor and I have no comment is the cause for his sons behavior and the reason he felt the he could dump trash in the ocean and get away with it. The fathers should be held accountable because they own the boat.
Exactly.....what a bunch of numbskulls - no respect for anything. Maybe the "minor child" shouldn't be out on a party boat as he obviously can't obey without lots of adult supervision
Sounds like he talked to a lawyer. Was told to say nothing.
Even talking with a lawyer, a simple I'm sorry for my son's behavior and appropriate measures will be performed is all that needs to be said. Accountability goes a long way, lawyer or not!!!!
Maybe. The other kid did it and his parents took responsibility for it. You can't just make these like crazy assumptions with little information
Then he shouldn’t be drinking.
How are "minor children" out with a million+ boat with trash canS full of beer vans to dump in the ocean? The parents need to be investigated.
Why in the world are those kids. Alone on a boat anyway? The parents should be held accountable...
Teens are not children. They know right from wrong and chose to break the law.
Exactly. These idiots commenting that the parents should be held accountable and punished are idiots or childless.
Not young kids
I broke into a building and stole a floor safe when I was 16. There was no punishment they let me live at home. They made me go to a school with juvenile law breakers like me three or for hours a day. That's it. I'll never forget the cop who arrested me telling me how lucky I was that I was only 16. He showed me the max sentence was 50 years for just stealing the safe alone. I was arrested for armed robbery a year later and they dropped the charges. FTP. I am old now I never get in trouble anymore. But I did then.
@@aliceinwonderland887 what's your point? You were full of privilege?
@@aliceinwonderland887 So dumb, cant even believe it.
The penalty should be confiscate the boat!
Boat was a rented
One of the penalties.
@AmusedCoffee-ym3gb , the boat belongs to an LLC. One of the felonious brats' parents might be a part of the LLC.
@@AmusedCoffee-ym3gb That would sure be a lesson to not rent to people are irresponsible if they lost their boat.
@@snarkymcsnarkles3493 because they were 1.5 miles out instead of 3 miles out where it’s legal? Lmfao
SAD the adults on the boat were NOT charge.
SAD the boat owners are not taking the responsibility!
What kind of parent lets their teenager take out a probably $200,000 boat for a beer party with other teens. Parent should be charged.
The boat should be confiscated.
Dry docked 100%
@@jillr759 So sick and tired of these woke, panty waist parents that esentially let their brats run the household. The judicial system, along with practically everything else in this country is a pathetic joke anymore. Take the damned $100,000 + dollar boat plus fines, plus community service and anything else we're still allowed to charge these entitled little punks with!
Might be a rented boat?
So what all ocean going vessel do this every day get over it get a life.
Why. All they did was litter.
Father says, a minor child.........But old enough to be out on a expensive boat unsupervised, and old enough to know better than throwing a lot of trash in the water.
They weren't unsupervised. In the video they said there were teachers and school administrators on the boat. That makes it even more disturbing.
And old enough to have beers 😂
being a minor can NOT be used as an excuse to escape punishment. He WILL be punished because what he did caused a lot if damage to the community and the environment
@@pvdogs2 lefty teachers and school administrators in that area, they don't provide supervision, they promote illegal deeds.
@@HikerBikerMoter its not, but it plays a massive role in your charge. Did nobody in these comments litter as a kid cus ik I certainly did and could care less at that age, only when I reached about 18 I realized how harmful it was and what our country would look like if everyone littered.
No child should be operating a boat without the parents aboard . Parents should be investigated and charged as well.
“My son is a minor child, we have no comment”! That makes me think, that parent thinks it’s no big deal. He doesn’t think his kid should be in trouble because he’s just a “child”. Well sir, when ur son commits a worse crime, because he’s been emboldened by you making excuses for his behavior, it won’t matter that he’s under 18. He could still be charged as an adult, if the crime is bad enough! They sound like entitled spoiled BRATS!!! A 5 year old knows it’s bad to throw trash in the ocean.
Parents taking no accountability for their lil monsters
Why should they? The parents weren't the ones allegedly dumping trash.
@@bwofficial1776 "allegedly" you didn't watch the video? Is they weren't white I bet you would be singing a lot different toon
@@theecueI see that person has no comment
Who gives a fk 😂 government lets companies dump chemicals and other worst things into the ocean but they don’t get fined. Each government in every countries test bombs and nuclear bombs into the ocean but we don’t sue them for littering so why should we give a single fk about trash… our ocean is already fked up.
Also, go sue each country for littering in space… if y’all care about littering so much 😂
Too much money and entitlement. So disrespectful.
exactly. 3 outboard motors. probably close to 100K just for the motors alone but the parents don't care to teach the kids morals or responsibility.
Trust me, this isn't the 1st time they did this either
How did y'all miss the part about teachers and school administrators were operating the boat, teens were with them? 1:15
Y'all read video/article titles and know everything from that to make comments on?
Florida
@@shiitake1521 More like "The leftys moving to Florida" as the one that owned this boat and refused to talk about his minor son.
10 years in prison for everyone on the boat
I am agree… they should serve jail time… law should apply equall….
That's funny. People get less time then that for murder.
My child would have known by 3 that dropping trash any kind is unacceptable.
Who owns the boat? Whoever allowed teens to operate the boat without adult supervision should face a judge. Child endangerment?
You only need to be 14 to get a boaters license and operate a boat Independent
I operated a boat solo at 12 years old.
If given the privilege to drive a boat, then they are old enough and clever enough to know better.
@@douglasstone3813You hoping something bad happens? Looks like you’re not the best dude either.
I've watched 12 YO's run a 40 foot better than a lot of adults.
The father that said his son is a minor and he has no comment. That boy ain't going to learn nothing because his daddy won't even accept what his son done was wrong he thinks just because his sons of minor it's okay. Bad parenting
100p.
That's because he taught him to do it.
@@poollife777 I agree, undoubtedly the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
It's a learned behavior. Trashy family and friends!
Hey fine. So whatever punishment your well grown minor was going to get, you can do instead ... dad.
I was on a ship in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1992-1994 and we were ordered to dump trash in the ocean. I was completely shocked at this and later found out that it was allowed a certain distance from any shoreline, but still was one of the more consciously difficult thing I ever had to be part of. Not sure where the law stands on this type of activity now.
Cruise ships used to do that, but I think, I hope, it’s no longer allowed.
Thats a dirty little secret the Navy doesn't like to be advertised, all the waste goes right overboard!!!
@@aliannarodriguez1581 Cruise ships are fined if they get caught tossing some kinds of trash or waste. They are allowed to dump biodegradable trash, and even highly 'processed' waste water.
Oil, plastic, cardboard, etc, no. Princess got a $40 million fine, and Carnival got a $20 million fine. It's not much considering how much $ they make.
And we wonder why our planet is having all kinds of issues. Human beings ruin everything.
This should be a felony. There is zero excuses for this.
Parent: My child is a minor and we have no comment.
Yep, that's just the kind of parents you'd think to have fostered these entitled jerks.
I thought parents were responsible for their children until they turned 18... By law
Michael Kirby & Chris Ruth
Well, that parent is a lefty transplant from n.y., not much punishment happens to law breakers in n.y. 99% most likely still voting the same way here as what caused the reasons they fled n.y.too. Has anyone ever said a lefty had a brain?
These teens need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Send a VERY CLEAR message. I am very sure they knew it was wrong when they did it. This behavior needs to stop.
Wishful thinking. Daddy will pay a fine and case will quietly go away.
Fullest extent of the law would be 5 years in prison.
Oh? A 299 dollar fine is gonna teach these entitled bastards a lesson? Daddy will just cut a check.
"My son is a minor child, and we have no comment". How to say "I failed as a parent" without actually saying "I failed as a parent"
I hope the teen whose family didn’t apologize after a video showed the damage he caused should get jail (juvenile). The minimum they should have done was to offer an apology to the State of Florida and its citizens.
The parents should be made to pay for all clean up, court costs, and investigative costs.
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Charge rich people money, yeah, that’ll fixm genius. These kids need to do a lifetime of trash pick up. Use your brain.
Those weren't young kids misbehaving, those were young adults deliberately harming the environment.
And they're not adults actually. And yes everyone knows that this is children harming the environment purposefully I'm not sure what your point is
They are certainly young adults, but they did not harm the environment in any way.
far right Muricans, at their absolute best!
@@bricaaron3978 Oh' did those young adults retrieve all those garbage cans of trash that they dumped into the ocean? I must have missed that part of the story.
@@d-rockanomaly9243 My point is that all young adults should know better, whereby they shouldn't need to be told how to behave... Especially when it comes to contaminating the environment.
Owner of the boat should also be charged.
These parents MISSED THEIR TEACHING MOMENT if their kids think its okay to dump a hell of a lot of trash into the ocean while parading around like idiots on a boat. As for the parent who commented 'my son is a minor" ...how does a $50K fine sound for that minor of yours? Teach your kids right from wrong - unlike these parents, don't make excuses for your kids bad behaviour..... Shameful behaviour!!!! DISGUSTING!
Punishment for this type of behavior, by minors or adults, needs to be a lot more severe in this country.
I agree. They may be teens, but they have committed an adult crime. In those kinds of circumstances, they need to be tried as adults. When I was a teenager, I would have never done anything vile like that.
Theyre not 6yrs old. Even little children know right from wrong if the parents have done their job. Even if the parents havent done their job teenagers are old enough to know better. Soft judges are a headache in any state.
Agreed
Well Florida is a toxic waste land and white Republicans don't face charges there.
now do chicago
Who supplied the teens beer? The parents? Charge them furnishing alcohol to minors and let them do jail time and put the teens in foster care.
Rarely do parents supply beer to their kids. They usually know someone above age. I highly doubt the parents did knowing they were taking out a boat.
More than likely not the parents supplying alcohol
hahaha
those laws only apply to poor people, silly!
They also had a bottle of Old Harper
How did y'all miss the part about teachers and school administrators were operating the boat, teens were with them? 1:15
Y'all read video/article titles and know everything from that to make comments on?
The parents are extremely ignorant and the way these punks acted is exactly how they were raised.
Charge their parents just like Nathan Crumbley parents. Those parents were negligent in protecting the environment and underage drinking!
Good point.
How about NO. People are responsible for their own actions. Did your dad go to detention in school for you, re-do your homework? Charge then parents of teenagers who harmed no one?
That's a pretty bad example to use at least these kids didn't walk into a school and open fire and kill four people
@justbehonest66 the driver of the boat was a minor and provided alcohol to his passengers. Captain of vessel respinsible for safety of passengers and those around him. Parents of these teens are negligent. What if the captain was legally drunk and caused accident? Trash dampers fell off boat dumping trash? Crumbley case is precedent now.
@@justbehonest66 Still to early to make that call!
All those beer cans didn't empty themselves. 15 and 16 who bought them the beer? Probably the dad that won't comment. The captain of the boat is responsible also.
Captain? You mean kid.
The father that commented that his son is a child, and gave no comment., probably thinks no one should be teaching his kid anything but him. Poor example of a father.
They learned that behavior. It’s so good to see trash dampers held accountable. I live in the country and people use our land to dump trash often. It’s infuriating.
Terrible kids come from terrible parents. We know exactly the type of people these two guys will grow up to be
A$$e$$
dem parents
raising idiots.
@@germanboy2513 No one was talking about Trump until you brought him up. What's it like, having him constantly on your mind? Do you dream about him?
Most kids would have went along with this. You don’t live in the real world
Like LOOTERS , ROBBERS , MUGGERS ? BUT BUT BUT Dey jus TEENS ...Aint be duin no harm
A teaching moment is when a kid tells a joke he didn't know was offensive and everybody can learn from it. This is a "punishment moment" here.
Jokes are just jokes. This is actually criminal and should absolutely be punished.
I can hear that dad furiously calling his son “how could you do that to me?” You’re grounded for a week…..
The other folks on the boat, including the person piloting it, should also face charges.
They stood by while it happened, and did nothing to try and discourage the action.
The boat operator should be charged.
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It was the son of the owner of the boat and one of the two, Charles Ruth, that dumped the trash.
How did y'all miss the part about teachers and school administrators were operating the boat, teens were with them? 1:15
Y'all read video/article titles and know everything from that to make comments on?
The dad with no comment should be arrested for not teaching his son better
Arrested because he exercised his constitutional rights?
While this is wrong, we don’t need to arrest the father.
@boostedmaniac he can be socially shamed for not showing remorse whatsoever
@@magsteel9891he can be socially shamed for not showing remorse whatsoever
@@magsteel9891no he's basically saying "this is stupid, my son did no wrong."
Their parents must be so proud of them
EVERYONE on that boat should pay a fine and get community service!!! If someone was murdered and no one did anything they would all be charged. Why didn't anyone on the boat try to stop them???
Bad parents who have raised bad kids. These spoiled brats should be charged for harming the ocean and its marine wildlife.
This is ridiculous, &the entire BS sentiment that’s been going around too often lately of “reee kids did something wrong, it’s obviously the parents fault!” needs to stop. Has everyone seriously forgot the dumb things they did growing or at least people they know of from school that did dumb stuff, but had good parents? I know I was a dumb kid that had good parents but still did things behind their backs. Did I ever do this exactly? Nope, didn’t have a boat. Certainly did plenty of stupid things with many of other people though in high school. That’s part of growing up, making stupid mistakes, dealing with the outcome, &learning from them. Does every kid who does something wrong have good parents? Obviously not, but to go&say it’s the parents fault every damn time something is in the media is ridiculous.
If our parents are to blame for everything we’ve ever done, then I got a feelings that this world is filled with horrible people, &those of us who go on to have kids will also be the same kind of horrible. My son’s 2, so I think I’m mostly safe at the moment besides when he gets cranky from refusing his nap, but boy, in several years or so I’ll be Charles Manson from this sort of sentiment.
@@halvorson566 No one cares. Entitled kids can face consequences for their dumb actions too.
They should have to clear up trash from the beach for the next 6 months.
6 years
I am 100% positive the teen of the second father providing "no comment" is the teen who instigated this act. No accountability.
Why are 15 years olds (minor children) out alone on such an expensive boat anyway? Despicable behavior.
$10k fine take the boat and no boating or beach = 10 years !
Yeah, I'd say more like a $100K fine and impound the boat.
Ya all are delusional. 15 and 16, think back to when you where that age.
Rich kids don't get punished.
Affluenza
No millionaires on death row either.
Neither do rich adults.
guess how much the $$$$$ parents DONATE to POLITICIANS! 🤬
No one in criminal system gets punished…what serve 6 yrs for killing someone…the whole system is flawed…
And then they say "this is the best generation ever" and "young kids will save the environment"
So basically, the parents are saying there just kids, So dumping trash and underage drinking is ok. We won't hold them accountable.
Accountability, responsibility, consequences and penalty. STOP GIVING EXCUSES FOR THEIR DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR.
These kids are in trouble. They're under MARITIME LAW in the ocean, and that's even tougher than Florida law. They will be charged with felonies.
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As well they should be. Prosecutors should also consider charging them as adults.
Money will buy them out
Their names are "15-year-old Charles Henry Ruth and 16-year-old Michael Mastics Kirby."
Jail !!! Period !!!
Absolutely disgusting.
The parent with the long, detailed statement is the boat owner, he hired a PR firm days ago to deal with this and it shows. I have my doubts about there being much sincerity in what was said.
This is DESPICABLE behavior. Shows you the character and the heart of these kids. The parent's response is reprehensive.
The blatant disregard for all other life in that area really upsets me. That’s an entire ecosystem you’re damaging, not to mention the poor people just trying to enjoy the beach while have your trash washing up from all directions? Absolutely not. They need consequences that will stick. Humans can’t suck this much. We need to do better at teaching the smaller ones
The families describing them as ‘young kids’ and ‘minor child’ is a shameful attempt to diminish their responsibility. I don’t want them to get a disproportionate punishment but even a six-year-old would understand not to do this.
Young kids when they litter. But mature adults when they are out using the boat. Typical parents.
Entitled parents raise entitled kids.
Dad's response!, tells you exactly why those kids are!, the way they are!! So they're not kids when they're drinking and partying. On a 300+thousands Boat!, But when they commit a crime!, now their kids!! Typical!!
They are still kids when they are drinking and partying lol. That’s what 16 year olds do. Just because they aren’t poor and they get to go out on expensive adventures doesn’t mean anything to how responsible they have to be compared to a poor individual. We all did stupid things as a 16 year old. Our parents called us kids at 16. You guys need to cool your jets, don’t you have local kids to yell at for being on your lawn?
@@T.R.E.D. Your talking too the wrong person, on this subject! By 16/17 I worked 78hrs a week! And was taught my whole life.Common courtesy a mutual respect for others! And the way my family viewed the land. is like that of a native american Indian! And I'm a florida native!, who's had too watch his home be destroyed, on a daily basis!! Cleaned boat bottoms with scuba ,for 9yrs in that area. I've seen side canals PACKED SOLID!!, with TRASH!! And I've seen the de@th it causes!! What they did is straight up!, a form of eco terrorism!! And it happens all the time!!! There's no excuse for it!! I guarantee you!, none of my three children. whatever even consider doing something like this!! And had any of my children!, vandalized his luxurious boat! I guarantee you!, that father would want the book thrown at them!! See how that works!?
@@BigDaddy-zh2rc good for you, but that’s not normal. Kids aren’t supposed to work 78 hours a week they should be in school. To say that’s how a kid should live is silly. Yes, they did something stupid and reprehensible, but to make the parents pay is stupid. They didn’t do it.
The parents should be punished.
Once ships are outside 100 miles or so, everything goes overboard. Except for plastics, that stopped around 1990.
Who was piloting the boat....he is as well responsible for his crews actions....
Probably one of the kids
the 15 yo was the captain and also the first to dump the can - his dad owns the boat
Impound the boat!
@@donross381 They should seize it auction it off
Charles Ruth whose parents own the boat and one of the two dumping the trash in the ocean.
JAIL !!! NOT COMMUNITY SERVICE !!! 😡
Both!
useless, useless, useless parents. Parents need schooling.
There were adults on the boat, they all should be charged!
So that dad said no comments because the boy is a child?! So you allowed children to drive a $100.000 boat while underage drinking, brilliant!
The boat cost way more than a $100k.
Sounds like his lawyer gave him a script for any questions to me.
yeah that boat is probly in a 300-400k range easiy. heck a basic non fitted 31ft CC Ocean master is starting at 250K
"A minor child". Such an odd choice of words, I see where the kid gets his brains from.
My son worked loss prevention many years ago. He couldn’t believe the parents who were furious at him because he had apprehended their little angel for theft. These kids and their parents were always shocked when there were actual consequences for their actions.
A teaching moment. These failures of parents should’ve taught them better than this in 16 years.
Everybody on the boat should be held accountable not just the two that dumped the trash. You were on the boat and witnessed something that should not have been done and yet you did nothing to stop them so that means you need to be held accountable as well ..you were present when a crime was committed
Called accomplices, they were part of the felonious acts. it was their trash also.
You guys are idiots I’m sorry. Like everyone in a car should get a speeding ticket when the driver speeds?
You guys need to chill and use your low IQ brains a little harder.
Good job kids for turning yourselves in!👍🏼 it’s really good to know some of y’all have a conscience!! And hopefully a lesson well learned!!! God bless you all!🙏🏽
So basically the teachers and school administrators (adults) told the kids to dump the trash into the ocean. They should be held equally accountable for this
Minor child ????? Despicable
That's the legal description of a 15 or 16 year old.
Community service every day from sun up to sun down helping out their local trash collectors
Parenting: It's not for everyone.
When I was a kid, my father told us never to worry about getting in trouble with the police; it was no big deal. We were not in trouble until we got home. We thought a lot about that.
If it was alcohol trash they should be charged with under age drinking 🧐
Unfortunately they had time to be sober before speaking to law enforcement. No proof beyond reasonable doubt that they personally drank at this time. Plus I think that underage drinking is 1st degree misdemeanor or less. 3rd degree felony they are facing is enough.
It was!
possibly DUI
@wolfie007 While I would certainly say no doubt that is highly likely, the 1st reply is accurate. There is no solid evidence of it. It's one of those, "everyone knows but there is no way to prove it" scenarios. Hopefully they get the maximum punishment (or close to it) from the charges that can be proven (which are pretty steep).
@@christopherjakel1049That’s exactly why they dumped the evidence.
Everyone on board should be charged. If you are the driver of the get away car during a bank robbery, you get charged. Same thing here.
No
You want everyone in a speeding car to get a ticket?
Yeah sorry, this is a huge dummy comment. Someone didn’t think that through lol.