Florida teens seen dumping trash into ocean turn themselves in

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Published 2024-05-03
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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All Comments (21)
  • @woozy607
    Old enough to drive a boat like that old enough to get treated as an adult
  • As a Floridian this is disgusting! Make them pickup trash on Floridas beaches for a couple years straight.
  • @Dimaz42
    "My son is a minor child.." ~ Great display of parenting there.. his son probably got a 5 minutes time-out for that
  • @itslogical3884
    If they deliberately bring all that trash from shore just to dump it overboard. That is very sick.
  • @MartinPHE
    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.
  • @user-nm6rd2mb2g
    I blame the parents. Obviously these kids were never taught to respect their environment. They are probably spoiled and were never disciplined.
  • @Hound_3
    Why?? So dumb. Bad parents??? Sickening!!!!
  • @jacklee8114
    Charge both teens and parents total of 100,000 per person. Give money to the ocean cleanup
  • @alex35agm
    Looks like they missed some of the trash because they were still on board.
  • @HippieRacing
    That boat should be seized and sold at auction. The money should go straight to waterway cleanup efforts.
  • Seriously, how privileged & outta touch with reality do you have to be to even consider this ??
  • @TraJonR3D
    Since their parents have the money to trust their kids on a boat in the ocean .. less than 100k dollar fine would be atrocious.
  • They were under age and I'm sure drinking. Any adults with them on that boat should be charged with delinquency of a minor.
  • @jameskirk796
    This is a total disregard for sea life! :body-blue-raised-arms::face-orange-frowning: