National Safe Boating Week 2023 @MCSONews

Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK!

As summer and Memorial Day quickly approach, Lt. Doug Watts and Lt. Paul Bloom want to remind everyone to practice safe boating.

Be sure to follow all the laws of the water, pay extra attention to safety, and familiarize yourself with any additional rules applicable to the body of water you are spending time on!

MCSO hopes that citizens and visitors of Marion County enjoy their time exploring the vast number of waterways throughout the county. However, most importantly, we want to ensure that everyone is safe, following the law, and working together keep our county beautiful!

Wanted by Woods Wednesday- (Michael Breckon)

$MARION COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR WORK TOGETHER DURING PURSUIT On Saturday, June 23, 2018, Deputy Christian Guerra was conducting proactive security at the Pryme Nightclub located at 9355 SE Maricamp Road in Silver Springs Shores when he observed a driver, later identified as Patrick Rodriguez Emanuel (DOB: 07/13/1993), commit a traffic infraction and saw that there was an alert on the vehicle’s tag due to the driver having a suspended license. Deputy Guerra attempted to conduct a traffic stop and Emanuel proceeded to flee. A pursuit was then initiated and Deputy Guerra, his fellow MCSO deputies, MCSOs Air One, K9 and Belleview Police Department officers worked together to pursue the suspect. Deputy Guerra then conducted a successful P.I.T. (Precision Mobilization Technique) maneuver and disabled Emanuels vehicle at the intersection of Maricamp and Baseline Roads. Emanuel then ran through a wooded area on foot and K9 Deputy Alan Lee and his K9 partner Zeus were able to track directly to Emanuels location with the help of Deputy Guerra and Air One. Emanuel was taken into custody without incident. Deputies later found Methamphetamine, Heroin and other drugs in Emanuels vehicle. Upon further review of his dash camera video, Deputy Guerra saw that Emanuel was wearing a backpack when he bailed out of his car after the PIT maneuver, but he did not have the backpack on his person when he was apprehended. After reviewing Air Ones video, Deputy Guerra and other deputies were able to pinpoint where Emanuel dropped the backpack and located it Monday morning. A crack pipe was found inside that backpack. Emanuel has been charged with Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Heroin, Possession of a Controlled Substance without a Prescription, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Driving with no Valid Drivers License, Resisting without Violence, and Fleeing and Eluding a Police Officer while Lights and Sirens Activated. Emanuel also had an outstanding warrant for VOP: Possession of Marijuana less than 20 grams. He was arrested and transported to the Marion County Jail. GREAT JOB TO EVERYONE INVOLVED!!$

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