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Florida Man Strikes Again!

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The Hour IS AT HAND said:
Apparently this guy was arrested with criminal charges for "conducting a manifestly unsafe voyage". Dude was literally trying to marathon across the Atlantic and run to London. Criminal charges seem kind of harsh to me though...

www.foxnews.com

Florida man's goofy attempt to 'run' across Atlantic takes a turn after bizarre threat: Coast Guard

A Florida man attempting to 'run' across ocean in a human-sized hamster wheel was arrested after threatening U.S. Coast Guard officials.
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Agreed. From the link, though, the charges stem from his interactions with the Coast Guard and NOT from being stupid.
 
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Tinker Grey said:
Agreed. From the link, though, the charges stem from his interactions with the Coast Guard and NOT from being stupid.
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Ya that will do it...

"When Coast Guard officers told Baluchi they were cutting his voyage short, Baluchi threatened to kill himself with a 12-inch knife if anyone tried to apprehend him, and claimed to have a bomb aboard, according to the complaint

After days of trying to get Baluchi to board Coast Guard vessels, he admitted that he did not have a real bomb and on September 1 officers were able to get him to disembark at the USCG Base in Miami Beach, Florida."

I wonder if he had made it to international waters yet?
 
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The Hour IS AT HAND said:
Ya that will do it...

"When Coast Guard officers told Baluchi they were cutting his voyage short, Baluchi threatened to kill himself with a 12-inch knife if anyone tried to apprehend him, and claimed to have a bomb aboard, according to the complaint

After days of trying to get Baluchi to board Coast Guard vessels, he admitted that he did not have a real bomb and on September 1 officers were able to get him to disembark at the USCG Base in Miami Beach, Florida."

I wonder if he had made it to international waters yet?
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If so, I am not sure if the coast guard would have the authority to do anything. I am not 100% on that though since he started out in the US.
 
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dogs4thewin said:
If so, I am not sure if the coast guard would have the authority to do anything. I am not 100% on that though since he started out in the US.
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I think in this case his hamster wheel would have been considered a US flagged vessel which would give the USCG jurisdiction. It's a strange case though so I'm not sure.
 
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In older times we just let people do idiotic stuff to themselves. Pretty soon it will be illegal to even be a Florida Man.
"Based on the condition of the vessel - which was afloat as a result of wiring and buoys - [US Coast Guard] officers determined Baluchi was conducting a manifestly unsafe voyage," the criminal complaint says.
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durangodawood said:
In older times we just let people do idiotic stuff to themselves. Pretty soon it will be illegal to even be a Florida Man.
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As noted above, he wasn't arrested for being idiotic; he was arrested for his interactions with the coast guard. The OP's link helpfully has the legal documents.
 
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Tinker Grey said:
As noted above, he wasn't arrested for being idiotic; he was arrested for his interactions with the coast guard. The OP's link helpfully has the legal documents.
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I know. But he was stopped in the first place for just doing his dumb hamster wheel.

I do appreciate that responders probably dont like it when they see an impending rescue underway, knowing that in a few days this guy will likely be begging for help.
 
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