Body camera footage shows arrest of Baldwin County sheriff’s deputy
Baldwin County Sheriff says Deputy Contreras was suspended without pay.
By Ariel Mallory
PENSACOLA, Fl. (WALA) – FOX10 News has exclusively obtained body camera footage showing the arrest of a Baldwin County sheriff’s deputy.
In December, Deputy Danny Contreras was arrested in Pensacola.
Contreras and two other men are accused of going on a “joyride” in a Pensacola city-owned UTV.
According to the sheriff’s office, Contreras was placed on leave following the arrest.
Police report details Baldwin County sheriff’s deputy arrest
On Thursday, Baldwin County Sheriff Hoss Mack said Contreras pled no contest to the charges and was referred to the pre-trial intervention program.
Sheriff Mack says Contreras has since returned back to patrol division after being suspended without pay for 30 days.
In the body cam footage, Contreras says it was a stupid mistake, that shouldn’t have happened.
It all started on December 8, around 3:00 in the morning.
A downtown bar employee told a Pensacola PD officer they noticed the men on the UTV near South Jefferson Street and called 911.
“I looked and they were on it and I just called in. It was parked right next to this,” the man told the officer as he showed him the parking garage where the UTV was. “As I’m on the phone with 911 they were driving. They came out of the garage and then they were driving south.”
The employee also said Contreras and the men came back by the bar “waving” from the UTV.
It didn’t take long for officers to catch up with the men and confront them.
“We were just going home. I was just going to my vehicle. We were at Seville,” Contreras told the officer. “And then we were going home.”
Contreras told the officer he was looking for his truck inside the Jefferson Street parking garage and was getting ready to head home.
According to the police report he and his friends decided to stop and hop into the UTV first.
Contreras told the officer a man told him he could ride it and thought it’d be funny.
“Did he give you permission to take it?” the officer asked.
Contreras replied, “He said it was his…”
Officers appeared not to believe that story.
“So if you’re walking to your car that’s in the garage why would you get into it?” the officer asked.
“We were just driving around, we thought it’d be funny,” Contreras replied.
The officers identified Contreras as the driver and he was originally charged with vehicle theft and given a $1,000 bond.
Contreras calls the whole ordeal “a stupid mistake.”
“We just made a stupid mistake,” he said. “riding around and we just hopped in…probably shouldn’t have hopped in.”
Sheriff Mack says his charge was reduced to trespassing which is a misdemeanor.
FOX10 News reached out to Contreras’ lawyer but did not hear back from anyone.
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Police officer and driver sucked into rapidly rising floodwater by drain pipe
Bodycam footage shows the moment a police officer is sucked underwater and into a drain pipe as he attempted to rescue a trapped motorist.
The officer was helping stranded drivers who were stuck in rapidly rising water in Florida’s Escambia County.
He rushed to the aid of someone he saw go underwater, but then they both got sucked into a drain pipe.
They were pulled underneath the four-lane road and surfaced nearly 100ft away around 30 seconds later.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said the pair are lucky to be alive following their ordeal.
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From shocking arrests to heroic rescues, this week’s bodycam footage offers a raw look at the moments that made headlines across South Florida. (MBPD)
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — From shocking arrests to heroic rescues, this week’s bodycam footage offers a raw look at the moments that made headlines across South Florida.
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According to officers with the Miami Beach Police Department (MBPD), 22-year-old YouTube influencer and streamer Jack Doherty intentionally stepped in the middle of Washington Ave. to film content and blocked traffic, creating a “dangerous situation for drivers and himself.”
Officers say they instructed him multiple times to clear the road, but Doherty allegedly refused, responding, “Once I’m done with this bet!”
In the released bodycam footage, multiple men are seen surrounding Doherty and filming on their phones while being shooed away by officers.
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Officials said that Deputy Curtis Redford from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) quickly responded to an emergency call at a local home.
Upon arrival, he reported finding little Catalina unresponsive. The video shows that with no time to waste, Deputy Redford began performing CPR immediately.
Thanks to his rapid actions, Catalina started to breathe on her own by the time emergency medical services (EMS) arrived, according to the sheriff’s office.
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BODYCAM: Florida man arrested after bizarre forklift and ATM joyride through streets
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The Tallahassee Police Department said early Monday morning that the suspect took both items on a joyride through town before attempting to flee from officers.
Home surveillance video and bodycam footage show the forklift driving down a residential road.
“What’s up bro?” The officer asked the man. “What y’all got going on?”
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VERO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A dramatic chase involving both a K-9 team and drone pilots ended with the capture of two teenage runaways who allegedly tried to break into an occupied Vero Beach home in late October.
The Indian River County Sheriff’s Office (IRCSO) said deputies and Vero Beach police responded to a burglary in progress on October 28 after a woman called 911, reporting two teens were trying to force her front door open. When officers arrived, both boys ran.
One teen was caught almost immediately, investigators said.
The second — who scaled a fence and disappeared into a neighborhood ditch line — triggered a multi-agency search involving K-9 tracking and aerial surveillance.
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LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (CBS12) — A man armed with two machetes was arrested Friday after deputies say he shattered a woman’s car window and chased her to a substation.
On Friday, deputies with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) say they responded to the 2nd Precinct Substation for reports of a domestic situation involving a man, later identified as Leodan Gallo, with a machete.
Officials say Gallo drove to the victim’s apartment, started a fight, and then tailgated her car. After driving erratically, Gallo allegedly exited his car at the intersection of Homestead Road N and Alabama Road S, wielding a machete.
He reportedly struck the rear window of her car, shattering the glass. The victim subsequently drove to the substation, fearing for her safety.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — A routine City Hall meeting turned into a scene straight out of a courtroom drama Monday morning, ending with police dragging a man out of the commission chambers in front of stunned onlookers.
The incident unfolded during the public comment portion of the meeting, when 38-year-old James Vanhorn took the podium. His remarks bounced between topics — from agenda control and salary transparency to free-market versus socialism debates and even police uniform contracts.
According to the Fort Pierce Police Department, Vanhorn refused to relinquish the microphone after his allotted three minutes expired. Mayor Linda Hudson repeatedly asked him to take his seat, but Vanhorn persisted. When officers approached to escort him back, he allegedly yanked the microphone off its stand and moved toward the city officials.
That’s when officers — with the interim police chief present — stepped in. Video captured the tense exchange:
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