Party chaos caught on camera as police push new tactic to scare spring breakers

Authorities successful the Florida Panhandle are taking outpouring interruption by tempest by sharing viral bodycam video successful an effort to ace down connected rowdy assemblage students allegedly breaking the law.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO), which has jurisdiction implicit hotspot Panama City, has launched a societal media run looking to deter assemblage students from engaging successful unlawful behaviour by promoting arrests online. 

"We admit visitors that respect our assemblage and laws, but volition not tolerate upset successful amerciable activity," Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford said successful a video posted to Facebook. 

The section is sharing clips of caller incidents stemming from outpouring interruption chaos, earning hundreds of thousands of views arsenic officials passim the Sunshine State grapple with different twelvemonth of assemblage students descending connected their city’s beaches.

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Authorities responded to a telephone regarding a location enactment disturbance successful Bay County, Florida connected Feb. 28, 2026.  (Bay County Sheriff’s Office)

In the fourteenth occurrence of "Busted successful the Panhandle," BCSO takes viewers on for the thrust arsenic they interruption up aggregate location parties and thoroughfare racing events tied to outpouring break. 

A information of the video shows a chaotic country extracurricular a residential location successful which a college-aged antheral is covered successful humor portion claiming helium was "jumped," arsenic authorities respond to a telephone regarding a location enactment disturbance connected Feb. 28.  

According to an incidental study obtained by Fox News Digital, authorities arrived connected the country to find Steven Claghorn "with humor connected his look and garment attempting to participate a vehicle," portion a pistillate identified arsenic "Ava" was yelling astatine him.

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Upon speaking to respective witnesses, deputies learned Claghorn had breached up with Ava "on her birthday" during a enactment astatine the house, resulting successful a combat betwixt the pair. 

The altercation allegedly turned carnal erstwhile Claghorn raised his fist and attempted to plaything astatine Ava, but was blocked by the group, according to the incidental report. 

After officers arrived, the concern rapidly escalated aft Ava appeared to shove a pistillate constabulary officer, causing her to beryllium taken into custody.

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Authorities interruption up a location enactment successful Bay County, Florida connected March 8, 2026. (Bay County Sheriff’s Office)

"Don’t grip her similar that," Claghorn, who appears to beryllium intoxicated, tells the officer. "I don’t attraction astir the occupation title. Don’t grip her similar that." 

Ava tin beryllium heard hysterically screaming arsenic she is handcuffed and placed successful the backmost of a constabulary car aft being arrested connected charges of willfully and knowingly obstructing oregon opposing a instrumentality enforcement officer.

Claghorn was subsequently arrested connected charges of battle and resisting a instrumentality enforcement serviceman without violence, according to police.

Another clip shows officers breaking up a location enactment hosted by students astatine the commencement of outpouring interruption connected March 8.

Approximately a twelve students, dressed successful enactment apparel and bathing suits, tin beryllium seen filing retired of the location arsenic officers effort to find who is successful complaint of the party. 

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At 1 point, the students are lined up on the partition and questioned arsenic to who is presently staying astatine the house.

"We unrecorded successful a metropolis wherever radical travel successful for abrogation and person a bully time, but astatine nary constituent does that mean that we're going to beryllium good with radical coming into our region oregon our metropolis and breaking our rules and our laws," an serviceman tin beryllium heard telling the group. "Does that makes sense?"

In different clip, authorities instrumentality an idiosyncratic into custody for allegedly thoroughfare racing with a brace of vehicles connected Feb. 28.

According to an incidental study obtained by Fox News Digital, an serviceman witnessed 2 vehicles engaged successful an evident thoroughfare racing lucifer successful which the starring conveyance was observed reaching speeds of 107 mph. 

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Authorities interruption up a location enactment successful Bay County, Florida connected March 8, 2026. (Bay County Sheriff’s Office)

Bodycam video shows officers taking the operator into custody.

"I’m nether arrest?" The operator tin beryllium heard asking.

"Yeah, 107 [mph] successful a 45 [mph zone]," the serviceman replies arsenic helium places handcuffs connected the individual.

The driver, identified arsenic Rodney Jackson, was subsequently arrested and charged with racing connected the roadway and ace speeder – velocity implicit 100 mph. 

In effect to the Spring Break chaos, authorities person banned intoxicant connected Panama City Beach for the period of March and bars indispensable adjacent by 2 a.m. Additionally, BCSO has implemented a nighttime curfew for minors and abrogation rentals are barred from renting to anyone nether 21 years of age.

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In adjacent Volusia County, officials made 133 outpouring break-related arrests implicit the weekend. 

"If you program connected engaging successful this benignant of activity, I'd urge you find determination other to go," Ford said. "We promote parents of minors considering coming to Panama City Beach to marque them alert of these rules to debar important disbursal and ineligible consequences."