Investigation continues into boaters seen dumping trash into ocean, then celebrating

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is continuing its investigation into a group of boaters seen dumping trash - then gleefully celebrating what they did - in the waters off South Florida over the weekend.

[@bigchiefin909]

The real toxic trash is still on the boat

[@n1663r]

Imagine eating Florida seafood after this. Puke:

[@lewisbale1]

Exactly

[@Charity4Chokora]

Yes very true, finally a half sane person in a long list of crazy people who need…. To not exist.

[@n1663r]

@@lewisbale1 this is why I'm glad l live in the Midwest. The east and west coasts are toxic and polluted.

[@hs-vr9pp]

Well said

[@bobcratchet3736]

They dumped the garbage in the ocean and left the trash in the boat.

[@RottenRockster]

Indeed. Well said sir.

[@Whatnok]

💯

[@allieandbo]

Winner. Take a bow. SWIDT?

[@emmel4fun]

Or vice versa.

[@200cdl]

$100,000 fine should be fair

[@baaamakingbaaaa]

and 5 years in prison

[@kaycampbell8532]

Yes and forfeit the boat.

[@SkyNetGeneral-]

@@kaycampbell8532 the boat is a rental

[@kountrygunz2032]

@@kaycampbell8532 and boating license

[@Whatnok]

And community ocean clean up service for a lifetime‼️‼️‼️

[@pennygreenler4351]

Way to go WAVY BOATS for getting this to the right people!!

[@RobertPilla]

Where is Blue Top Girl!

[@tombrown7577]

Thank you for posting this!!

[@moreygloss9248]

The drain plug mafia is now involved ...

[@maddierosemusic]

@@RobertPilla Blue Top Legend!! They are sisters.

[@allieandbo]

@@RobertPilla Calm down weirdo

[@mrfofff]

6 months in jail, 6 months walking the beach picking up trash.. $10,000 fine,

[@mai9inc]

No, at least a year jail time and revoke boating license permanently, and not allowed on any beaches, whether they're there to swim or hang out for at least 2yrs. And this is for everyone on that boat!

[@n1663r]

@@mai9inc this is why I'm glad l live in the Midwest. The east coast is toxic and polluted. Imagine actually eating Florida seafood now...??!!!?

[@hocus4957]

They should also confiscate daddy's boat.

[@user-mf3in4pv7h]

Each

[@tankerock]

Triple if the rest dont turn themselves in the next 24hrs

[@douglasstone3813]

The Captain is Charlie Ruth. His parents are Chris and Lisa Ruth of Gulf Stream Florida. They own Firstlight Care Home Franchises, they are from New York! The trash dumper is Michael Kirby a Junior at Boca Raton H.S.

[@rapido2963]

Good work Sherlock! 👍

[@David-ho1yi]

That figures. They're trying to turn Florida into a wasteland like NYC!

[@nnnjh8372]

@@rapido2963Doxxing should not be encouraged. You peasants live for the mob mentality 😂

[@Enlightenment246]

You should be reporting to the police of wildlife action not KZbin, no one can do anything about it here.

[@douglasstone3813]

@@Enlightenment246 Both Charlie and Michael have been charged with Federal Felonies. Mission Accomplished!

[@lowjack100]

If it’s federal protected waters it could be jail time

[@BassBashin]

You’re in federal water all the way up to 200 miles from the coast. State waters stop after 3 miles. They were def in both. Didn’t even really go very far outta the inlet

[@traybern]

PRISON!!!!!

[@lassiterdominguez2879]

Davey jones locker.

[@stevemcgowen]

It’s Florida. They are MAGAts. They don’t believe in protecting the environment.

[@Meeks1102]

they should confiscate the boat and give it to an organization that protects the ocean animals

[@brianrosborough9240]

confiscate the boat,1000 hours of community service,AND JAIL TIME!!

[@safeandeffectivelol]

How about 5 years of community service every weekend picking up trash along the beach?

[@panda4757]

Yesss

[@nomasknoway9903]

Uh huh. And where's your outrage for all the oceanic polution our government causes?

[@TheByard]

@@safeandeffectivelol No make that they have to fill a number of trash can each day and hire a boat to do it. Hit the pride and the pockets, PS Make it a row boat so they don't pollute the air.

[@HoboEAT]

@@nomasknoway9903 You suck lemons.

[@hondaopportunity8107]

Thank you @Wavy_boats .....I hope this dudes get some jail time and hefty fines.

[@roguewarr4662]

Their not laughing anymore , but hiding like little scared rats , but they will get caught .Real boaters would never do what these entitled kids did .

[@JPINFV]

The real boaters took out the trash... by reporting this trash to the police.

[@mikeloper100]

out on Dads boat

[@johnp139]

THEY’RE LAUGHING AT YOU.

[@stephenpmurphy591]

​@@johnp139Not anymore now their crying for mummy & Daddys lawyers.

[@kingkemaniLaBorde1691]

Yeah someone leak their private messages online.

[@shaynelhta]

These kids dont care. They know theres no real consequences for them. Mom and dad will pay for the lawyer and itll all go away. This is the privileged class that doesn't live by our rules.

[@6by6by6]

Rather presumptuous of you.. you and I both know you’ve done things your parents wouldn’t have supported or protected you from feeling the consequences… But you just go ahead and continue to paint with that broad brush…

[@ThriftyCHNR]

@@6by6by6 Well the video evidence certainly proves his comment true.

[@steveletson6616]

Diaper Donny and his kids come to mind!

[@seebybermo9167]

@@6by6by6wanker you

[@thorthunder6336]

The richest guy in north east Oregon has a rapist son. Not one day in jail. Pays victims off.

[@FishingwithRod]

1. No kids should be handling boats that powerful on their own. 2. They were dumping empties as every single one in the boat was underage.

[@jksouthern]

Minimum $15000 fine and boat slip terminated.

[@guysingleton8301]

And 2years in JAIL

[@BOBANDERSON5150]

His name is Charlie Ruth (he’s the captain), and his father is Christopher Ruth. Daddy owns First Light Home Care in Jupiter, they’re originally from Connecticut.

[@1decee]

Captain is Charlie Ruth. His parents are Chris and Lisa Ruth of Gulf Stream Florida. Chris and Lisa Ruth run Firstlight Home Care franchises, Inc.

[@patrickwhelan5703]

Oh lookie here, a product of the 1% soon to be a ZERO! Well done Mom and Dad. You must be so proud of Jr. Are you gonna take away his Dodge Charger?

[@lordhumongous4272]

@@patrickwhelan5703 They will fund his career as a future republican congressman.

[@loki110872]

@@lordhumongous4272you misspelled democrat. You know, how people like pelosi, Obama, Biden, Schumer, etc all came into office and multiplied their net worth by about 100x on a salary of 140k. Strange. Oh, and you can have Mitch McConnell, we don’t want him. “ 10% to the big guy!!”

[@SRM_NZ]

@@lordhumongous4272 does he also like little boys and girls?...just like other Florida Congressmen

[@zacharypelphrey6166]

@@lordhumongous4272maybe his dad will become president and he’ll never have to do anything other than smoke crack & bang hookers. She how easy it is to leave race and political affiliation out of it. Every politician is sticking it up your @$$ stop acting like one feels better than the other. Ps-your tag cracked me up! Lol😂

[@puffinsmurf3749]

2 years in prison would be light.

[@samd7601]

Not if you're getting your cheeks busted!

[@jameskahl9546]

From a boat owner, I hope they put them in jail

[@checkthewater39]

Million dollar boat these kids are not worried. They should be fined , jail time and pickup trash beside the road for people to see.

[@MaggieJean]

The fact that this act was so vile, then to see them ecstatic and proud. In what world did they think people would find this acceptable?

[@rapido2963]

It’s infuriating. Somehow it seems worse that they seem oblivious of the consequences of their actions.

[@Doctor_klausmartens]

where is the registration number? found it, The boat, Halcyon, out of Gulfstream, is registered to an LLC, Trysail Holdings.

[@SkyNetGeneral-]

So a rented boat , oh I hope Justice is carried out.

[@randombird3264]

@@SkyNetGeneral- Not a rented boat, Trysail holdings is an assisted living company.

[@timgreen4137]

The boat rental company will have a record of who rented it out.

[@MaxPleaseBeAGoodBoi]

Doctor Klausmartens cook my man, COOK!

[@robertd7073]

@@MaxPleaseBeAGoodBoi RUTH, CHRISTOPHER H AND Ruth, Elizabeth Eddy ARE THE AUTHORIZED PERSONS ON THE FLORIDA LLC REGISTRATION (TRYSAIL FLHC HOLDINGS). MAILING ADDRESS FOR LLC LEADS TO "FIRST LIGHT HOME CARE" IN DELRAY FLORIDA....

[@dougsimmons9091]

The kid said it right , " he's tired of seeing humans hurting other " animals " !

[@SherrieLujan]

That dude was so happy littering!😂

[@pamthompson3316]

Probably numb as a pounded thumb😂

[@veronicabell6652]

Kudos to the person who video taped this and released it.

[@teacherlisa163]

Wavy Boats

[@davidadamson3664]

Why do a group of young men have trashcans full of what exactly, in a boat and dumping it? Is it evidence of a more serious crime they are dumping?

[@andrespeniche5910]

All underage drinking didn’t want to get caught on the way in

[@denkobommel9823]

Life in prison without parole!

[@extendedp1]

yikes

[@rccalhoun]

1000 hours trash pick up community service.

[@drew65sep]

Too light of a punishment

[@SkyNetGeneral-]

Yup! Plus $7k fine in total .

[@onionbubs386]

How do they pick up themselves?

[@MG-iu4eh]

Much worse than that!

[@VitalityMassage]

This is going to hurt someone's pocketbook big time.

[@scottmichaels6854]

The investigation should take about 2 minutes. They obviously know the owner of the boat. How tough could it be to identify the occupants?

[@KevinStogner-fd7tl]

The boat has been identified so it's just a matter of time: " Halcyon ", registered in Gulf Stream, Fl. Fines, confiscate the boat, felony & 6 months in jail.

[@user-ly7np5rm5c]

I know them, they're maga nuts

[@Reidyreid115]

Nice job wavy boats media for capturing this . Some of those boats show driving through to inlet is crazy scary to watch . Love your KZbin channel

[@Nightsweeper]

Parents will have some excuse.

[@judywyatt4790]

Just a bunch of “entitled, selfish, brats. All criminals and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

[@SupraTaz]

The parents will hire attorneys, the attorneys will make a statement of apology and claim the kids are stressed out from life, make a deal with the state, and get a slap on the wrist.

[@danpiraino]

That Intrepid is not your average everyday boat & I highly doubt the owners name will be publicized. That boatload of trust fund babies will probably never feel any repercussions although the perpetrators should have to do some serious community service.

[@GP-ff8en]

Intrepid Boats manufacturer has already voiced his opinion and the owners have been identified along with their son. Sadly heavy fines will be paid by the sons owners/parents but FWC needs to make a stronger statement of community service, boat seizure, boating licenses banned from waters in Florida. Horrible parenting and lessons on the cautions of open waters. These teenagers were underaged drinking, which lots of teenagers have done, but they openly displayed clout for the drones and cameras filming. Absolute disgust as an avid ocean enthusiast

[@LukeStephens-gw6fb]

Their names are already public of who owns the boat- Christopher and Lisa Ruth- they own Firstlight Home Care (a home healthcare company)

[@daversj]

@@LukeStephens-gw6fbwith children and values like this they are probably Medicare fraudsters. All the Health care fraudsters plant roots in Florida for obvious reasons. I hope a microscope is taken to their business dealings.

[@teacherlisa163]

@@LukeStephens-gw6fb it's sad that their business will probably suffer and the seniors' care be impacted due to the flagrant behavior of these young adults. But... I hope not. The seniors don't deserve it, the boat company doesn't deserve it, and certainly the sea life and ocean didn't deserve it. :*(

[@davidsaitta6351]

@@GP-ff8en, hopefully so, but I doubt anything will happen to them. Rich little P...s always get away with this stuff.

[@cynthiasmith4130]

It's probably Daddys boat. These are kids having no consideration for anything or anybody!!!! None of them have life jackets on.Then they will cry when someone falls over and drowns!!! Give them all charges!!!

[@gh-dw3tg]

No consequences means more crimes and corruptions.

[@armageddonready4071]

The fines should be ASTRONOMICAL, like 250,000 dollars. Cleanup ain’t cheap.

[@user-ep9tp7dh5x]

This was hurtful to see. Let’s all do our part protecting the wildlife and preserving the water for those who come after us to enjoy please.

[@whatdoesnt]

Internet do your thing

[@6by6by6]

Daddy isn’t going to be happy bout his boat becoming insta famous for such stupid behavior.. they bout to see first hand..F’k around and find out..

[@jimni999]

Did anyone see the race of the "trash" dumping trash in the ocean? I missed that part

[@icannot1104]

White of course

[@Flies2FLL]

Charlie Ruth is the "captain", he's the 17 year old son of Christopher and Elizabeth Ruth of 3212 Gulfstream road in Gulf Stream. (The parents run the local chapter of FirstLight Home Care, a medical services group that takes care of homebound senior citizens) -Anyone have a full garbage truck I can borrow for a few hours?

[@marvindebot3264]

Nice home, 5 million estimate on Zillow.

[@matthew8036]

10 years federal prison no parole, 10,000 fine for each piece of trash ,5 year probation after release,life time ban from operating any water craft or boat .

[@SorosGeorg]

[@oleradiodudea.m.4735]

10 years, really? Joe Biden breaks the law storing top secret papers in his garage and gets nothing? Hunter Biden does drugs and gets nothing? Love the liberal mindset.

[@stjohnsriverrat7161]

I agree with the hefty fine and them not being able to operate a boat for 5 years. Today's generation has no regards for anything. It's sickening.

[@rebeccawojtyszka3533]

They are proud of it 🤷🏼‍♀️.. How are these kids raised? If you don’t appreciate the ocean and don’t want to take care of it- don’t use it! Don’t ruin it for everyone else. Spoiled, privileged & entitled maybe- ya I think so!

[@writerconsidered]

Judging by that boat I would say they are products of afluenza.

[@joseph87328]

Your New America

[@CVetteMan1111]

Wait until they hear how much it cost to clean that trash out of the ocean. Ocean cleanup is VERY expensive. I'm thinking more like a 50,000 or 100,000 dollar fine, a 1000 hours of community service, and a first-class education about how garbage effects ocean wildlife, how intensive an undertaking it is to clean trash from the ocean, and just how expensive it really is. Just when I thought humanity couldn't get any lower.

[@Will-tm5bj]

Got all that money for a boat and a place in boca but can't take the trash

[@oldironsides4107]

Some people like to hike or skydive or go boating. Some like to dump alot of garbage into the ocean. To each their own

[@mangographics225]

Not ONE person had life preservers!!!

[@Mikesroadtrip-ec5kp]

The boat has numbers on the side of it. Can't be that hard to find the owner!!

[@Capt_OscarMike]

THEY COVERED THEM UP...THE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE COVERED BUT THEY FORGOT ABOUT THE MASSIVE CUSTOMIZED NAME OF THE BOAT ON THE BACK...M0R0NS!!!

[@2fast2nick]

I think they did and it was a rental.

[@johnathansolloscy2897]

There were no registration numbers on the side! 😕

[@mikehoyt7592]

Maximum charges please

[@mrmkayboston1511]

Wow ... Sad . We need to protect our oceans

[@RA-II]

arrest them 5 yrs in jail

[@relentless305]

Banned them frm the ocean for life

[@joseywilds3133]

I bet I found out more information from the registration of the boat than the police and wild life officers

[@Nikzcyn]

That one kid has more sense of moral and values than a lot of us adults. Kudos to him. 👏🏽👏🏽

[@89volvowithlazers]

You know who's on the boat. the whole area knows who owns and who was operating the boat. It is arrogance of rich folks that is the driver of this

[@edwardroche2480]

Seriously where did they think the garbage was going to go with the on shore waves and wind? I spend days picking up garbage in the mangroves down here in the Florida keys. Not a day goes by I don't pick something up. These guys need a little time crawling around in the mangroves picking up garbage. Most of it does not rot for disintegrate or break down. The bottles sink with the next up and the next bunch of bottles that float in break them off leaving very sharp bottoms that will cut up your feet right through your boots. Let me supervise them for a little while.

[@gsp49]

The big ships dump in the ocean. Nothing new here.

[@Jyard]

@@gsp49 Was true in the past, but, i wouldn't want to get caught doing it now!

[@mikew3194]

Separate issue- but why are fisherman so bad about littering? I can walk down the bridge picking up every single piece of plastic, and still find more I missed when I come back. Bait packaging, zip ties, miles of line, and always modelo and corona.

[@gsp49]

@@mikew3194 because they are inconsiderate bastards.

[@Jyard]

You forgot “lazy”

[@whitleygreinke]

Disgusting 😡😡

[@Ranger89212]

i saw this on the internet, as a reef enthusiast, this hurt to see, so glad humanity caught up

[@DurdenTyler21]

Thanks to Wavy Boats!!!! Shout out!

[@Mike-wc1ns]

WTF is wrong with people today? Maybe those on board who didn't actually dump the trash will turn on the ones who actually did to avoid prosecution. Either way they should get jail time, fines, and community service at a minimum. Public humiliation would also be fair by plastering their names and pictures all over the media and social websites.

[@user-st3vw6jr6h]

10 years community service

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Glad Florida taking this seriously. 5000 hrs community service to pick up public areas trash would change their attitude. Wavy Boats channel rules.

[@wandery2k]

WPLG-4/30/24 "FWC: Several IDed as investigation continues into boaters seen dumping trash into ocean"

[@darcyirwin754]

JAIL TIME !!! Plus picking up trash all over!! Fines too!

[@donaldmartin4980]

One million dollar fine, 1,000 hours of clean up duty on local beaches and waterways … the only way to stop these offenses … and get some manual labor to clean up for the ones we didn’t catch ..

[@michaelgothenburg364]

Chris and Lisa Ruth are the parents. They own a company called FirstLight Home Care. The trash dumper is Michael Kirby a Junior at Boca Raton H.S.

[@juandan3278]

Bad parenting terrible affluenza

[@ROgletree]

Their parents must be so proud.

[@user-rw311]

It took god billions of years to create that amazing ocean and humans have literally destroyed it in less than 100 years

[@cbcoolbreeze]

I thought he did it in 6 days?

[@cbcoolbreeze]

Don’t you believe the Bible?

[@au7-721]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@willbmcl]

they have some that have been identified, it's federal prison time for you all.

[@garymiller2624]

10 years in prison. Willful ignorance

[@cointenderrarities933]

Still investigating to come up with the appropriate charges!? 🙄

[@Analog_nomad01]

Facial rec could be a problem for those boaters. Any high school or college is adding digitized photos into the data base that is available to all law enforcement agencies. Forest's mom was right again...

[@ddanj0331]

Straight to Prison

[@Valco458]

Ban all High Capacity Semi Automatic Trash Cans & impose strict limits on all trash cans to hold no more than 10 pieces of trash.. If these laws were in place, there would have only been 10 pieces of garbage in the water.. It would save countless lives

[@standubaj8989]

Why didn’t the camera zoom in on the faces?

[@Rafael-oi6dj]

They can identify each one of them & raise criminal charges What kind of people is this ??

[@Hubjeep]

There's an IG page who posts boats going through an inlet in Florida. No boat I have been on has had household trash cans onboard FULL of trash. I'm thinking they stupidly did it for the "'gram".

[@theGovnr1]

It was one of those IG & social media pages that caught them while filming for their pages and reported them

[@100GTAGUY]

Its Wavy Boats yall

[@mlane3308]

50k fines each and 200 hours community service each. At least these idiots were caught. Imagine how many aren't!

[@happyvapor4670]

How'd they get the aerial footage & why would they keep doing this while being watched?

[@christophersealy4487]

You had me at “Boca Raton”

[@fed9186]

They didn't want to get caught with the alcohol. Thats why they dumped it.

[@ScarabChris]

100%. But if they got stopped the police would be wanting to see their trash. I know because I used to party like this. I you have a boat full of people on a boat for a huge party event and no trash on board, they know you dumped it. Of course the police can't do anything without proof. But in this case....the proof is viral. LOL

[@Rstars2o4]

Loool so they film themselves dumping it in the ocean? He’s getting daddy a way worse fine now they don’t even do boating licenses in Florida loool daddy gonna be mad his family’s name got exposed

[@jimmyvillatoro170]

​@@Rstars2o4 they didn't film themselves.they got caught by a drone filming boats.

[@Rstars2o4]

@@jimmyvillatoro170 ahhhh I knew they couldn’t be THAT dumb

[@theGovnr1]

Most likely a bunch of underage kids drinking and trying to get rid of the evidence

[@SirAdamMeek]

No tags on the boat...

[@ShawnDrymen]

I was young and at times I did litter but trash bins into the sea wasn't a regular for me

[@vomeister]

These dumpster need to charged with felony dumping and put it on their permanent criminal records.

[@davidadamson3664]

A boat that size doesn't generate that much trash. They are dumping something. Evidence from some other crime?

[@100GTAGUY]

Its likely assumed they were drinking underage, and instead of using the marinas dumpster and risking being caught underage with open container they decided to take the boat out right past a bunch of known local videographers with telephoto lenses to dump it instead. Seems like very poor inhibitions to me.

[@br5927]

Education is truly a gift

[@0sgtmay0]

Kinda ironic that people are losing their mind over 1 garbage can full of garbage but whole damn ships full of trash being dumped in the ocean garners no outrage.

[@costidisa]

We live in the age of instant outrage followed by almost immediate amnesia. The acts on this video were unquestionably gross in their callousness, but each of us contributes to much more harm on a daily basis. Honest self assessment appears to be a thing of the past.

[@pamthompson3316]

Oh yes it does😥

[@noahmaroto]

They always found them. This post is late

[@hobartw9770]

Got em'

[@serega4087]

As a boater, it never even cross in my mind to throw anything in ocean

[@laurameunier5290]

Some Dad gonna be watching the news and realize that’s HIS boat…………

[@pureblood2020]

Have you ever been on a cruise ship? You should see what they dump in the oceans.

[@OnWisconsin33]

They have DC lobbyists and your very own U.S. Senator and his/her family on the payroll.

[@solandri69]

@@OnWisconsin33 By international agreement, countries can only regulate up to 12 nautical miles from shore. Limited control up to 24 nm. And only economic activity (fishing, drilling for oil, etc) out to 200 nm. Most cruise ships are operating beyond 12-24 nm when they dump garbage, so they're outside the range of laws regarding dumping. Lobbying in DC has nothing to do with it. Not saying it's OK for them to dump. Just pointing out that the way international law is set up right now, there's nothing stopping them (or any other boater).

[@roguewarr4662]

Bull crap . So you think what they did is OK . Let not get off topic .

[@solandri69]

@@roguewarr4662 You didn't read my comment, did you? "Lobbying in DC has nothing to do with it. Not saying it's OK for them to dump. Just pointing out that the way international law is set up right now, there's nothing stopping them (or any other boater)." Same problem affects tuna fisheries. The fish travel through waters belonging to several countries and in international waters. Making it next to impossible to enforce quotas to prevent overfishing.

[@teacherlisa163]

@@solandri69 Sad, isn't it. :*(

[@Ro6entX]

Felony, big fine, jail time.

[@rodneyalaking8241]

There was a time when you saw someone throw trash out of a car or boat you said, “I have some trash to throw out, too!” It was all too common. I’m glad times have changed for the better (in this case).

[@ig148]

We need action not JUST talk and talk! SAVE ENVIRONMENT !

[@Nitrous2OH]

Not a shocker that these types are doing this.

[@boblab]

Where are the boats numbers? Will this be another rich daddy let them go free story?

[@Niki10-32]

You don't have to display registration numbers when your vessel is USCG registered. Just name and port-of-call. You can be identified by that. Anyone can go online and lookup a USCG registered vessel on the online database. Up until 2018 you could even get owners name etc right off the database. Now they don't display the name. Just boat information.

[@sauer8726]

Flordia, sgain???

[@handy_kc]

Great Job @WavyBoats!