{"id":197806,"date":"2026-03-19T14:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/197806\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:13:10","slug":"florida-spring-breaker-hauled-to-the-ground-and-cuffed-as-authorities-crack-down-on-underage-partying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/197806\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida spring breaker hauled to the ground and cuffed \u2014 as authorities crack down on underage partying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wild <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/18\/us-news\/florida-cops-put-unruly-college-kids-on-spring-break-on-blast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spring break pictures<\/a> show a Florida reveler being hauled to the ground and handcuffed \u2014 as fed-up authorities elsewhere in the state crack down on underage partying.<\/p>\n<p>Photos taken by The Post in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/18\/us-news\/spring-breakers-knocked-out-cold-in-brawl-outside-of-fort-lauderdale-bar-wild-video-shows\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Lauderdale<\/a> Wednesday night show the mulleted young man, wearing a silver chain, black jeans and a tank top, lying face down on the ground while a police officer places him in handcuffs.<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t known what he was arrested for or whether he faces any charges.<\/p>\n<p>A spring breaker seen on the ground as cops cuff him in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Romaine Maurice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The spring breaker being led by an officer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Romaine Maurice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Fort Lauderdale Police Department did not respond immediately to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Other photos from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/16\/lifestyle\/spring-break-crackdown-southern-towns-roll-out-alcohol-bans-and-new-restrictions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Florida spring break hotspot<\/a> show a young, worse-for-wear partygoer with his head in his hands, sitting in a parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as another popular spring break destination on Florida\u2019s Atlantic Coast, Daytona Beach, issued a weeklong curfew for minors to keep crowds under control.<\/p>\n<p>The emergency ordinance bans anyone under the age of 18 from entering the special event zone in the city without a parent or guardian, <a href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/news\/2026\/03\/19\/daytona-beach-puts-week-long-curfew-in-place-for-minors-to-combat-spring-break-chaos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">MyNews13 reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two women enjoy their spring break vacation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Romain Maurice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Two spring breakers pose during a night out in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Romain Maurice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Spring breakers dance at a club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Romain Maurice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Spring breakers take a sidewalk break during a night out in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Romain Maurice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Spring breakers dance at a nightclub in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Romain Maurice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Spring breakers party in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Romain Maurice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>A spring breaker seen being arrested by police in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Romaine Maurice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>A spring breaker seen scuffling in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Romaine Maurice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Spring breakers are seen outside a club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Romaine Maurice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>It was approved after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/16\/us-news\/florida-sheriff-reveals-mundane-noise-that-sparked-mass-panic-at-daytona-beach-spring-break\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daytona Beach<\/a> saw more than 80 arrests and four shootings this past weekend, according to Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood, who implemented the \u201cspecial event zone\u201d in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wild spring break pictures show a Florida reveler being hauled to the ground and handcuffed \u2014 as fed-up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[692,265,28,30,29,249,132,41470,4278],"class_list":["post-197806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-arrest","tag-crime","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-police","tag-spring-break","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}