{"id":198736,"date":"2026-03-20T04:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/198736\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T04:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:44:19","slug":"florida-sheriff-uses-social-media-to-crack-down-on-spring-break-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/198736\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida sheriff uses social media to crack down on spring break chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Police departments throughout the Sunshine State are looking to restore order to their beaches as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/travel\/spring-break-nation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">spring breakers<\/a> bring a new level of chaos to their otherwise serene shores.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">One sheriff\u2019s office in the Florida Panhandle has turned to a tongue-in-cheek scoring system to publicly shame the worst offenders, posting a leaderboard of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NCAA college conferences<\/a> while adding points for each police bust.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hold on there, Pistol Pete. This looks mighty familiar. Oklahoma State University has joined the chat,&#8221; the Walton County Sheriff\u2019s Office <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WCSOFL\/status\/2033979112985964749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">posted to X<\/a>, taking a jab at the school\u2019s mascot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SEC &#8211; 0; Big 12 Conference &#8211; 0; WCSO &#8211; 4,&#8221; the department added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/miami-beach-loosens-spring-break-restrictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MIAMI BEACH LOOSENS SPRING BREAK RESTRICTIONS, AIMS TO DRAW CALMER CROWDS<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/florida-spring-break-oklahoma-state-university.jpg\" alt=\"Florida authorities arrest college students on spring break\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Authorities break up a house party hosted by a group of Oklahoma State University students on spring break in Miramar Beach, Florida on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Walton County Sheriff&#8217;s Office\/X)<\/p>\n<p>The incident unfolded after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">police were dispatched<\/a> to a nearby home that they said was previously the scene of a shutdown involving rowdy Louisiana State University students just last week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The message we&#8217;re trying to send is simple,&#8221; the department added. &#8220;If you&#8217;re coming to Walton County expecting to negatively impact the quality of life for residents, you will be dealt with accordingly. That may or may not include an eviction, an arrest, or both. Property management companies are cracking down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In another post just one day later, WCSO turned their attention to a group of unwelcome University of Alabama students who had descended on another vacation rental in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Allow us to address the elephant in the room,&#8221; WCSO posted to X, once again taking a shot at the school\u2019s mascot. &#8220;Yea, Alabama. Evicted before 7 pm. That&#8217;s gotta be a new record.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the post, deputies were called to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Miramar Beach<\/a> home by a property manager just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday regarding an unsanctioned house party where &#8220;no one inside was 21.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They asked for a deputy to stand by while they evicted a group having a house party and probably playing Dixieland Delight too loud,&#8221; WCSO said. &#8220;Heading back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sweet Home Alabama<\/a> before sunset must&#8217;ve been a Tide-al wave of emotions.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The posts follow a long string of similar advisories from the department as deputies look to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/party-chaos-caught-camera-police-push-new-tactic-scare-spring-breakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">curb the mayhem<\/a> brought upon the area by spring breakers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/most-searched-us-spring-break-destinations-year-some-surprises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MOST SEARCHED US SPRING BREAK DESTINATIONS FOR THIS YEAR, WITH SOME SURPRISES<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/florida-spring-break-texas-university.jpg\" alt=\"Florida authorities arrest college students on spring break\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Walton County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies arrested four Texas college students after responding to a noise complaint at a rental home in Miramar Beach, Florida, on Monday, March 16, 2026. (Walton County Sheriff&#8217;s Office\/X)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;HOOK &#8216;EM&#8230;. up. Texas is on the board, folks,&#8221; WCSO <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WCSOFL\/status\/2033737074205991120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">posted<\/a> Monday to announce the arrests of four college students from the Lone Star State.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One 18-year-old and three 19-year-olds were taken into custody just after midnight after deputies responded to a noise complaint regarding a vacation rental home in Miramar Beach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When deputies got to the house and announced themselves, people began flooding out of the residence like someone had unlatched Bevo&#8217;s gate after taking a selfie,&#8221; the department added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All four students were slapped with &#8220;open house party&#8221; charges, with one 19-year-old also charged with possession of a fake ID, according to authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mess with the bull, get the horns,&#8221; WCSO said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In yet <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WCSOFL\/status\/2033350348283232598?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">another X post<\/a>, the department announced the arrest of a 19-year-old University of Mississippi student for alleged open house party and minor possession of alcohol on March 15.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/airlines-prepare-record-breaking-spring-break-travel-surge-americans-prioritize-experiences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">AIRLINES PREPARE FOR RECORD-BREAKING SPRING BREAK TRAVEL SURGE AS AMERICANS &#8216;PRIORITIZE EXPERIENCES&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/florida-spring-break-ole-miss.jpg\" alt=\"Florida authorities arrest college students on spring break\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Authorities broke up a house party and arrested a 19-year-old Ole Miss student on spring break in Miramar Beach, Florida on Sunday, March 15, 2026. (Walton County Sheriff&#8217;s Office\/X)<\/p>\n<p>Authorities were once again called to a Miramar Beach vacation rental regarding reports of a noise complaint, according to the post. When they arrived, deputies said, they discovered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/terror\/vandalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the home had been trashed<\/a> with beer cans and liquor bottles, with the individual responsible for the rental nowhere to be found.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether it\u2019s loud parties, property damage, or dangerous behavior, evictions will leave you heading back to the Sip without your deposit and no refund,&#8221; the post said. &#8220;So here\u2019s your friendly reminder: There\u2019s no Hotty Toddy in a jail lobby.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 400 miles away on the other side of the state, Volusia County authorities have been grappling with spring break &#8220;takeovers&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/video-shows-panicked-spring-break-crowds-fleeing-beach-hot-spot-after-reports-five-weekend-shootings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wreaking havoc on Daytona Beach<\/a> as videos show hordes of college-aged partiers on the sandy shores.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were outgunned there,&#8221; Volusia County Sheriff Michael Chitwood told &#8220;The Ingraham Angle&#8221; Thursday. &#8220;We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/personal-freedoms\/second-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">confiscated seven firearms<\/a> so far down there.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chitwood went on to emphasize the true danger of the situation, adding, &#8220;There probably could have been another 100 guns down there.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In light of WCSO\u2019s media campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/spring-break-crackdown-southern-towns-roll-out-alcohol-bans-new-restrictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">cracking down on spring breakers<\/a>, the department is responding to critics suggesting the college students are only having fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;lEt tHeM bE kIdS yOu pArTy pOoPeRs,&#8221; WCSO said in the post directed at a group of OSU students, adorned with an eye-roll emoji.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That can be done respectfully and with your neighbors in mind,&#8221; the post continued. &#8220;Not by getting multiple calls in the middle of the night for being rowdy, Cowboy. No Pokes to the \u2018ol Pokey this time. But, they ain\u2019t stayin\u2019 here.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WCSO did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital\u2019s request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Julia Bonavita is a U.S. Writer for Fox News Digital and a Fox Flight Team drone pilot. You can follow her at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/juliabonavita13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@juliabonavita13<\/a> on all platforms and send story tips to julia.bonavita@fox.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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