{"id":253642,"date":"2026-05-01T08:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253642\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T08:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:32:23","slug":"florida-man-trespasses-on-strangers-yacht-says-he-is-holding-it-for-president-donald-trump-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253642\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man trespasses on stranger\u2019s yacht, says he is holding it for President Donald Trump, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 A man was taken into custody after he trespassed on a boat in the Miami River, saying he was holding it for President Donald Trump, according to body camera footage.<\/p>\n

The Miami Police Department posted a video on Facebook<\/a> on Thursday, which shows police talking to a yacht owner. The owner said he confronted a man who he found sitting inside of his yacht, and the man began threatening him when asked to leave.<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of the Miami Police Department<\/p>\n

Officers boarded the yacht and asked the man why he was on it, according to footage. The man said he was \u201cholding it for a friend\u201d before he said it belonged to Trump.<\/p>\n

Officers asked the man if he would leave the boat to call Trump, but the man refused to move from his seat, the video shows.<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of the Miami Police Department<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have to,\u201d the man said. \u201cI\u2019m a veteran of the United States Army here to protect. I\u2019m part of the Hells Angels which protect the United States government, and I protect the president.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the video, the officers called a marine patrol unit and pointed a taser at the man, telling him to comply peacefully.<\/p>\n

The police department did not identify the man but said he was taken into custody.<\/p>\n

MPD said he was also wanted for stealing a motorcycle two days prior to the incident on the yacht.<\/p>\n

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For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 A man was taken into custody after he trespassed on a boat in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[409,1292,28,30,29,11380],"class_list":["post-253642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-donald-trump","tag-facebook","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-miami-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253642","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=253642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}