“A law intended to address this type of situation was proposed during this year’s legislative session, but failed to receive sufficient support to pass.” There were discrepancies on the time of death
“As previously acknowledged by the Cocoa Police Department and this office, there is no Florida law that requires a person to provide emergency assistance under the facts of this case,” said Todd Brown, a spokesman for the Office of the State Attorney. The Cocoa Police Department had recommended to the state attorney’s office that the group face charges of failure to report a death.īut last week the state attorney’s office announced that the group will not be criminally prosecuted. Instead, the teens chuckled as they recorded the victim’s final moments and posted the video on YouTube.ĭuring a subsequent interview the teens admitted they were “smoking weed,” police said. The teens taunted the man that he was “going to die” and said they were not going to help him.
In a video recorded last July, the teens - ages 14 to 19 - laughed as Jamel Dunn, 31, struggled to stay afloat in a pond near his family’s home in Cocoa, police said. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.įive teenagers who taunted a drowning man as they recorded his death in Florida will not face charges because by law they were not required to help. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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