YouTuber and social media influencer Jack Doherty was arrested for drug possession and different prices in Miami Seaside after he was discovered disrupting site visitors to allegedly movie social media content material, police mentioned.
Miami Seaside Police introduced that the 22-year-old was taken into custody early Saturday on a number of prices, together with possessing amphetamine and marijuana, together with resisting an officer with out violence.
“The Miami Seaside Police Division stays steadfast in its dedication to keep up public security and order all through town—no matter movie star standing,” the company mentioned. “The Division will proceed to take proactive enforcement motion towards conduct that endangers residents, guests, or officers and can maintain all people accountable underneath the regulation.”
In keeping with his bio on Delka Skills, his expertise company, Doherty has over 3.2 million YouTube subscribers and over 500 million YouTube views. Doherty is finest identified for filming “daredevil” stunts and pranks, and his most-watched video has over 18 million views as of March 2018, his bio mentioned.
CBS Information Miami has reached out to Doherty’s representatives for touch upon his arrest. Â
An influencer blocks site visitors for the sake of “content material”
Round 3:12 a.m. Saturday, Miami Seaside Law enforcement officials have been conducting a high-visibility element alongside the 700 block of Washington Avenue inside the metropolis’s Leisure District, when a bunch of people entered the roadway from the east sidewalk into the northbound lanes. A person from the group — later recognized as Doherty — separated from them and tried to have interaction officers to “create video content material, positioning himself in the midst of the roadway with passing vehicular site visitors and creating a big security hazard,” in line with arrest paperwork obtained by CBS Information Miami.
Miami Seaside Law enforcement officials started issuing a number of instructions to direct Doherty to exit the roadway, however he refused. Even after his group urged him to conform, he continued refusing officers’ instructions.
Officers continued, warning Doherty that failure to conform would lead to his arrest. Nonetheless, the influencer continued to refuse instructions and informed them, “As soon as I am achieved with this wager,” the arrest paperwork mentioned. At this second, Miami Seaside Police safely apprehended Doherty in the midst of the highway on account of his “deliberate refusal to comply with lawful orders and continued to hinder site visitors.”
In keeping with arrest paperwork, whereas officers searched Doherty’s individual, they discovered “half of an orange oval-shaped tablet with 3 imprinted on it, according to a Schedule II amphetamine, in addition to a black plastic container holding three hand-rolled suspected hashish cigarettes weighing roughly 4.0 grams mixed.”
After a data examine that confirmed no lively warrants, officers took Doherty to Miami Seaside Police’s holding facility for reserving and contacted an after-hours lawyer for charging steering.