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Florida Sheriff Trolls Spring Breakers With NCAA-Style Scoreboard as Miramar Beach Evictions Pile Up

The social-media push aims to deter underage rental parties after a string of busts in Walton County, while separate gun seizures in Daytona Beach point to wider spring-break safety concerns.

Overview

  • WCSO is posting tongue-in-cheek X updates that name universities and display a conference-style leaderboard to publicize arrests and evictions.
  • The department’s posts cited an NCAA-style tally reading “SEC – 0; Big 12 Conference – 0; WCSO – 4” after repeated callouts to Miramar Beach rentals.
  • Four University of Texas students were arrested on “open house party” charges, with one also accused of possessing a fake ID, following a late-night noise complaint.
  • Deputies said Alabama students were evicted before 7 p.m. at a manager’s request, and Oklahoma State visitors were removed from the same property LSU students had vacated days earlier.
  • A separate post detailed a 19-year-old Ole Miss student arrested after a trashed rental, and Fox News reported WCSO did not immediately respond to requests for comment, as Volusia County reported seven firearms seized in Daytona Beach crowd-control efforts.