Overview
- Miami-Dade prosecutors filed a first-degree misdemeanor on April 29, accusing Braden Eric Peters of unlawfully firing a gun at the Francis S. Taylor Everglades boat ramp dock.
- The March 26 livestream showed Peters and others on an airboat shooting toward an alligator, which prompted a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigation.
- Two co-defendants, Andrew Morales, known as “Cuban Tarzan,” and Yabdiel Anibal Cotto Torres, face the same firearm charge from the Everglades incident.
- If convicted, Peters faces up to one year in jail, up to one year of probation, and a $1,000 fine, with an arraignment set for May 20 and a listed bond of $1,000.
- Defense lawyers say Peters followed a licensed airboat guide’s instructions and that no people or animals were harmed, while officials note that shooting in public is illegal even if the animal was already dead.