{"id":146949,"date":"2023-09-07T08:15:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T12:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=146949"},"modified":"2023-09-07T11:05:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T15:05:55","slug":"the-us-coast-guard-arrests-man-attempting-to-run-from-the-us-to-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=146949","title":{"rendered":"The US Coast Guard arrests man attempting to ‘run’ from the US to the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reza Baluchi attempted to run from the US to the UK. (Flagler Country Sherriff’s Office\/Facebook)<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reza Baluchi attempted to literally “run” from the United States to the United Kingdom. His means of running? A waterborne “hamster wheel.” Unfortunately, the U.S. Coast Guard cut his run short. After they asked him standard questions about his watercraft; they determined that it did not meet the standard to continue its job. Baluchi also did not have the proper registration for his water craft. Baluchi refused to cooperate when attempts were made to get him onboard Coast Guard vessels. However, he eventually disembarked at a Coast Guard base in Florida.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The complaint says that Baluchi was unable to provide officials with the required registration for his water vehicle and informed officials that he was running in his hamster wheel all the way to London, England.<\/p>\n

When Coast Guard officers told Baluchi they were cutting his voyage short, Baluchi threatened to kill himself with a 12-inch knife if anyone tried to apprehend him, and claimed to have a bomb aboard, according to the complaint<\/p>\n

After days of trying to get Baluchi to board Coast Guard vessels, he admitted that he did not have a real bomb and on September 1 officers were able to get him to disembark at the USCG Base in Miami Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n

Court documents said that this was not his first attempt to run on water in his hamster wheel. Officials said he attempted similar voyages in 2014, 2016 and 2021, all of which have ended with Coast Guard intervention.<\/p>\n

He faces federal charges of obstruction of a boarding, and violation of a Captain of the Port order.<\/p>\n

According to an exclusive interview with FOX 35, Baluchi efforts were meant to raise money for various charitable causes, including “homeless people,” the U.S. Coast Guard and police and fire departments.<\/p>\n

“My goal is to not only raise money for homeless people, raise money for the Coast Guard, raise money for the police department, raise money for the fire department,” Baluchi said. “They are in public service, they do it for safety, and they help other people.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News provides the balance of the story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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