Stolen $2.5M Yacht Stopped With a Water PIT Maneuver

A Martin County deputy is responding to a call about a stolen yacht.

Temporary. What has visual?

So this on there as Marine units spring into action.

There are two people on board.

They now have reason to believe there may be two men inside the stolen boat. It appears the Marine unit is using some sort of a pit maneuver to slow down the much bigger yacht. A second Marine unit has now joined to help try pushing the yacht into the shallows. Meanwhile more Marine units are now arriving on the scene.

Yeah, it's moving further north into the channel.

Three Marine units are struggling to corral this $2.5 million luxury yacht. Go straight, Major. Go straight.

54, the vessel's still under its own power.

Get behind it. Push it in. Push hard.

The four boats are now pushing the yacht back into the shallows, and it seems to be working.

Keep pushing on it. Keep pushing on it. 40, 40, 40. the yacht back into the shallows. And it seems to be working.

4040.

Anyone else on the boat?

Only one.

It turns out this guy was actually telling the truth. And this yacht heist was, in fact, a one man job.

So the question if we could So the question if we could

pit a boat, we know now.