PUNTA GORDA, Fla. ( WFLA ) — A charter captain has been arrested after a viral video showed him fighting with another Florida boater last week, according to authorities.
Around 7:30 p.m. on April 1, 40-year-old Brock Horner pulled his boat alongside the victim’s boat and boarded it without permission, police in Punta Gorda said.
In the video , which has since gone viral, the fisherman, Gage Towles, tells Horner he can’t go flying underneath the 41 bridge in Punta Gorda, roughly 10 feet from the other boat. Horner appears to be upset about an incident that happened early on March 30 regarding Towles and others fishing in the dark without their lights on in the same area.
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The charter captain is heard screaming and cursing and appears to become aggressive toward Towles before he jumps aboard the victim’s boat. Horner threatened Towles and grabbed him by the shirt, demanding him to apologize for the prior incident…