Body camera video reveals a Jacksonville woman wrongfully detained and held at gunpoint during a traffic stop in June.
The stop happened in the Lakeshore neighborhood near a Gate gas station on San Juan Avenue on Friday, June 23.Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Lt. Paul Hein admitted to wrongfully detaining Heather Charest.
The footage shows Hein pulling Charest over and holding her at gunpoint. Her 14-year-old daughter was also in the car.[DOWNLOAD:Hein eventually told Charest her truck tag was reported as stolen, but it turned out to be an error. Here is part of the interaction:Officer: “It’s OK. It’s OK.”Charest: “Are you going to take me to jail? Please ... I never been.”A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer arrived on scene and later revealed the reported stolen tag was an Ohio motorcycle tag, not a Florida SUV.
Action News Jax’s Annette Gutierrez spoke with Charest and she said it was very traumatizing, not just for her, but for her daughter too. It’s an interview you’ll want to watch and you can see that tonight on FOX30 Action News Jax at 10 and CBS47 Action News Jax at 11. We will also have what FWC has to say about the interaction.
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