Case dropped against gun-toting fisherman YouTuber arrested in Brevard County
State Attorney filed no information in the case
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, Florida Today
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Known by his tens of thousands of YouTube fans as “SoloYaker” and “The Armed Fisherman,” 41-year-old Michael Taylor was arrested in late March for allegedly illegally recording a phone call with a Brevard Parks and Recreation employee. Last week he was notified that the State Attorney filed no information in the case.
“It’s always important to record your public officials so you have a record of what they are saying to citizens,” Taylor told FLORIDA TODAY Monday. “Whether it’s a conversation or a police interaction, the camera doesn’t lie.”
Taylor s case in Brevard stems from a June 2020 incident when he was served a trespass warning while fishing, and open carrying an AR-15 style pistol and a Glock 23 handgun at Parrish Park by the Max Brewer Bridge in Titusville. Titusville Police had responded to citizens concerned at the sight of Taylor with his weapons. After calling an FWC officer to the scene and checking all of Taylor s licenses, police seemingly resorted to issuing the trespass to get him to leave.
Taylor complied with the trespass and successfully challenged it and had it removed. It is legal to open carry firearms in Florida while hunting or fishing.