{"id":2025303,"date":"2023-09-07T22:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T02:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-man-arrested-by-coast-guard-after-using-hamster-wheel-style-vessel-to-travel-atlantic\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T22:52:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T02:52:25","slug":"florida-man-arrested-by-coast-guard-after-using-hamster-wheel-style-vessel-to-travel-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-man-arrested-by-coast-guard-after-using-hamster-wheel-style-vessel-to-travel-atlantic\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard apprehends Florida man for using hamster wheel vessel to cross Atlantic."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-man-arrested-by-coast-guard-after-using-hamster-wheel-style-vessel-to-travel-atlantic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2025303&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Coast Guard&#8217;s Arrest of a Man Attempting to Cross the Atlantic in a \u2063&#8221;Human-Powered Hamster Wheel&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The Coast Guard made\u2064 a dramatic arrest on Wednesday when they apprehended a man from \u200bFlorida who was attempting to cross the Atlantic in a unique vessel known \u2064as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-man-arrested-by-coast-guard-after-using-hamster-wheel-style-vessel-to-travel-atlantic\/\" title=\"Coast Guard apprehends Florida man for using hamster wheel vessel to cross Atlantic.\">human-powered hamster wheel<\/a>.&#8221; Reza Baluchi, the daring adventurer, was taken\u2064 into custody 70 miles off the coast of Georgia, just as Hurricane\u2063 Franklin was approaching the area.<\/p>\n<p>Baluchi&#8217;s \u2063ambitious voyage, which \u200che referred \u2063to as his &#8220;hydro-pod&#8221; vessel, was deemed by \u2064the Coast Guard as a &#8220;manifestly unsafe&#8221; endeavor.\u2063 Despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gop-chairman-slams-biden-immigration-plans\/\" title=\"Texas GOP chairman slams Biden immigration plans\">imminent danger<\/a>, Baluchi was determined to reach \u200dLondon using his unconventional contraption.<\/p>\n<h3>Antitrust Case of\u200c the Century: What to Expect as Justice Department\u2064 v. Google Case Begins<\/h3>\n<p>Following his arrest, Baluchi has been charged with obstruction of \u200bboarding. He has signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-school-shooting-suspect-back-behind-bars-weeks-after-posting-bail\/\" title=\"Texas School Shooting Suspect Back Behind Bars Weeks After Posting Bail\">bond agreement<\/a> of $250,000, and his attorney has been instructed\u2063 to\u200b appear in court, as stated in official\u2064 court documents.<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard described Baluchi&#8217;s \u2063vessel as being kept afloat by wiring and buoys. The arrest itself followed a peculiar three-day standoff between Baluchi and \u2062the\u2063 authorities, according to\u2063 the Coast Guard&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-15-most-anticipated-albums-of-2021\/\" title=\"The 15 Most Anticipated Albums of 2021\u00a0\">official release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the confrontation, Baluchi refused to disembark from his vessel and even brandished two knives, threatening self-harm if the\u2064 officers attempted to \u200bboard. These charges were filed in the U.S. District Court\u2064 for the Southern District of Florida, as reported by NBC \u200dNews.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, \u200bBaluchi made alarming claims of possessing a\u200d bomb and threatened to detonate it. This prompted the \u2063Coast \u200dGuard to contact\u2062 the Navy for assistance in locating the\u2063 alleged explosive device. However, Baluchi later admitted that the bomb \u2064was not real, according to\u200c the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Baluchi has encountered legal trouble. In 2014, he was found by the Coast Guard 70 miles off the coast of Florida, \u200binside an inflatable bubble. At that time, he claimed to be attempting\u200b to run around \u200cthe infamous Bermuda Triangle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington \u2062Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man from Florida was arrested by the Coast Guard on Wednesday for trying to cross the Atlantic in a &#8220;human-powered hamster wheel.&#8221; Reza Baluchi was apprehended on Aug. 28, 70 miles off Georgia. 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