I saw the headline and wondered if this was a repost. Nope. If I had a nickel for every time this guy has been arrested for ocean hamster wheel shenanigans, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't much, but it's weird that it happened twice.

Officials said he refused to step off the vessel and threatened to kill himself. He also claimed that he had a bomb on board, according to court papers.

Oh so he's not a cool weirdo, he's a terrible weirdo. Damn.

Damn, people really are desperate to get away from DeSantis.

I’m sorry! I thought this was AMERICA!?

What is the legal justification for this?

How dumb, if the dude wants to use a poorly made vessel to try to cross the atlantic, let him.

Imagine being so fed up with living in Florida that the only way you can think to leave is by a giant hamster wheel

The guy made it 110km?! I mean, I'm still pretty impressed

Why arrest the guy if he wants to drowned in a hamster wheel in the ocean that's on him

He's trying to "raise money for the Coast Guard."

So does he just hand the check directly to the Guardsman in the Coast Guard vessel when they're forced to drag his yoga ball wheel out of the ocean for a 4th time?

Anything to get out of Florida

Florida man attempting to upgrade to Englishman

It is a really cool idea though

I'm not an expert in maritime law, or any law for that matter, but why they had to help him?

If he wanted to be in danger he succeeded, provided he doesn't request the coastal guard for assistance he is not hurting anything but himself. Is It because his hamster wheel might have been a hazard to other boats?

At this point, the guy should have already gathered some support to help him make the cross.

Crazier things have been done.

Instead of raising money for the coast guard he could just... not waste their time needing rescued.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A Florida man was arrested after trying to "run to London" across the Atlantic Ocean in a homemade vessel resembling a hamster wheel.

The US Coast Guard intercepted Reza Baluchi about 70 miles (110km) off Tybee Island, Georgia on 26 August.

"Based on the condition of the vessel - which was afloat as a result of wiring and buoys - [US Coast Guard] officers determined Baluchi was conducting a manifestly unsafe voyage," the criminal complaint says.

On 1 September, he eventually surrendered and abandoned his vessel after being brought to a Coast Guard base in Miami.

In 2021, he was arrested after being rescued while trying to ride from Florida to New York after drifting 30 miles south of his departure point.

According to previous interviews, Mr Baluchi said he was attempting the voyages to raise money for a variety of causes, including for the homeless and the Coast Guard.

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He has a Wikipedia page. Reza Baluchi

They are going about this all wrong. They need to HIRE this guy.

He won't need to flee the continent if he's gainfully employed.