A homeless Florida man hopped onto a stranger’s yacht in Miami and refused to leave — telling cops he was holding it for his “friend” President Trump, wild police bodycam footage shows.
Terry Eugene Roberts Jr., 51, was found lounging on the yacht docked on the Miami River enjoying a beverage and munching on a bag of chips, prompting the boat’s owner to call police and report a “crazy” man was onboard and being threatening, according to the video and a police report.
When cops asked him what he was doing on the luxury vessel, Roberts, who is homeless, said he was “holding it for a friend,” according to footage posted by the City of Miami Police Department on Thursday.
“This boat belongs to Donald Trump. You need to call him,” the man tells officers.
The cops ask if he’d leave the boat to call the commander-in-chief to confirm, but Roberts refused to get out of his seat.
“I don’t have to [go],” he tells the cops. “I’m a veteran of the United States Army, and I’m here to protect Donald Trump.
“I’m a part of the Hell’s Angels which protects the United States government, and I protect the president as well,” he says while calmly lacing up his shoes.
The police department called in its marine unit, whose officers boarded the yacht. Officers pointed Tasers at Roberts and once again asked him to stand up and come with them.
He refused, saying only Trump could remove him from the vessel. He was placed in handcuffs.
Roberts told officers he was responsible for protecting several yachts in the area, according to a police report obtained by The Post.
He damaged a bedroom door on the yacht, which has an estimated repair cost of $3,000, authorities said. Roberts also allegedly snatched the vessel’s keys, which were found in his pockets.
The suspect was charged with criminal mischief, trespassing, petty theft and resisting an officer without violence.
He had been wanted for allegedly stealing a motorcycle two days before the yacht inciddent, police said.
