Anti-Flock Livestreamer Tears Down Truckload Of Surveillance Cameras, Drives Them To Sheriff’s Office

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Anti-Flock Livestreamer Tears Down Truckload Of Surveillance Cameras, Drives Them To Sheriff’s Office

Authorities arrested a man after he toppled a truckload of decommissioned Flock Safety cameras and returned them to a local sheriff’s department in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Deputies with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) took Jevon Martinez, previously arrested in May for damaging Flock cameras, into custody again Sept. 2. Known on social media as “Johnvon Thechamp,” Martinez posted numerous videos of himself tearing down the automated license plate readers, which he describes as “tyranny trees.” (RELATED: Local Hero Barry The Beekeeper Electrifies The Room With Anti-Flock Speech At Council Meeting)

“We got a bunch of these bad boys,” Martinez said in one video, touting a truck bed filled with Flock parts. “Let’s see how much I can get in one day. That’s gonna be the challenge for everyone out there.”

Martinez argued he was doing BCSO a favor by returning the cameras after Bernalillo County officials recently ended their contract with Flock. Weeks after the contract was cancelled, Martinez noticed that cameras still dotted the community.

“Just for the record, I am not stealing these. I am not destroying them. I am simply returning them to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department,” he said in another video.

“Since [Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department] is busy — I know BCSO is busy, everyone who works for BCSO, I know you guys are busy, so I went ahead and helped you out,” Martinez said.

Martinez has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Sept. 22 in relation to his previous arrest for damaging Flock cameras in May, according to KOB 4. Court records show he faces 9 felony charges, including multiple counts of larceny and criminal property damage, according to the outlet.

BCSO called Martinez’s actions a “publicity stunt” in a statement posted on Facebook.

“This was not a public service. It was not authorized, and it did not help the Sheriff’s Office,” BCSO Sheriff John Allen said. “Mr. Martinez took property that did not belong to him, filmed himself doing it, and then attempted to turn his conduct into a heroic narrative. Ending a contract is not permission to take property. Filming yourself committing a crime does not make it legal.” (RELATED: Gun-Wielding Police Torment Woman, Say They Used Flock Wrong)

“People have every right to question government technology, criticize my decisions and participate in the public debate,” he added. “What they do not have is the right to take the law into their own hands. We will address privacy concerns through policy, transparency and the legislative process, not through reckless stunts designed to generate attention.”

The BCSO also pointed to Martinez’s rap sheet, which includes a 2003 charge for first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor in North Carolina; a 2022 charge of aggravated driving while under the influence in New Mexico; and multiple counts of second-degree criminal sexual penetration of a minor between the ages of 13 and 18 involving force or coercion, among others.

“Before turning someone into a hero, look beyond the livestream and examine the facts,” Allen said. “The people of this community are generous, but that generosity should not be manipulated by someone creating a false image of himself for attention and personal benefit. We are better than that.”