Crime Fix with Angenette Levy - YouTuber Jack Doherty Arrested — Everything We Know

Episode Date: November 17, 2025

Popular YouTuber Jack Doherty is making news for all of the wrong reasons. Early in the morning of November 15, Miami Beach Police said Doherty refused to leave the street as he was filming content with his team when officers instructed him to do so. Body-worn cameras recorded the incident. Police said they found suspected amphetamine and three "marijuana cigarettes" on Doherty. He has since posted bail. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy goes through the charges and the incident in this episode of Crime Fix — a daily show covering the biggest stories in crime.PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOW: You’re 30 seconds away from being debt free with PDS Debt. Get your free assessment and find the best option for you at https://PDSDebt.com/CRIMEFIXHost:Angenette Levy  https://twitter.com/Angenette5Guest: Philip Dubé  https://x.com/PhilipCDubeProducer:Jordan ChaconCRIME FIX PRODUCTION:Head of Social Media, YouTube - Bobby SzokeSocial Media Management - Vanessa BeinVideo Editing - Daniel CamachoGuest Booking - Alyssa Fisher & Diane KayeSTAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LAW&CRIME NETWORK:Watch Law&Crime Network on YouTubeTV: https://bit.ly/3td2e3yWhere To Watch Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3akxLK5Sign Up For Law&Crime's Daily Newsletter: https://bit.ly/LawandCrimeNewsletterRead Fascinating Articles From Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3td2IqoLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lawandcrimeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wondery Plus subscribers can binge all episodes of this Law and Crimes series ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. What? No. Oh, I'm going. I got it. I got it. I got it. That's YouTuber Jack Dillardy being arrested over the weekend for blocking traffic and drug possession in Miami Beach. Go to sidewalk now. You want to go with him? Go on the sidewalk now.

The arrest drew a crowd, armed with cell phones ready to record all of it, and police body-worn cameras were also recording. I'll tell you all about it and how this isn't Doherty's first time getting into a little bit of trouble. Welcome to Crime Fix. I'm Ann Jeanette Levy. You know, Jack Doherty, he's a big, big YouTuber. He's 22, and he has a huge following on YouTube. and other social media platforms. On YouTube alone, he has more than 15 million subscribers, and he has millions more followers on TikTok and Instagram. He posts videos documenting his life.

I'm listening podcast. Podcast. Guys, my lovely mother. Every day, I love Sundays because I'm always in a PJ all day long. I love my mom. She's the best. He's even showed off his move to a much bigger house. I bought a house on the water in Fort Lauderdale, which is so late. We got my boat, my jesse keys on the water, everything.

But early last Saturday morning, Jack DeWardy made social media news for another reason. Hey, yo, you don't want to go need them. Back up. Back up. Back up. Back up. about it. Back up. Back up. Go to sidewalk now.

Go to sidewalk now. You want to go with him? Go to sidewalk now. Okay. Now. Police in Miami Beach took Jack Doherty into custody. In a post on Facebook, the PD wrote, We don't bet on public safety this morning at approximately 312 a.m., Miami Beach police officers arrested Jack C.

Doherty, age 22, after he intentionally stepped into the middle of Washington Avenue to film content, blocking traffic and creating a dangerous situation for drivers and himself. Despite multiple lawful commands to clear the roadway, Doherty refused to comply, responding, Once I'm done with this bet, he was taken into custody without incident and a search revealed suspected amphetamine and cannabis. MBPD remains committed to maintain. maintaining public safety and order throughout the city. Our officers will continue to take proactive enforcement action against behavior that endangers motorists, residents, or visitors, and will hold all individuals accountable under the law, regardless of their celebrity status.

I don't think you are, bro. I don't think you are, bro. I don't think you're on the needle. I don't think you I don't understand, man. Bro. You should have got your name on there? I was trying, too. I was trying. Oh, good. You can we, chill, too.

Can I take that off and give it to someone? We don't know. You can't take it off like that? Oh. You can't take it off for you? I'll just right, go away. It's fine. You have to, like, slide it off your wrist.

You can't take it off anyway. Talk. Excuse me. Can't you take it off? Ndeme? Go ahead. You know? I'll check it.

You know? Give me some on, you can't take it off anyway, sorry. You hold on for that. Like if you can, literally, if you want to talk me on, where you think I'm going? Oh, Joe. Joe, can we get the hand sanitizer, please? Really quick? Let me just, let me side it off, you know?

No, no. No. Just a little bit, only a little bit. That's fine, thank you. Do you have any, no cottage? How are there? No shot. Oh, there, no cottage.

Huh? Do I think you stop? Is there anything that we should do that some? All right. I'm going to check your head. All right. All right. All right.

Didn't? Oh, okay. Can we get my watcher somewhere or no? What is? The watch is still out? You have to like on tape. I got it. Yeah, thank you.

Can you tell them to pull up here, my friend, so you can put it on first? We'll go out of the station, man. Oh, my root, can I just take it off? With it on the station. No. Now I'm going to replay that whole thing for you a little bit later, but there were also videos on TikTok that showed the arrest from Other angles. What?

No. Oh, I'm going to go. I got it. Hey, yo. You don't want to go. Back up. Back up. You know, back up.

You're going to go. Don't the sidewalk now, man. Go to sidewalk now. You want to go with him, you're funny. You want to be funny. You want to be funny. You got a stick on the street. You know what you think you are, bro?

No, you're fucking not. He was trying out of fucking do this. Who do that? So Jack Doherty was trying to walk out of the street. Doesn't matter, you know. All you had to do was get in the fucking hour. That's true. You want to be fucking.

So Jack Doherty was booked into the Miami-Dade County Jail. Definitely not fun. But it makes for good fodder for social media. So in typical influencer fashion, Doherty took to social media to make light of his arrest. After his release from jail on Saturday night, Jack Doherty posted on X, I'm free with a photo of arms breaking

free from chains. A little bit dramatic. And Doherty spoke to NBC Miami outside the jail to tell his side of the story. There was no traffic. It was three in the morning, you know. I think they just wanted to lock me up, but fair enough, you know, learn my lesson. Doherty told the reporter that he regretted how he handled the incident. And he posted his mugshot on X with the caption, First Day Out. Then he streamed on party with rapper Takashi 6-9 and posted videos on X that showed them together and with him wearing a t-shirt, with his mugshot on it. All right, you know the f*** vibes. We outside, here with my boy Jack.

Yes, sir. Fresh home. Yeah, straight out of jail, baby. Straight out of, oh, that's your mug shot? Yeah, and we're live on party. And the pair had a little fun, sort of mooting the audience. Let me do this. All right, come on, this it.

All right, so we're on top again. Oh, my God. Turn around. Now, squat and go off. What are you doing that? That's right. And then the bunch of attitude. Shout out. I was like, no. Oh, shit. So you be boofing? I was just kidding. I was just kidding.

Nah, you ain't mine. I had to give him to the homie. You be boofing? I can't hold the gun. So he's having a little bit of fun with this after his arrest. I assume he's also going to make a YouTube video out of this whole thing. Now, this isn't the first time that Doherty's antics have gotten him into a little bit of trouble. Help, help! Help! Break the fucking window! Oh! Oh! Doherty was live streaming on kick in October 24 when he crashed his $200,000 McLaren. That nonsense got him banned from that platform. He was criticized at that time for being more concerned about his car

than his photographer who was bleeding from the head. At least that's what people thought. Jack Doherty became popular on YouTube. After he created his channel back in 2016, his first viral video was entitled, I flipped all of these where he stuck the landing on random items he tossed into the air. It has now more than 30 million views. His claims to fame, staging elaborate pranks, social media challenges, and flexing as well. Let's get real. Credit card debt is not an accident. Every call, every fee, every high interest trap, it's a system designed to keep Americans stuck. Banks, profit, creditors win, and real families can lose. But today's sponsor, PDS Debt, helps people fight back. Whether it's credit cards, personal loans, or medical bills,

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county. So he's used to dealing with a lot of people. This is not the kind of case, though, where somebody would have court-appointed counsel since this kid has a lot of money. So, Philip, you know, you're used to dealing with people who, you know, need help, getting out of pickles. I feel like the most serious charge that this Jack Doherty has going on right here is this F3, this possible, you know, controlled substance, possession of infectious. And And I say possible because they're still going to have to test it to make sure, yes, indeed, is suspected. It is indeed amphetamine. So what do you do with this case if it lands in your lap as a defense attorney?

Well, first of all, there are many defenses to it. When people hear the word or the term amphetamine, they automatically think of an illicit drug. But the truth is, it's a very commonly prescribed stimulant. For example, with kids who have ADD, ADHD. The first thing that I would do as his counsels, I would sit him down and say, hey, do you have a prescription? Do you have ADD, ADHD? Are you in the care of some kind of a doctor to help you control your thinking and your reasoning? If he has a prescription, you could have a free-floating pill in your pocket without the actual pill bottle and the prescription label on it, as long as you have a prescription from a doctor. That's a defense, and then the charge should outright be dismissed because it's lawfully possessed.

But let's assume the worst, okay, because that's when you always need counsel. In Florida, it is a felony. It could be filed as a felony that carries up to five years if you're in possession, unlawful possession of amphetamine. But all is not lost because Florida is, I don't know if I want to call it necessarily a merciful state, but they are understanding when it comes to first-time drug offenders. So they have a diversion program for people who qualify based on their record and their willingness to get some help. If you participate in a court-approved program, you can get the whole thing thrown out.

It's as if it never happened. But you have to follow through. If he agrees to do the program and doesn't follow through, then he can end up going to trial on this or end up having to take a deal. And he certainly doesn't want a felony on his record over one pill. So you're telling me, because I am familiar with ADHD medications, amphetamine can be prescribed for ADHD, because I've not heard of it prescribed for that, but I've heard, you know, of course it can be legally prescribed. Yes. But, you know, I'm not saying that it can't be for ADD, ADHD, but you're saying maybe it was legally prescribed for one of those conditions. Right. It's my understanding that whenever they seize any type of drug from an arrestee, from a suspect, and it's in pill format, it goes to the lab. They're not looking for the brand name of the pill. They're looking to see if there is an illegal active ingredient in it. In this case, it would be amphetamine. But standing alone, it's not illegal if you can show that it's tied to a prescription drug with other ingredients in it, like Adderall or Dexamine.

These are commonly prescribed drugs, particularly for children who have concentration problems, learning difficulties. It kind of grounds them and helps them concentrate and learn better. And frankly, it wouldn't surprise me at all if this young man has got some type of attention deficit. And then he is adding to the mix, the cannabis and the marijuana and the reefer and all that kind of stuff. He is self-medicating. But my gut tells me that there is a prescription floating out there for the amphetamine. Very interesting. Let's move on now to, you know, it's a misdemeanor, the possession of cannabis.

The cops say they found three, you know, marijuana cigarettes. That's what they called them. Cigarettes. I mean, I'll call it a joint. You know, they were joints, they found on him, allegedly. So, obviously, I mean, any more, it seems like, I'm actually shocked this was still a crime in Miami Beach because it seems like, it seems like there's this big push in many areas of the country to legalize certain quantities of marijuana.

So this seems like something that, I don't know, this doesn't seem like it's going to go very far. I could be wrong about that. Well, this is in an area of Florida called Haya Lea, which is Miami-Dade, that sort of area. And I cannot believe that there's not more activity going on or more crime, that they had to have 12 cops converge upon this kid. They had to send F-Troop, only really to recover a pill and some shake, as we call it, or Cush here, which is, you know, loose-leap marijuana. It's kind of silly that they're going to all this trouble. I actually think that the greater offense for him, the most disruptive one, was the resisting in the middle of the street, because that really caused a raucous out there,

holding up traffic. You had to send officers out there to get him out of the way so they could free up traffic. That one is actually a lot worse. And I think society would be much more aggravated by that than him having a little dope in his pocket. Well, yeah, it's Miami Beach police. They're the ones who arrested him. And they say they're, you know, they're so mad because they told him to get out of the street several times. And according to this police report, even members of his group said to him, come on, come on, man, get out of the street. Like, just get out of the street. Listen to the cops. You know, and he refused to do it. And he refused to do it according to what the police report says. And so the cops don't like that when you don't listen

to them. It doesn't matter if it's three in the morning or not. You know, they're out patrolling. The bars are probably getting ready to close up. And he wants to go out and film some content with his team, with his buddies. He wants to do some videos. And he probably wants some cool shot where he's standing out in the middle of the street. And the cops are like, you can't do that. get out of the street and and he doesn't want to listen and so there's cameras everywhere and of course the cops have their body worn cameras on and we we've seen not i mean that to me is like just kind of absurd because the kid's got 15 million youtube subscribers he's got enough money that he could probably have gone down to the miami beach city hall or wherever and gotten a permit

and just gotten a permit to do this or something you know what i mean well the kid has a superiority complex. He thinks because he's drawn all these viewers to watch his social media content that he can call the shots everywhere in life. You know, you can't just go out into the street or out on the sidewalk and control the narrative out there merely because you are a social media personality. You are still subject to the laws, the municipal ordinances, and the jurisdiction of the state of Florida. And if you think you're going to overcome that just by showing a YouTube clip, you know, he's mistaken. Sometimes there are just hard lessons to learn

for young people who get arrested and get into trouble. On a personal level, if I were his counsel, look, it's not the crime of the century. It's pretty timid, mild type crime. But you certainly don't want this to escalate and be a gateway to greater crimes because this young man, if he doesn't knock it off, he could end up on the road to perdition.

He really needs to stop and grow up. Yeah, and he's already had this, you know, he had this wreck in December, or October of 2024. He is live streaming on a platform. And I'm just kind of like, whoa, like, anytime you're live streaming and driving, you're just to me asking for trouble. It just seems really, really not, it just does not seem wise. And, you know, he's got a photographer with him.

many hydroplanes and he wrecks his car it's a really pricey car 200,000 dollar car and he's like worried about you know getting a shot you know getting the shot and apparently his photographer's got blood coming out of his head and it's like like where are our priorities here so I don't know maybe this becomes a wake-up call you would you would think maybe I mean you mix a young guy impulsive, lots of money, lots of adulation from fans on social media, to me, that can be a recipe for disaster because you're not going to learn any tough lessons that way. Maybe this is the tough lesson. I don't know. Do you remember Evil, Knievel, the stunt driver on the motorcycles? For whatever reason, he just was really drawn to these types of thrill-type acts,

getting on a motorcycle to see how many cars he can jump. And I think before he retired, he was able to jump 15 cars in the air. He was in just for the thrill of it, for the entertainment, regardless of what kind of harm could be caused, anybody getting injured or just spectators getting drawn to this stuff as well. And before you know what the cops are called, sometimes, you know, you have to stop thinking that the world is revolving around you. And thank goodness that he's learning.

at a young age because like I said this really could escalate he could end up committing greater crimes and going to prison in a lot of states a first time resisting offense obviously can get dismissed you take a little anger management that type of thing then you pick up a misdemeanor and you do it again it could end up being a felony if you're going to just constantly rise to the occasion and take on the cops they are always going to prevail and take you down so hopefully this was a lesson for the young man and he can move on Yeah, let's hope it was a lesson. I just want to read from the police report because, I mean, they warned him. They warned him more than once. I just want to read this really quickly. Officers warned him that failure to comply would result in arrest. So they said, we're going to arrest you if you don't listen to us. And the defendant replied, once I'm done with this bet, the listed officers then safely apprehended the defendant in the middle of the roadway due to his deliberate refusal to follow lawful.

orders and continued obstruction of traffic. A search incident to arrest conducted by officer A. Azuna revealed half an orange oval shaped pill with the three imprinted on it. That's the suspected amphetamine, consistent with a schedule to amphetamine as well as a black plastic container holding the marijuana cigarettes. So to me, it's like very, I don't know, it's just an unforced error on this kid's part. um and then philip you know he gets out of he sits in jail he calls it like the worst day of his life sitting in jail i'm sure it was yes you know when he's driving around in sports cars and he's got this like really plush cushy house in florida i'm sure sitting in the in the

in the pokey was no fun for this kid yeah well and then he gets out and he's like playing around with a rapper on um this uh takashi six nine on on on videos you know on on on party and putting that on X. I'm just like, I mean, I don't know, maybe this kid learns a lesson, maybe he doesn't. Well, sometimes along with fame, fortune, attention, also comes a little humility. And hopefully this will kind of take him down a few notches and he learns to grow up and realizes that you can still have fame, fortune without notoriety in the negative sense. You want to draw positive attention to you and not become sort of like the object of ridicule and social and moral obloquy.

Otherwise, I could see him actually losing YouTube viewers over this because he's not setting an example for people. It's one thing if you can pull it off seamlessly and really come off like an actor. But if behind the scenes you're actually getting cuffed, hauled in and having the wagon called on you, nobody's going to want to watch you anymore. You're no longer a hero or an icon

in the social media influence world. You come off really a scofflaw. yeah it it's not a good look it's just it really isn't uh and he's he may be a nice guy too he seems like you know when he's talking to his mom on the videos you know seems like a nice enough kid uh so we'll see what happens he'll be in court in january for this so a little ways off philip dube thank you so much take care now and here's a look at the full body worn camera footage miami beach p.d posted on facebook hey yo you don't want to go need them back up Back up.

Back up. Back up. Back up. No. Go to sidewalk now. Go to sidewalk now. You want to go with him? You want to go with him?

Go to sidewalk now. Okay. Now. Good. You're fucking. You are, bro. You're working in the needles, anything to poke me. I don't think you understand, man.

I don't think you understand, man. Oh, you should have got your mail on there? Oh, side, too. You got it. Two. The board, like, what we have to try. Oh, good. Can I take that off and give it to someone?

We don't know. You can't take it off like that? Oh. Yeah, we're good. Can I take it off for you? Let's go. Let's go. You have to, like, slide it off your wrist.

You can't take it off anyway. Talk. Excuse me. Can't leave to take it off? I think this is, uh... Okay. Alright, just hold on for it, you know? I'm just throwing up, you know?

Give me some on on. You can't take it off that way, sorry. You hold on for that. Like, if you can, literally, if you on top me, where you don't know. Oh, Joe, Joe, can we get the hand sanitizer, you know? Oh, Joe, can we get the hand sanitizer, please?

Really quick? Let me just, let me side it off, you know? No, no. No. Just a little bit, only a little bit. That's fine, thank you. Do you have any, no cottage? How are there?

No shot. Oh, there, no cottage. Huh? Do you want to stop? Is there anything that we should know that's on you? All right, you can check her out. I'm going to check your head. All right.

All right. That ain't. All right. Okay, can't get my watcher somewhere or no? What is? No, but you have to, like, on tape, you have to take, yeah, thank you. Can you tell him to pull up here, my friend, so you can put it on first? We'll go out of the station, man.

Oh, my root, can I just take it off? With it on the stage. No. And so, Jack Doherty, he is free on bail right now. He'll appear in court at a later date, and we'll keep you posted on what happens with this case. That's it for this. episode of Crime Fix, I'm Anjanette Levy. Thanks so much for being with me. I'll see you back here next time.