Bodycam video shows police takedown of man accused of wreaking havoc at Miami Beach CVS

Officer-worn body camera video shows a tough takedown of a man who police commented went wild at a Miami Beach drugstore until a good Samaritans put a stop to his unruly and bizarre behavior Miami Beach Police officers were not messing around when they apprehended Roy Forty-Vega outside the CVS pharmacy on th Street and Collins Avenue June Hey hey get on the expletive ground an officer is heard saying Put your hands behind your back now commented another officer The arrest went down after police mentioned the suspect went berserk and pointed a toy gun at customers unlucky enough to cross his path customers who were shocked and startled until Seth Lowery stepped in I don t know if it s a real gun There he is right there Lowery is heard saying to a responding officer The bodycam video obtained exclusively by News shows Lowery leading police to their suspect A News crew was there after the chaos captured on surveillance video He was throwing things threw a water gun people threw one at me announced Lowery The good Samaritan described how he got the upper hand on the situation I reported him to get on the ground and I pointed It genuinely surprised me how quick he surrendered commented Lowery Normally moving crowds as a popular local DJ Lowery mixed a different kind of beat that day when he went into save-the-day mode and stopped the madness where items were stolen and strewn about inside and outside the pharmacy News on Wednesday invited Lowery to watch the bodycam video on Forty-Vega being detained He threw the hands up like he s done it like he s done it before explained Lowery Not in my neighborhood not in contemporary times When sought if he hesistated to act because this could be fangerous Lowery replied No not at all You know I m from Texas we re kind of bred for it He attacked me He attacked me He attacked me Forty-Vega is heard saying in the video You really want to go to jail don t you Forty an officer is heard telling the suspect Miami Beach Police officers are so familiar with their arrestee they knew him by name Forty He even has the word Forty tattooed on his upper back as seen in the bodycam video Evidence photos show a few of the random items Forty-Vega s allegedly swiped including the toy gun Self-defense Self-defense the suspect is heard saying to officers as they hancuffed him Despite video and witness accounts Forty-Vega recounted police that he s the victim And I m pressing charges is heard telling officers But the officers weren t buying it We might have a battery an officer is heard saying in the bodycam video During Forty-Vega s detainment an employee was walked over to him as he sat in handcuffs Forty listen one of the employees from CVS they want to tell you something OK mentioned an officer She doesn t want you to go back into the store Forty-Vega remains behind bars at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in West Miami-Dade charged with disorderly conduct and criminal mischief His incident is pending