A wealthy teenage influencer who threatened his neighbors in the Florida Keys turned on him when police filmed a damning video of his antisocial behavior.
Luis Barrios, 18, has 43,000 followers on Instagram, where he documents his glamorous lifestyle of fast cars, speedboats and international travel.
But Florida cops detained him on his father’s yacht after he terrorized restaurant staff, bragged about his family’s wealth and threatened to feed police officers to alligators.
“No one cares about your TikTok, no one cares,” one told him. “You’re a kid, get off the boat.”
Staff at Sunset Grille in Marathon called police when a drunken Barrios and his young friends began cursing loudly and causing a disturbance.
Police finally caught up with Luis Barrios as he attempted to moor his yacht at his Keys home.
He was handcuffed after refusing to get off the boat and demanding officers “call my dad.”
Police arrived to find the culprits had fled on Barrios’ yacht, but a manager was scratching his head after a threatening message was allegedly left on his phone.
“It’s so stupid,” he told the officers. ‘Why would you call with your real number?’
Police went to one of the nearby family homes on the archipelago and found no one home except the teenager’s neighbors, who were not surprised by his latest antics.
“Dad took the car and stole the boat,” one told police. Something has to be done with that boy.
“The father is a decent, hard-working guy who built what he built with hard work, but the kid is a spoiled brat.”
“It seems like he’s doing it to get attention,” adds another neighbor. “Because he’s not a very nice guy and it seems like he’s trying to buy his friendship.”
Officers tell them that Barrios has had a series of previous arrests and that about 20 other neighbors have filed complaints.
“He’s been a thorn in our side for the last two months,” says one.
Police body camera video posted to YouTube records officers hearing screams behind houses where they find Barrios attempting to tie up his home.
He quickly reverses but returns minutes later with three of his friends still on board.
He refuses to get off the boat and demands that the officers “call my dad.”
Barrios, 18, has 43,000 followers on Instagram, where he documents his glamorous lifestyle of fast cars, speedboats and international travel.
He showed no remorse at the police station after calling officers “pigs” and threatening to feed them to alligators.
“I have anxiety about this, I have been diagnosed with paranoia,” he bleats.
“Stop narrating for the camera brother, no one gives a damn,” one tells him.
Everyone in this neighborhood has visited you, everyone.
“You brought this on yourself and ran from the police when they got here.”
“I’ll spit in your face,” he tells an officer as he is handcuffed.
‘Oh, threat to law enforcement? You just got another charge, good job,” the police officer snaps.
“I’m a good boy, I didn’t hurt anyone,” Barrios insists as he is taken away, before calling an officer a “pig.”
And he seemed to let his social media profile go to his head when his offended neighbors filled the street to watch him be taken away.
“Targeting a teenager 24/7,” he growled. ‘Everything on video. Look at all my neighbors recording you!’
Booked at the station, he boasts that his father will buy him a new boat “tomorrow,” adding, “We have a lot of money.” My dad is a fucking rich black.
You’re the kind of person I feed alligators in the Everglades. I hope an alligator eats you.
“The father is a decent, hard-working guy who built what he built with hard work,” a neighbor told police, “but the boy is a spoiled brat.”
The YouTube video has eclipsed Barrios’ profile on social media after being viewed 225,000 times.
‘If it wasn’t for dad’s money, he would be homeless. A perfect example of an entitled brat who’s never been told no,” one viewer wrote.
‘What a disgusting and ignorant child. It’s clear he’s out of control and heading to prison. His poor parents.
Barrios has been charged with criminal trespassing, second-degree disorderly conduct and attempting to elude a law enforcement officer in a boat.
