Jamel Dunn drowned in a Cocoa pond July 7 
 
 5 teens laughed while filming drowning, police say 
 
 Cocoa Police turned to state death-reporting statute for charges 
 
 
 
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 SEE BELOW: Video of the drowning ▼ 
 
 In a news conference, Cocoa Police Chief Michael Cantaloupe did not describe the charges that will be filed against the five teenagers who recorded and mocked 31-year-old Jamel Dunn as he drowned July 7. It’s our belief that this law has never been enforced in a scenario like this, but we feel it could be applicable.” 
 
 Cantaloupe added, “Pursuing criminal charges is a way to hold them accountable for their own actions.” 
 
 Earlier, Cocoa police said that the five teenagers were not facing criminal charges after the State Attorney’s Office was consulted. Police in conjunction with the State Attorney’s Office determined that charges of "failure to report a death under Florida Statute 406.12," a misdemeanor, will be pursued, the Cocoa police said in a statement today. "We don't want another family have to go through what the Dunn family has went through," he said. The teenagers, who are between the ages of 14 and 18 and have not been named by police, are heard laughing and joking in the video, with one of them appearing to laugh and say, "He just died!" Chief -- it's duty 4 people 2 report death @MyNews13 pic.twitter.com/5I8XwwzQyE — Greg Pallone (@gpallone13) July 21, 2017 
 
 Charging documents and evidence are being sent to the State Attorney’s Office, which will determine whether the charges will be prosecuted. Dunn's sister, Simone McIntosh, who just learned from investigators about the charges being filed, told News 13 that she "hopes they stick, and new legislation is written so this never happens to another family." As one of them was being interviewed with his mother present, she was in tears, while the boy had a smirk on his face, she added. "Further research of the statutes and consultation with the State Attorney’s Office yielded the decision to move forward with charges under this statute. "This is an isolated act of unspeakable inhumanity and in no way is a reflection of our community," Cocoa Mayor Henry Parrish III said in a statement. Dunn was determined to have entered the water on his own after video from a neighbor’s security camera showed him scaling a fence and intentionally going into the pond. "In a case like this we struggle to understand how anyone could be so cold and heartless and then learn that there are no laws in Florida that obligate someone to render aid or call for someone to render aid for a person they see in distress," he said.
– Despite reports Thursday that they wouldn't be charged with a crime, the five teens who allegedly laughed and filmed a man as he drowned in Florida earlier this month could now face misdemeanor charges. ABC News reports police have recommended charges for "duty to report" against the unnamed teens, who range in age from 14 to 16. News 13 explains that while Florida doesn't have a law requiring bystanders to report someone dying, it does have a law that requires people to report someone has died. Jamel Dunn, 31, drowned earlier this month. Cocoa Police Chief Mike Cantaloupe says it's the first time the law would be used in this manner, and the teens would serve as a "test case." News 13 reports the statute is most typically applied to medical examiners. The State Attorney's Office worked with police to come up with the charges, but the office will determine whether to prosecute the case. Cantaloupe previously called the teens' actions "utterly inhumane and cruel."