An effort to impose stricter penalties on reckless boaters, spurred by a 2022 crash in the Florida Keys that resulted in the death of a 17-year-old girl, continued moving forward Wednesday in the ...

Hunter Geisel is a digital producer at CBS Miami. Hunter has previously produced digital content for local and national outlets, covering several topics from breaking news and current events to ...

A charter boat captain accused of crashing his boat while he was intoxicated in the Florida Keys last summer was arrested on Tuesday, officials said. Laurence Lee Lewis Jr., 42, is facing several ...

A charred boat is parked on a trailer in front of a house in the Middle Florida Keys city of Marathon Wednesday morning, Sept. 3, 2025. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office City of Marathon firefighters and ...

FLORIDA KEYS (CBS12) — A Texas man has been accused of stealing a rental boat from the Florida Keys and taking it to Cuba. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said that Floyd Devasier rented a ...

TALLAHASSEE — An effort to impose stricter penalties on reckless boaters, spurred by a 2022 crash in the Florida Keys that resulted in the death of a 17-year-old girl, continued moving forward ...

A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission helicopter pilot is being hailed a hero for saving potentially dozens of lives Saturday when he put his aircraft in between a large speeding boat ...

Months after a woman was killed in a boat crash in the Florida Keys, the operator who was allegedly drunk while operating the vessel has been arrested, authorities said. Guy Russell Erdman, 61, of ...

The U.S. Attorney's Office charged 52-year-old Daniel Couch with one count of seaman's manslaughter following the Aug. 7 indictment. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison if ...

Hialeah woman killed in a Florida Keys boat crash. Miami Beach captain Reinaldo Aquit faces charges for careless driving and vessel homicide. Months after a Hialeah woman was killed when a speedboat ...

Fish and wildlife officers arrested a boater on a vessel homicide charge in the death of a Hialeah spearfisherman who was killed in July after being hit by a boat while snorkeling off the Florida Keys ...