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John Dalton, a Miami-Dade cop who responded to the George Pino boat crash, said he told FWC they could have performed a sobriety test on Pino.
FWC Maj. Evan Laskowski said Cynthia Diekema was killed after the canoe she was riding in with her husband passed over an alligator hidden beneath them in roughly 2.5 feet of water.
FWC’s own agency has stated new data will not be available until 2030. Making irreversible decisions based on incomplete science, during a time of heightened public emotion, is reckless and wrong.
The FWC says the couple's canoe struck the alligator in 2.5 feet of water, causing the animal to thrash and tip the boat. "She ended up on top of the alligator." ...
An FWC officer said his body camera footage in Pino boat crash was mislabeled because it was ‘just another boating accident’ despite a girl killed.
The couple headed out on a 14-foot canoe into Lake Kissimmee, which has the second highest population of alligators in the state with more than 16,000, according to a 2024 census from FWC. It's ...
FWC believes bear spotted in St. Augustine ‘has moved out of the area,’ police say. By Madison Foglio, Action News Jax. May 06, 2025 at 7:29 pm EDT.
The FWC didn’t give Pino a sobriety test the night of the Sept. 4, 2022, crash, despite his admission to officers that he had “2 beers” that day.
Darryl Loach, 53, a former FWC officer, has been accused of striking another vessel in Boynton Beach and fleeing the scene without reporting the crash.
FWC says boat operator is ‘cooperating’; ‘no alcohol’ found in his system after ferry crash by: Marilyn Parker. Posted: Apr 28, 2025 / 11:27 PM EDT. Updated: Apr 29, 2025 / 05:58 AM EDT.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is expected to release new information about a person who was killed in an alligator attack at Lake Kissimmee State Park.
FWC believes bear spotted in St. Augustine ‘has moved out of the area,’ police say. By Madison Foglio, Action News Jax. May 06, 2025 at 7:29 pm EDT. By Madison Foglio, Action News Jax.