Woman Pleads No Contest to Lying to Police in Coldwater Lake Fatal Boat Crash Investigation
- Carlos Guillermo Alonso, 79, and Edmund Richard Hartley, 31, faced misdemeanor charges in April 2024 for a fatal boat crash near Key Biscayne, Florida.
- The charges followed a May 2024 incident where 15-year-old Ella Adler died after being struck by a boat while wakeboarding behind a vessel operated by Hartley.
- Investigators found Alonso's Boston Whaler docked at his Coral Gables home, described as a light blue hull center console boat with multiple white outboard engines.
- Alonso's attorneys said he did not realize he had hit anyone and confirmed he was cooperating with authorities; both men pleaded not guilty to the charges.
- Authorities continue to investigate the hit-and-run incident, and the charges reflect violations of multiple U.S. Coast Guard navigational rules by both men.
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2 charged in ‘hit-and-run’ boating death of 15-year-old Florida ballerina mowed over while wakeboarding: officials
Carlos Guillermo Alonso, 78, was charged for allegedly inadvertently striking 15-year-old Ella Adler, who fell into the ocean while being pulled on a wakeboard by another boat.
Two boat operators charged in wakeboarding girl’s death in South Florida
Misdemeanor charges have been filed against the man who was operating the boat that fatally struck a 15-year-old girl off a South Florida beach last year, as well as the man who was operating the boat she had been wakeboarding behind, authorities announced Tuesday. Carlos Guillermo Alonso, 79, was charged April 28 with violating two U.S. Coast Guard navigational rules, and Edmund Richard Hartley, 31, was charged April 29 with violating four Coas…

Two boat operators charged in wakeboarding girl's death in South Florida
Misdemeanor charges have filed against the man who was operating the boat that fatally struck a 15-year-old girl off a South Florida beach last year, as well as the man who was operating the boat she had been wakeboarding behind.
2 charged in death of girl struck by boat while wakeboarding in Biscayne Bay
Two people are facing charges in connection with the death of a teen who was struck and killed by a boat while wakeboarding in Biscayne Bay last year, officials said. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced the charges Tuesday in the May 11, 2024 death of 15-year-old Ella Riley Adler. Adler was wakeboarding while being towed about a mile west of Mashta Point at Key Biscayne when she fell into the water and was struck by a…
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