Tag: US Coast Guard
Yusiel Lopez Insua, Seaman’s Manslaughter, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A tugboat captain, Yusiel Lopez Insua, has pleaded guilty to operating a barge with obstructed visibility and without a proper lookout, causing a fatal Biscayne Bay collision that claimed the lives of three children participating in a sailing camp in Miami. The incident occurred when Lopez Insua, 46, was piloting a…
Ceasar Tubay Gelacio Jr, Cocaine Smuggling, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read Ceasar Tubay Gelacio Jr, a 43-year-old Philippine national, pleaded guilty to smuggling nearly 200 kilograms of cocaine on an oil tanker from Ecuador to El Segundo, California. The incident occurred in May 2026, when Gelacio, an able-bodied seaman on the Aquatravesia, concealed the cocaine in the vessel’s garbage space and his…
Shelton Thompson, Possessing a Firearm as an Illegal Alien, Florida 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 38-year-old Bahamian national, Shelton Thompson, who was wanted for murder in the Bahamas and had been living in the US illegally since August 2024, has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as an illegal alien in South Florida. Thompson was caught during a traffic stop, and a subsequent search of…
Karthikeyan Deenadayalan, Failure to Report Hazardous Condition, Maryland 2023
⏱ 2 min read Karthikeyan Deenadayalan, the chief engineer of the Motor Vessel Dali, has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement for his role in the vessel’s crash into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland. The crash occurred when the Dali, under Deenadayalan’s watch, struck the bridge, causing significant damage. Deenadayalan, an Indian national,…
Verdant Roosevelt Scott, Alien Smuggling, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A daring alien smuggling attempt off the coast of Miami-Dade County has landed five men in hot water. Verdant Roosevelt Scott, 38, of The Bahamas, Zamfir Nitu, 50, of Romania, Donald Coote, 37, of Jamaica, Sergio Alejandro Correa Ramirez, 30, of Colombia, and Gheorghe Ion Chiperi, 43, of Moldova, were charged…
