Ella Adler died on Might 11, 2024 after within the space of Key Biscayne simply south of Miami when she fell off her board. She had been within the water alongside a buddy, with the women falling at totally different spots, in response to The Related Press.

Earlier than her boat, which was a 42-foot Hanse Fjord walk-around with a dozen folks on board, might flip round to choose her up, witnesses informed police they noticed one other boat strike her, after which instantly velocity away.

Witnesses have been in a position to get a robust description of the boat, which led them to a Boston whaler docked behind the house of Carlos Guillermo Alonso, now 79 years previous. After a “thorough investigation” by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee, prices have been introduced on Tuesday.

On April 28, Alonso was hit with prices for violating two U.S. Coast Guard Navigational Guidelines, per The AP. The next day, the person working the boat that was pulling Adler and her buddy, 31-year-old Edmund Richard Hartley, was additionally hit with prices for violating 4 U.S. Coast Guard guidelines. Each males pleaded not responsible on Might 21, per the Miami Herald.

All of those prices are misdemeanors and associated to Careless Operation of a Vessel. In line with a press release from the FWC acquired by Folks, the principles allegedly violated by Alonso are as follows:

• Rule #2: Duty
• Rule #5: Look-out

The foundations allegedly violated by Harley are:

• Rule #2: Duty
• Rule #5: Look-out
• Rule #7: Danger of Collision
• Rule #8: Act to Keep away from Collision

If convicted every man would face 60 days in jail and a $500 high-quality for the legal prices. Trial is about for June 30.

A press launch on the time of the accident from the FWC said that Alonso “is cooperating with the investigation.” Alonso’s lawyer, Lauren Area Krasnoff, known as the incident “the worst doable tragedy that anybody might think about,” however he reportedly stated he didn’t know if he had struck anybody together with his boat.

“If his boat was concerned, I can inform you he had completely no concept that that’s what occurred that day. He’s as devastated as anyone might be,” Krasnoff stated on the time. “He docked his boat in plain sight, and most significantly, he is been cooperative with legislation enforcement and with anyone that has wanted to research what occurred on the water that day.”

Following the costs, which Krasnoff stated she and her workforce have been “very shocked” by, she informed Folks, “What occurred final yr was an absolute tragedy. However it was not Invoice’s fault. Invoice is an skilled and cautious boater and that’s how he acted that day.”

“FWC explicitly informed us that they didn’t discover Invoice’s actions prompted the accident,” she continued. “We perceive that FWC is below quite a lot of strain from latest occasions. However now, after telling us that Invoice was to not blame, we might want to resolve this charging resolution a yr later.”

The FWC additionally launched a brand new assertion, post-charges, per ABC Information, saying that it “extends its deepest sympathies to the household and buddies of Ella Adler. Our ideas stay with them as they proceed to deal with this unimaginable loss.”

In her obituary, Adler was remembered as a “star” and “drive of nature.

“In her 15 years on this earth, she dazzled us together with her gentle. She emanated love and pleasure. She was stunning. When she walked right into a room, everybody was drawn to her. She beloved to bounce, she beloved her buddies, and most of all she beloved her household – her dad and mom, Amanda and Matthew, and her youthful siblings Jaden and Adalynn,” it learn.

She was additionally remembered as an completed ballerina and somebody who “beloved her buddies deeply.”