{"id":1439,"date":"2026-06-01T16:36:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1439"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:36:39","slug":"ahead-of-jury-selection-in-fatal-boat-crash-trial-judge-deals-blow-to-george-pinos-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1439","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of jury selection in fatal boat crash trial, judge deals blow to George Pino\u2019s defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>MIAMI \u2014 Shortly before jury selection was set to take place Monday, a Miami-Dade judge ruled that statements real estate mogul George Pino made to investigators following a deadly 2022 boat crash will be allowed at trial.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1437\">Pro-Trump candidate takes spotlight in Colombia\u2019s presidential race with vow of crime crackdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Attorneys for Pino, 55, had sought to get those statements thrown out. They had also tried, unsuccessfully, to have the entire case \u2015 centering on the death of 17-year-old Lucy Fernandez \u2015 thrown out or moved out of Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez also denied another defense request to have a 12-person jury instead of a six-person jury.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Pino, then 52, was behind the wheel of a 29-foot Robalo boat in the early evening hours of Sept. 4, 2022 when he lost control and slammed it into a channel marker near Boca Chita Key, killing Fernandez. Two other girls were seriously hurt, including 17-year-old Katerina Puig.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1435\">Macron says French Navy, backed by the UK, intercepted a sanctioned tanker from Russia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors and defense attorneys continued to clash over whether Pino was impaired, including debating over empty beer bottles found on the boat. During Monday\u2019s hearing, Pino\u2019s attorney, Howard Srebnick, brought up testimony from Fernandez\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Fernandez testified that he himself had consumed alcohol at the sandbar, as did his spouse,\u201d Srebnick said. \u201cThat they left the sandbar before Mr. Pino did. They left Lucy at the sandbar with Mr. Pino, and of course, would never have had Lucy go on board a vessel with Mr. Pino if he had thought that Mr. Pino was impaired and by his testimony he did not observe any impairment of Mr. Pino.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pino, facing charges of both manslaughter and vessel homicide, could spend up to three decades in prison if convicted of both charges.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1433\">Philippine senator charged with plunder says he will surrender<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jury selection was set to begin in the afternoon hours Monday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Latest headlines from:<\/div>\n<div>\nMiami-Dade<br \/>\nBroward<br \/>\nFlorida Keys<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary><span>Cities<\/span><span>\u25be<\/span><\/summary>\n<div>\n<div>\nMiami<br \/>\nFort Lauderdale<br \/>\nCoral Springs<br \/>\nDavie<br \/>\nDeerfield Beach<br \/>\nDoral<br \/>\nHialeah<br \/>\nHollywood<br \/>\nHomestead<br \/>\nLauderhill<br \/>\nMiami Beach<br \/>\nMiami Gardens<br \/>\nMiramar<br \/>\nPembroke Pines<br \/>\nPlantation<br \/>\nPompano Beach<br \/>\nSunrise<br \/>\nTamarac\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly before jury selection was set to take place Monday, a Miami-Dade judge ruled that statements real estate mogul George Pino made to investigators following a deadly 2022 boat crash will be allowed at trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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