"Roger, we need to understand if we missed anything in this investigation,"
"The [Herald] article makes it sound like we dropped the ball. I'm not passing judgment. I was told that a lot of witnesses didn't want to cooperate."
Rodney Barreto, chair of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, defended the agency's probe while privately questioning whether investigators failed to test George Pino for alcohol after the Sept. 4, 2022 boat crash. Prosecutors charged Pino with felony vessel homicide on Oct. 31 after initially filing three misdemeanors, and they reopened the case when an investigation showed key witnesses were not interviewed. The crash killed 17-year-old Luciana Fernandez and severely injured Katerina Puig. Barreto emailed Col. Roger Young seeking to understand whether anything was missed and noting reports that many witnesses refused to cooperate.
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