Florida men charged in fatal boating hit-and-run of 15-year-old ballerina

Authorities have filed misdemeanor charges against two Florida men in connection with the boating hit-and-run death of a 15-year-old high school freshman while she was wakeboarding with friends last year. 

Carlos "Bill" Alonso, 79, is charged with violating two U.S. Coast Guard navigational rules, and Edmund Hartley, 31, is charged with violating four Coast Guard rules, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC). 

In May 2024, Ella Adler, 15, and a friend were wakeboarding in Key Biscayne’s Nixon Beach...