Florida Boat Owner And North Carolina Navigator Arrested For Battery After Sailboat Brawl

MONROE COUNTY, Fla.- Two people were arrested Monday night after a brawl broke out aboard a sailboat anchored off Cape Sable in Everglades National Park, authorities said.

Josh Huckabee Caldwell, 51, of Washington, North Carolina, and Norreal Patrice Lee, 42, of Orlando, Florida, were each booked on charges of battery following the Sept. 28 incident.

According to law enforcement, the trouble began aboard a 30- to 35-foot sailboat in the waters of mainland Monroe County. Lee had hired Caldwell to help navigate the vessel down through the Florida Keys. At some point during the voyage, an argument broke out between the two…

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