MIAMI (WSVN) – Years after a teen died in a Labor Day weekend boat crash, the man accused of being behind the wheel faced a judge, and his legal team introduced various motions, including one to move the criminal case out of Miami-Dade County.
Defense attorneys for prominent real estate developer George Pino want his case moved out of the county or to drop the charges altogether in connection with a deadly 2022 boating crash in Boca Chita Island that claimed the life of 17-year-old Lucy Fernandez and injured others, like Kathy Puig.
In court on Wednesday, with Pino holding a rosary and his family members present, as well as the victim’s family, Pino’s attorneys argued that Pino did not intend to hit the marker the day of the deadly crash when he was with his wife, his daughter, and 11 of his daughter’s friends…