Coast Guard

CBS4's Jim DeFede investigates into the hiring of a hitman to kill a wealthy realtor. (Source: CBS4)

Greed, Crime and Murder For Hire In The Keys

In December, retired Coast Guard commander Dennis Zecca was arrested by federal agents in Marathon. Accused of conspiring to buy 10 kilos of cocaine, he was also charged with hiring a hitman to kill one of the town’s biggest realtors.

10 hours ago

A boater, and his boat, has gone missing off the coast of Key West (Source: Monroe County Sheriff's Office)

Boater Missing Off The Coast Of Key West

An Alaska man, along with his sailboat, has gone missing in the Keys.

13 hours ago

Coast Guard Searching For Man In The Upper Keys

The Coast Guard and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office continues to search for a man spotted under a bridge in Lower Matecumbe Key.

2013/05/19

Family safely escapes boat fire in Sunny Isles
(Source: CBS4)

Family Safely Escapes Boat Blaze

A family’s plan of spending the night on their boat changed suddenly with the sound of a smoke alarm.

CBS4–2013/05/11

The Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell is moored at Coast Guard Sector Miami while a Coast Guard small boat provides an escort May 5, 2013. (Source: U.S. Coast Guard hand out photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios)

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New Fast Response Cutter Arrives In Miami

The U.S Coast Guard in Miami newest ship arrived Sunday morning. The Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell, the fifth of the service’s planned 58 Fast Response Cutters in the Sentinel Class, docked at its new homeport around 9:30 a.m.

CBS4–2013/05/05

A boat crew from Coast Guard Station Islamorada arrived on scene to rescue three people and a dog from their capsized vessel in the vicinity of Barn Sound, Fla., May 5, 2013.
(source: U.S. Coast Guard)

Coast Guard Rescues 3 People, Dog From Capsized Boat

A day on the water off the Florida Keys turned out not to be so much fun for three people and their dog after they had to be rescued from their capsized boat by the Coast Guard.

2013/05/05

Coast Guards Seize $27 million worth of cocaine.

Miami Coast Guard Seizes $27 Million Worth Of Cocaine

The Coast Guard is celebrating another big haul seized in the western Caribbean.

2013/04/26

Diver’s Body Found Off Hillsboro Inlet

The body of a diver has been found off Hillsboro Inlet in Broward County.

CBS Miami–2013/04/16

Coast Guard Interviews Migrants Rescued By Carnival, Disney Ships

Migrant rafters rescued by two cruise ships off the Florida Keys were interviewed by the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday afternoon.

CBS4–2013/04/13

File photo of a disabled Carnival cruise ship. (Photo by DAN ANDERSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Carnival: No Reimbursement To U.S. For Disabled Ship

Carnival Corp. is indicating it will not reimburse the U.S. government for hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs to rescue its disabled cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico.

2013/04/12

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