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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Erin Keller

Two Florida men accused of killing a tarpon after breaking into an aquarium to go fishing

Derrick Lee Vivian (left) and Christopher Jeffrey Smith (right), face burglary and illegal fishing charges after being caught on video fishing in a private lagoon at Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters - (Monroe County Sheriff's Office)

Police arrested a second suspect this week over a break-in at a Florida Keys aquarium that led to the death of a large tarpon.

Security camera footage from May 25 last year showed two men entering Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters just before 3 a.m. and unlawfully fishing in the facility’s private lagoon, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

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