{"id":254003,"date":"2026-04-06T12:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/254003\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T12:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:40:08","slug":"california-man-arrested-in-hit-and-run-that-injured-swimmer-in-biscayne-bay-florida-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/254003\/","title":{"rendered":"California man arrested in hit-and-run that injured swimmer in Biscayne Bay, Florida officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A California man was arrested over the weekend after he was accused in a hit-and-run in Biscayne Bay that injured a swimmer, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/screenshot-2026-04-06-at-8-19-56-am.png#.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-04-06-at-8-19-56-am.png \" height=\"779\" width=\"620\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Andy Vences<\/p>\n<p>                Miami-Dade Corrections<\/p>\n<p>According to the FWC, a 21-year-old woman was swimming in Biscayne Bay near Miami Marine Stadium when she was hit by a personal watercraft (PWC) around 7 p.m. Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The operator of the PWC, who was identified as 34-year-old Andy Vences, of California, didn&#8217;t attempt to help the victim and left the scene without calling authorities, the FWC said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers investigating the incident were able to obtain video footage and speak with eyewitnesses to identify Vences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no excuse for leaving the scene of an accident,&#8221; Miami-Dade County Area Capt. Rafael Almargo said in a statement. &#8220;I am pleased that officers were able to apprehend the subject so that he can be held responsible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vences was arrested and taken to jail, but he has since been released.<\/p>\n<p>No other information was released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California man was arrested over the weekend after he was accused in a hit-and-run in Biscayne Bay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,1540,112675,29283],"class_list":{"0":"post-254003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news","11":"tag-miami","12":"tag-miami-dade","13":"tag-south-florida"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}