{"id":293652,"date":"2026-06-02T22:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/293652\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:24:08","slug":"jury-selection-continues-in-fatal-boat-crash-trial-of-south-florida-real-estate-mogul-george-pino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/293652\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury selection continues in fatal boat crash trial of South Florida real estate mogul George Pino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI  \u2014 A new group of prospective jurors was questioned Tuesday in the trial of South Florida real estate mogul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/topic\/George_Pino\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/topic\/George_Pino\/\">George Pino<\/a>, who is charged in connection with a 2022 boat crash that killed a teenager in Miami-Dade County. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/06\/02\/continua-la-seleccion-del-jurado-en-el-juicio-por-accidente-fatal-de-bote-del-magnate-inmobiliario-del-sur-de-florida-george-pino\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/06\/02\/continua-la-seleccion-del-jurado-en-el-juicio-por-accidente-fatal-de-bote-del-magnate-inmobiliario-del-sur-de-florida-george-pino\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">During jury selection in a Miami-Dade courtroom, Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez asked potential jurors what they already knew about the case and whether they had recently seen or heard anything about it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Several prospective jurors said they knew only basic details, including that a fatal boating crash occurred and that a teenage girl died. Others said they recalled media reports that alcohol may have been involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As questioning continued, some prospective jurors disclosed connections to schools and communities tied to the case. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Passengers aboard Pino\u2019s boat included his wife, his teenage daughter and 11 of her friends, many of whom attended private schools in Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">One prospective juror said they graduated from a local private school around the time of the crash and were familiar with some of the students involved. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Another said references to schools and witnesses brought back memories of seeing posts and articles about the incident shared on social media. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A third said their child participates in youth sports with students from schools connected to the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators said the boat struck a channel marker while returning from an outing on Biscayne Bay. Seventeen-year-old Lourdes Academy student Lucy Fernandez drowned after the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Tinkler Mendez also addressed concerns that a prospective juror had been viewing a news report about the case on a cellphone while waiting outside the courtroom. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Another prospective juror reported hearing the report but said it was not loud enough for everyone in the area to hear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Tinkler Mendez reminded prospective jurors to avoid news coverage and social media discussions related to the case as jury selection continues.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI \u2014 A new group of prospective jurors was questioned Tuesday in the trial of South Florida real&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-293652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}