Beheaded shark found in fishing cooler leads to Miami man’s arrest

A Miami-Dade man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a second-degree misdemeanor after a Monroe County sheriff's deputy discovered a beheaded shark in his fishing cooler.

Angel Luis Velazquez, 39, was fishing at Torch Ramrod Channel Bridge in the Keys when Deputy Donald Stullken checked Velazquez's cooler as part of a resources check and found a beheaded and gutted Bonnet head shark inside.

Florida law prohibits anyone in or on state waters from possessing a shark that has been beheaded, filleted, skinned, or finned. Velazquez was arrested, charged with a second-degree misdemeanor under Florida Administrative Code 68B-44.004, and booked into jail.

This story was originally published June 1, 2016 at 1:54 PM with the headline "Beheaded shark found in fishing cooler leads to Miami man’s arrest."