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Feb 18, 2008

Boat captain charged in death of child

Story PictureThe captain of a boat that rammed a small skiff, killing one of its occupants, has been arrested and charged with a number of criminal offenses. Forty year old Richard “Bo Peep” Sjogreen has been charged with Manslaughter by Negligence, Causing Death by Careless Conduct, and Negligent Harm in the death of eleven year old Francis Petillo. Petillo was fishing with his father, John Petillo, near the Tobacco range off Dangriga on February eleventh when Sjogreen rammed their vessel with his twenty-five foot high bow skiff. On the day of his death young Petillo was celebrating his birthday.


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