As the Florida lobster season is underway, a man and a woman were arrested in Marathon after being accused of stealing traps hours before the season began, deputies said.

Daily Brito Fernandez, 27, was charged with trap molestation, possession of out-of-season lobster, and being a principal in a crime, while Dorgis Rodriguez Lugones, 40, was charged with trap molestation, possession of out-of-season lobster, and tampering with evidence.

According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, on Aug. 5, deputies were on patrol when they saw a blacked-out boat with the two suspects on board with a lobster trap.

Lugones, deputies said, then dumped the trap into the water after being told not to and grabbed a cooler and dumped around 30 more traps into the water and then placed his hands on his he

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