A Marathon man was arrested Wednesday evening after he was caught with a large bucket full of lobster.
Deputy Vince Pacifico responded to a report of illegal lobster harvesting at the north end of the Kemp Channel Bridge at the 24 mile marker at 7 p.m. When he arrived, he found 79 year old Adalberto Garcia of Marathon walking along the highway with a five gallon bucket full of lobster. Deputy Jenna Moeller arrived to assist. Further investigation revealed 29 lobster in the bucket. Eight of them were undersized.
Garcia was arrested. He was cited for 29 counts of possession lobster out of season, 23 counts of being over the limit of lobster and 8 counts of possessing undersized lobster. He was booked into jail.