Plea deal for Florida yacht captain charged in connection to teen's wakeboarding death

Edmund Hartley, 33, pleaded guilty to two navigational-rule violations in connection with 15-year-old Ella Adler's wakeboarding death in Biscayne Bay. Prosecutors dropped two other misdemeanor counts in exchange for the plea, and Hartley received a withhold of adjudication, meaning no conviction will appear on his record. He was sentenced to six months of probation, plus a separate six-month term that could be terminated early if the first is completed, and must finish a boating-safety course. He is prohibited from operating a vessel for 60 days starting in June and must pay $5,000 to the crime victims' compensation fund. Ella's family attended and approved the deal.