The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office charged 63-year-old Floyd Dean Devasier of Katy, Texas on Thursday for stealing a rental boat from a Stock Island marina and taking it to Cuba. Devasier rented the ...

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Rescue efforts began Friday, but FEMA did not deploy its network of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday.