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Dec 13, 2017 · According to CNN, those three men, recently identified as Michael Wenzel, Robert Lee Benac, and Spencer Heintz, are each being charged with two felony counts of aggravated animal cruelty. In addition, Wenzel and Benac are being charged with an illegal method of take, a misdemeanor crime.
Sep 12, 2019 · On June 26, 2017, Benac, Spencer Heintz, Michael Wenzel and another man departed from Wenzel’s waterfront home in Palmetto on a 22-foot Aquasport boat and took a trip into the Gulf of Mexico....
- dkumar@tampabay.com
- Higher Education Reporter
Dec 15, 2017 · Among the three men charged is Michael Wenzel, 21, of Palmetto, who was captain of the boat and a friend of Alex Kompothecras, star of the MTV reality show Siesta Key.
- Former Times Reporter
Dec 13, 2017 · Three men who were filmed dragging a shark behind their boat in Florida have been charged with animal cruelty. Michael Wenzel, 21, Brandon Spencer Heintz, 23, and Robert Lee Benac, 28, were charged with numerous criminal offences, ABC reported.
Feb 28, 2019 · Michael Wenzel, who piloted the boat seen in a viral video that depicted a shark being shot to death, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor animal cruelty.
- dsullivan@tampabay.com
- Justice Reporter
May 1, 2018 · Heintz, 21-year-old Michael Wenzel and 28-year-old Robert Lee Benac were all charged after a four-month-long investigation into the graphic video of a shark being dragged behind a boat.
May 1, 2018 · Two of the other defendants in the case, Michael Wenzel of Palmetto, Robert Lee Benac of Bradenton, still face multiple felonies stemming from an incident in which they keel-hauled a live blacktip shark while filming its gruesome death.
