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Man cut off diver’s air supply after dispute over lobster fishing spot in Miami, report says

Fadingcorroborated5 outlets reported this themselves in 7 reports over 4 days - more reporting than echo.
  1. 5 Aug, 14:13Man cut off diver’s air supply after dispute over lobster fishing spot in Miami, report says1 outlet
  2. 7 Aug, 00:19Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Lobster Diving Incident2 outlets
  3. and 2 one-off wordings
Wed, 5 August 2026peak 5 reports on Fri, 7 August 2026Sat, 8 August 2026

What it is about

Mike SimpsonMichael Joseph SimpsonBay Education TaskMiami, Florida, United StatesFlorida, United StatesHoward SrebnickDade Sheriff OfficeDade Circuit CourtFisher Island, Florida, United StatesMike ZimmerHunter CoferUS manFlorida boaterMichael Joseph Simpson JrFloridaFacebookTurner Guilford Knight Correctional Center

Who published it, and when

original reportfirst to report
nbcmiami.com1 original report
iheart.com2 original reports1 original report
abcnews.com1 original report
cbs12.com1 original report
5 Aug, 14:13over 3 days8 Aug, 10:00

1 report left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place

How it spread - 7 original reports

  1. Wed, 5 August 2026

    1 report
  2. Fri, 7 August 2026

    5 reports
    • iheart.com00:19

      Michael Simpson faces attempted murder charges for allegedly cutting off an 18-year-old diver's air supply during a dispute over a lobster diving spot in Florida. Simpson denies the charges, and his attorney claims eyewitnesses will prove his innocence. The case highlights tensions in competit...

    • iheart.com00:19

      Michael Simpson faces attempted murder charges for allegedly cutting off an 18-year-old diver's air supply during a dispute over a lobster diving spot in Florida. Simpson denies the charges, and his attorney claims eyewitnesses will prove his innocence. The case highlights tensions in competit...

    • iheart.com05:15

      Michael Simpson faces attempted murder charges for allegedly cutting off an 18-year-old diver's air supply during a dispute over a lobster diving spot in Florida. Simpson denies the charges, and his attorney claims eyewitnesses will prove his innocence. The case highlights tensions in competit...

    • abcnews.com07:40

      Michael Simpson is accused of turning off a teen diver's air-supply machine, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office.

    • The Guardian World11:00

      Florida man faces count of attempted felony murder after confrontation over a spot to catch lobster, authorities say A Florida boater was alleged to have tried to kill a diver by cutting off his air supply while they fought over a spot to catch lobsters off the state’s coast recently, according to authorities. Michael Joseph Simpson Jr’s criminal defense attorney on Thursday issued a statement dismissing those allegations as “false”. Nonetheless, Simpson, 51, was faced with a count of attempted...

  3. Sat, 8 August 2026

    1 report

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