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Clearwater police: Manslaughter suspect threw man off boat during argument

The body of 48-year-old Lonnie Wilson was found near Sand Key Park on Dec. 4. Detectives say Shane Dugan, 29, threw him overboard the previous day.
Shane Dugan, 29, was arrested on a manslaughter charge in connection to the death of 48-year-old Lonnie Wilson. Detectives said Dugan threw Wilson off a boat after an argument.
Shane Dugan, 29, was arrested on a manslaughter charge in connection to the death of 48-year-old Lonnie Wilson. Detectives said Dugan threw Wilson off a boat after an argument. [ Courtesy of Pinellas County Sheriff's Office ]
Published Dec. 11, 2021|Updated Dec. 11, 2021

Authorities have arrested a 29-year-old man on a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of a man whose body was found about 1½ miles from shore in the Gulf of Mexico on Dec. 4, according to a Clearwater Police Department news release.

Detectives say Shane Dugan and 48-year-old Lonnie Wilson were on a boat when they got into an argument Dec. 3, and Dugan threw Wilson off the boat and into the intracoastal waterway near Clearwater Pass.

Wilson’s body was found around 4 p.m. the next day in the water near Sand Key Park.

Dugan was booked into the Pinellas County Jail Friday afternoon and is being held on a $20,000 bond.

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