BOSTON (AP) — A fisherman has pleaded guilty to killing a fellow crew member and attacking others with a knife and hammer while at sea in 2018.
Federal prosecutors said 27-year-old Franklin Freddy Meave Vazquez pleaded guilty to one count each of second-degree murder, attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon.
The attack occurred in September 2018 on a Virginia-based fishing vessel sailing about 55 miles off the coast of Nantucket.
Prosecutors said Vazquez struck two victims, stabbed a third and fled up the ship’s mast until the Coast Guard arrived. The stabbing victim died.
Vazquez faces life in prison.
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