Tanner J. Mansell

Mansell was a crew member on the boat with John R. Moore Jr. approximately three miles off Jupiter Inlet, Florida, in August 2020 when the pair spotted a longline they believed to be an illegal fishing rig. The two freed the sharks and a grouper caught on it, reported the incident to state wildlife officials, and brought the line to shore. The line belonged to a NOAA-licensed researcher legally catching sharks for scientific purposes. Both men were charged with theft of property within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 661 and convicted in 2022. The felony convictions barred them from voting in Florida, owning firearms, and traveling freely outside the United States.