Deputies arrested a man at a Florida Keys resort on an aggravated child abuse charge after they said a verbal argument over his 15-year-old daughter’s dating preferences escalated Tuesday night.

The Turtle Hospital in Marathon is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect who shot a loggerhead turtle in the head with a spear, the organization’s manager said Tuesday.

In a race against time, multiple organizations are working to save the reef that runs along the Florida Keys during a heat wave that has already led to historic coral bleaching.

A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta cut across Cuba on Sunday, and forecasters say it's likely to be a hurricane before hitting the Florida Keys Sunday night or Monday. Eta made landfall in the Florida Keys and posed a serious threat across South Florida, which was already drenched from more than 14 inches (35 centimeters) of rain last month. “Never seen this, never, not this deep,” said Anthony Lyas, who has lived in his now-waterlogged Fort Lauderdale neighborhood since 1996. Eta was not done yet with Cuba, just 90 miles (140 kilometers) south of Florida, where the storm continued to swell rivers and flood coastal zones. ___Associated Press writers Cody Jackson in Fort Lauderdale, Tamara Lush in St. Petersburg, and Haleluya Hadero in Atlanta contributed to this report.

MIRAMAR, Fla. A Miramar police officer is accused of driving under the influence in the Florida Keys this weekend. Damaso Espiritusanto was arrested in Layton and booked into jail Sunday. According to a Monroe County Sheriffs Office arrest report, Espiritusanto was behind the wheel of a black Ford F-150 that was seen swerving and struggling to stay in its lane around 7 p.m.An officer who pulled him over said he could smell a distinct odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from inside of the vehicle and that Espiritusantos eyes were bloodshot, watery, and glassy.He was taken into custody after failing field sobriety tests, the arrest report said. Miramar police say Espiritusanto, 40, was immediately placed on administrative leave with pay, pending the outcome of the investigation.

A monster has taken away the life of our little girl in a crime as senseless as it was evil. Our hearts are broken and our lives are forever changed due to the despicable acts of another person," the family said. Court documents do not indicate if he was being represented by a lawyer who could speak on his behalf. Hunsaker called 911 to report he had killed someone inside his home, telling a dispatcher to tell officers to shoot him. Hunsaker also asked officers to shoot him after they arrived, the document said.