Florida issues a $110,000 fine and orders a resort to restore the protected mangroves that were destroyed last spring. Rhode Islander Michael Mota was questioned as the owner's representative; the fine is about a third what Mota and his business partner were paid as advisors to the resort. Mota had blamed the damage on on a tornado the National Weather Service said did not exist.
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