FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Lewis Bennett, the husband of a Delray Beach woman who went missing at sea last May, has now been charged in his wife's death.
The FBI Tuesday said Bennett, 41, was taken into custody at the federal courthouse in Miami on federal charges "for his alleged involvement in the murder of Isabella Hellman."
Hellman was last seen by her husband on Mother's Day while cruising the Caribbean in their catamaran, court records show. Bennett told investigators his wife was at the helm as he slept when he heard a thud and the vessel began to sink.
Bennett was in court Tuesday to face sentencing related to coins that were stolen from a vessel he was a crew member of in St. Maarten in 2016.
Many of the coins were found in his life raft when he was rescued by the Coast Guard in May 2017, authorities said. The stolen coins were valued at $38,480, a federal prosecutor said.
Bennett was sentenced Tuesday to seven months in prison in the stolen coins case.
