A Florida man faces criminal charges after police say he exposed and touched himself in a sauna occupied by two teens, according to NBC 6 South Florida.
The 39-year-old man of Lutz, Florida, was charged with two counts of indecent exposure related to the incident, which occurred on Saturday, March 21.
At least two teens, a 16 and 17-year-old, were in the sauna when they said the man exposed and began to touch himself while sitting on the top bench.
About 141 guests and 52 members of the crew aboard a cruise ship reported being ill during a voyage earlier this month, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
The outbreak was reported to the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, the agency announced. The symptoms that were reported predominantly included diarrhea and vomiting as the result of norovirus.
As a response to the outbreak, the cruise line said it was increasing disinfecting and cleaning efforts aboard the vessel. Those who reported feeling ill were quarantined to prevent any spread and specimens were collected. VSP officials conducted assessments and outbreak investigations to mitigate further spread.
What was meant to be an unforgettable trip, marking her first time traveling out of the country, turned out a bit differently for a mother of four now represented by Leesfield & Partners.
“I was in shock,” this is what our 64-year-old client had to say regarding the immediate aftermath of a fall on a cruise ship deck that was slick with water.
The woman, a public school bus driver and school cafeteria worker, was on the ship with her daughter, grandchildren, her son-in-law, and his mother for a family vacation when she fell. Her daughter rushed to her side and described her mother’s leg as appearing “deformed” from her injury.
Officials are investigating what caused a fire to break out aboard a cruise ship in Singapore following the death of at least one person and the injury to four others.
The fire broke out on Friday, Feb. 20 in a lounge area on one of the ship’s decks, according to reporting from PEOPLE. The name and age of the person who died, a member of the crew from Indonesia, was not immediately available Friday afternoon. The four who were injured are recovering in the hospital, the media outlet reported.
The fire aboard the ship, which was carrying 271 passengers and about 338 crew members at the time, was reported to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) at around 4 a.m. local time. Passengers were evacuated while members of the crew handled the flames. Singapore Civil Defence Force’s (SCDF) marine firefighters extinguished the blaze.
Over 25 people reported feeling sick following an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness aboard a luxury cruise ship.
At least 21 passengers and at least six crew members on a ship headed from Miami to Honolulu reported symptoms of norovirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
The cause in this case us unknown.
A crewmember was attacked aboard Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas in a recent incident that has gone viral online.
The incident, which occurred on Saturday, Dec. 6, shows the crewmember, a lifeguard, allegedly trying to direct passengers away from an outdoor deck area.
The passengers — many of whom were in swim attire — can be seen angrily attempting to get in the crewmember’s face as he backs away from the heated argument. A scuffle breaks out and the lifeguard appears to be hit and knocked to the ground.
The body of an elderly cruise passenger was found Sunday, Oct. 26, on a Great Barrier Reef Island after she had been left behind by crew, according to national media outlets.
Suzanne Rees, 80, of Sydney, Australia, was hiking on Saturday, Oct. 25, with other passengers before she was separated from the group. She was feeling unwell earlier in the day during the hike, her daughter, Katherine Rees, told reporters, and was told to return to the ship on her own.
The ship left the island allegedly without “checking whether all passengers” had returned. Rees was reported missing, NBC News reported, and the ship returned to the island to begin a “large-scale” search.
Two cruise ship passengers were evacuated from a ship off the coast of Washington state Sunday when hit with two separate medical emergencies, however, Leesfield & Partners attorneys know this is not always the case.
Thankfully, however, that was not the case for two passengers facing recent medical emergencies. In these cases, a 52-year-old woman and a 99-year-old man were suffering from separate emergencies. The woman was suffering from cardiac arrest and the man was experiencing “complete esophageal obstruction,” according to reporting from CBS News.
The ship is estimated to be around 145 nautical miles west of Cape Flattery in Washington state at the time of the evacuations. The U.S. Coast Guard coordinated with the Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Coast Guard to evacuate the passengers.
A cruise ship nearly hit a pontoon boat in Tampa Bay this week after the boat had mechanical issues and drifted into the ship’s path, according to Cruise News Today.
The boat was disabled due to a line wrapping around its propeller. About four minutes later, a cruise ship sailed by, causing Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies with the agency’s marine unit to perform an emergency tow of the boat. At least six adults were rescued from the pontoon boat. Deputies stayed with the boat until it was operable.
Last year, a couple was stranded in the Tampa Bay awaiting help after a cruise ship caused a wake that overturned.
The FBI is investigating a death that occurred aboard the Carnival Dream, but little details have been released.
The incident happened on Wednesday, July 23, aboard the Carnival Dream near Belize City during a six-day western Caribbean voyage. Passengers told KHOU, a local news outlet in Houston, that they woke up to sounds of sirens around 3 or 4 a.m. Another passenger told reporters that she had heard an announcement requesting medical aid on the Serenity Deck.
The online rumors ranged from stories of a man who had been attacked to an incident at the onboard casino, thus prompting Carnival officials to release a statement to KHOU.
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