The U.S. Coast Guard issued multiple citations to U.S. Virgin Islands yacht captain Ryan Bane after he reported his British girlfriend, Sarm Heslop, missing earlier this month – including for alleged obstruction of a boarding. But the Coast Guard reached his vessel as part of an attempted search and rescue mission after Bane reported her disappearance. US VIRGIN ISLANDS SEARCH FOR MISSING WOMAN CONTINUES, POLICE AWARE OF SIREN SONG WHEREABOUTS"As part of the search and rescue effort, the Coast Guard went aboard the vessel to interview and gather information from the reporting source," Lt. Cmdr. US VIRGIN ISLANDS YACHT CAPTAIN WHOSE GIRLFRIEND WENT MISSING HIRED GHISLANE MAXWELL'S LAWYERHeslop was last seen in public at a bar with Bane around 10 p.m. on March 7. The Coast Guard has since suspended its extensive search for Heslop in the water, and local police have launched a separate missing person investigation.

Source: Fox News March 31, 2021 22:52 UTC