--- description: A Florida man stole and crashed a boat that belongs to the Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the lion title: Man Crashes Boat Owned by Hunter Who Killed Cecil the Lion image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Crashes Boat Owned by Hunter Who Killed Cecil the Lion, Officials Say by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jul 21, 2016 5:58 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jul 21, 2016 5:58 PM CUT A Florida man stole and crashed a boat that belongs to the Minnesota dentist who made international headlines last year after [killing Cecil the lion](http://time.com/4069884/walter-palmer-dentist-cecil-lion-zimbabwe-not-charged/ "undefined"). Andrew Derwin, 26, was arrested Tuesday on a felony charge of grand theft after he stole and crashed the boat off the southern end of Marco Island, Fl. on Sunday. Authorities were called to the boat crash and performed first aid. Derwin’s passenger, Nicolas Stolinas, was seriously injured in the crash. [The Naples Daily News](http://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/crime/2016/07/20/police-say-stolen-boat-crashed-off-marco-belongs-dentist-who-killed-lion/87363670/ "undefined") reported that officials quickly learned the boat, valued at $61,175, belonged to [Walter Palmer](http://time.com/3978216/online-shaming-social-media-walter-palmer-cecil-lion/ "undefined"), the dentist who killed a [prized lion while on a hunting trip](http://time.com/3979309/cecil-lion-debate/ "undefined") in Hwange National park last July. Palmer also owns a vacation home in Marco Island, which was [vandalized last year](http://archive.naplesnews.com/news/vandals-attack-marco-island-vacation-home-of-hunter-who-killed-cecil-the-lion-ep-1217209886-332890551.html "undefined") when someone spray-painted the words “Lion killer!” on the garage door. Police said Derwin took the keys to the boat from the rear lanai of Palmer’s home on Sunday, the Naples Daily News [reported](http://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/crime/2016/07/20/police-say-stolen-boat-crashed-off-marco-belongs-dentist-who-killed-lion/87363670/ "undefined"). Palmer had left the keys there for a boat maintenance person to service the vessel. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4417516/man-crashes-boat-owned-hunter-killed-cecil-lion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4417516/man-crashes-boat-owned-hunter-killed-cecil-lion/"},"headline":"Man Crashes Boat Owned by Hunter Who Killed Cecil the Lion, Officials Say","datePublished":"2016-07-21T17:58:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:26:57.592Z","description":"Walter Palmer left the keys behind for maintenance service","url":"https://time.com/4417516/man-crashes-boat-owned-hunter-killed-cecil-lion/","keywords":["Crime","Florida"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4417516/man-crashes-boat-owned-hunter-killed-cecil-lion/","name":"Man Crashes Boat Owned by Hunter Who Killed Cecil the Lion, Officials Say"}}]}] ```