Looking for the owner of recovered fishing equipment
Sheriff's Deputy Ken Fricke is looking for help finding the owner of some recovered fishing equipment. He believes the recovered rod and reel combos were stolen during or after Hurricane Irma, most...
View ArticleGas pump confrontation leads to arrest
A Big Pine Key man threatened a couple with his stun gun in a confrontation at gas pumps at a Big Pine convenience store Tuesday afternoon.The victims told Deputy Jon Riggs they were pulling up to a...
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Sexual Predator notification
As required by Florida law, the Sheriff’s Office is making a public notification of a new address for a sexual predator living in Monroe County.Miguel Lloren, 47 years old, has registered his new...
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Sexual Predator address change
As required by state law I am sending out a notification that a sexual predator has changed the location of his residence.Terrance James Howard has changed his address again. Howard is now residing in...
View ArticleIntoxicated man charged with misusing 911
An intoxicated man was arrested for misuse of the 911 emergency system Wednesday night after he was warned repeatedly not to call 911 by Sheriff’s deputies.Deputy Daniel Hill responded to a home on...
View ArticleKey Colony Beach Officer, injured during traffic stop, fires gun at suspect
The Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting incident this morning involving a Key Colony Beach police officer who discharged his firearm after having his hand caught in the door of a vehicle...
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Good deed for the day
Traffic Enforcement Deputy Andrew Leird helping someone to change a tire at Highway U.S. One and Coco Plum Road in Marathon. Good deed for the day!
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Vehicle fire, Spanish Harbor
Someone was changing an alternator in a truck Sunday morning on the Spanish Harbor bridge. There was an explosion. No one was hurt, but Sgt. Linda Mixon took this picture of fire and paramedics...
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Job opening!
We have a current job opening in Marathon for an Emergency Communications Radio Systems Technician. To see a job description and to complete a preliminary job application on line, visit our web site at...
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Detective looking for absconded sex offender
The Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit is looking for an sex offender wanted on a warrant for absconding from supervision just prior to Hurricane Irma.27 year old Dominic Portelli’s last known address...
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Florida City woman arrested on drug charges
A Florida City woman, wanted on outstanding warrants for selling drugs in Monroe County, was arrested on those warrants Tuesday. She faces additional charged after more drugs were found in her...
View ArticleDrunk man leaves behind wallet at burglary scene
A drunk man from Big Pine Key burglarized a bulldozer overnight, leaving behind his wallet which deputies used to identify and charge him.The owner of the bull dozer is a company called Unlimited...
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Donated LEGO sets go to kids affected by Hurricane Irma
Monroe County Sheriff's School Resource Sergeant Eric Mixon worked with Sugarloaf School Counselor Rebecca Palomino to match these LEGO sets, donated by LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Atlanta, with the...
View ArticleHomestead man arrested for five counts sale of cocaine
A Homestead, Florida man was arrested Thursday, charged with five outstanding Monroe County warrants for sale of cocaine and use of a two way communications device to facilitate a felony; he also has...
View ArticleTeen charged with robbery at gunpoint
A Minnesota couple told deputies they were robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of a Key Largo restaurant by two men dressed in black. One of the suspects was later identified as 17 year old George...
View ArticleOne man airlifted, another arrested after fight
A Marathon man is under arrest for hitting another man in the head with a PVC pipe. The victim was airlifted to a Miami hospital for treatment of his head injury.Deputies Edward Swogger and Darrel...
View ArticleDeath in fire suspicious in nature
Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes detectives say a woman found dead in a house fire in Key Largo had wounds on her body that appear suspicious in nature.Deputies and firefighters responded to a house fire...
View ArticleThree charged with Shark Key burglary
Three men were arrested Monday, charged with burglarizing a home on Shark Key Sunday.Deputies responded to a home on Cannon Royal Drive just before 6 p.m. on Sunday after a call from a neighbor. When...
View ArticleKey Largo man charged with knife threats
A Key Largo man was arrested Monday night, charged with making knife threats to his ex-girlfriend.The victim told Deputy Matt Koval she was at the VFW in Key Largo Saturday night at 9:20 p.m., in her...
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Legos to school students
Monroe County Sheriff's School Resource Deputy Derick Velez worked with Stanley Switlik School Counselor Chris Willis and Dean of Students Christina Rodriguez to match these LEGO sets, donated by...
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