Detectives warn residents of vehicle burglaries
Four unlocked vehicles were burglarized in Layton early Tuesday morning and the nature of the break-ins has detectives concerned that thieves may be targeting residents’ personal identification...
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Stolen handgun recovered during traffic stop
A 19-year-old Key West man was arrested Wednesday night after he was found to be in possession of a stolen 9mm GLOCK® handgun and a Oxycodone pill after a traffic stop on Key Haven Road on Stock...
View ArticleNo injuries in Stock Island stove fire
No injuries were reported in a 9:40 a.m. Thursday fire that appeared to start in the kitchen of a unit at the Cayo Del Mar apartments on the 5500 block of 3rd Avenue on Stock Island.Roughly 20 people...
View ArticleWoman arrested for battery on a Deputy and nurse
A 40-year-old homeless woman was arrested Saturday afternoon for kicking and clawing at Deputies and then attempting to bite a nurse at Fishermen’s Hospital in Marathon.Melody Sunshine Carter was...
View ArticleTwo women arrested on drug charges
A 30-year-old Miami woman and a 26-year-old Key West woman were arrested Saturday night on multiple drug charges after a traffic stop on Stock Island.Marissa Curry of Miami and Selestria De La Cruz of...
View ArticleMan arrested for biting Deputy
A 64-year-old homeless Marathon man was arrested Tuesday morning for biting a Deputy who found him lying near the roadway.Michael Edward Girardin was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer....
View ArticleMan arrested after Little Torch Key fire
A 31-year-old Homestead man was arrested Monday afternoon after Deputies and Monroe County Fire Rescue Firefighters were called to a fire on the 28000 block of Dorothy Avenue on Little Torch Key....
View ArticleImportant Traffic Advisory regarding Snake Creek Bridge
FDOT to begin closing U.S. 1 at the Snake Creek Bridge from 11:45 p.m. to 4 a.m., Sundays through Thursdays, for three weeks from Sept. 8 through Sept. 30.The Florida Department of Transportation will...
View ArticleKey Largo School open following suspicious incident
At approximately 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, the Sheriff‘s Office investigated a report of a suspicious incident at Key Largo School. In an abundance of caution, the buildings and grounds were...
View ArticleMan arrested on heroin charges
A 71-year-old Miami man was arrested Thursday afternoon after he was found with multiple homemade pills that turned out to be 4.3 grams of pressed heroin.Luis Morejon was charged with trafficking in...
View ArticleMan arrested in nude attack against tourist women
A 49-year-old Sugarloaf Key man was arrested Thursday afternoon for battery against two women he met on Duval Street.McNeal was charged with two counts of battery and resisting arrest without...
View ArticleMan arrested after fleeing from and threatening Deputies
A 40-year-old Fort Lauderdale, Florida man was arrested early Friday morning after he entered the Big Pine Key Walgreens, screamed profanities at employees and then fled from responding...
View ArticleImportant Traffic Advisory regarding Snake Creek Bridge
FDOT to begin closing U.S. 1 at the Snake Creek Bridge from 11:45 p.m. to 4 a.m., Sundays through Thursdays, for three weeks from Sept. 8 through Sept. 30.The Florida Department of Transportation will...
View ArticleReminder about motorized vehicles on bicycle paths
Sheriff Rick Ramsay and particularly the Upper Keys command staff wants to remind all residents that motorized vehicles are not allowed on the bicycle path and Overseas Heritage Trial adjacent to U.S....
View ArticleNo reported injuries in Marathon fire
A kitchen fire was reported at 1:34 p.m. in an apartment on the 6400 block of the Overseas Highway in Marathon on Thursday.There were no reported injuries. The structure is a two-story commercial...
View ArticleMan arrested for DUI at Navy gate
A 42-year-old Key West man was arrested for drunken driving after attempting to gain entry to U.S. Naval Air Station Key West property via the Boca Chica Field Saturday morning.James Robert House was...
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Two dead after plane crashes into Gulfside waters off Marathon Airport
The bodies of two people were removed from the water Sunday morning after a 1961 Cessna 210 Centurion airplane that took off from Florida Keys Marathon International Airport crashed in Gulfside waters...
View ArticleSpike strips deployed after driver in pickup truck refused to stop
A 47-year-old Homestead woman was arrested early Monday morning after she fled from Deputies in the Upper Keys on U.S. 1.Claudia Patricia Arango Castano was charged with fleeing and eluding. Deputy...
View ArticleReckless driver arrested for DUI on U.S. 1
A 25-year-old man was arrested early Tuesday morning for speeding and driving recklessly on U.S. 1 in the Lower Keys.James George Ventola was charged with DUI and reckless driving. It was unclear where...
View ArticleMan arrested for indecent exposure
A 65-year-old homeless Marathon man was arrested Monday for exposing and grabbing himself while waving his middle finger at another man and his 8-year-old son.Marino Eugenio Sanchez was charged with...
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