Sheriff’s Office offering safe zone for online transactions
The Sheriff’s Office is joining the Key West Police Department and now offering the lobbies of its substations and headquarters building as safe zones for residents making online transactions or to...
View ArticleMan cited for undersized stone crab after traffic violation
A 73-year-old Leisure City, Florida man was cited Thursday afternoon for possessing an undersized stone crab claw.Dennis Lloyd Fearon was given a mandatory notice to appear in court for possession of a...
View ArticleMan arrested after fleeing in stolen car
A 31-year-old Clover, South Carolina man was arrested early Saturday in the Upper Keys after fleeing from Deputies and other law enforcement in a car reported stolen out of Maine.Nicholas Scott...
View ArticleMan arrested after fleeing in stolen car
A 46-year-old Miami man was arrested Sunday afternoon on Big Pine Key after fleeing from Deputies and a federal law enforcement officer on U.S. 1.Jason Reid Bervaldi was charged with fleeing and...
View ArticleMan arrested for assault
A 41-year-old homeless Big Pine Key man was arrested early Wednesday after threatening a man with a knife.Matthew Forrest Tidwell was charged with aggravated assault. There were no reported injuries....
View ArticleDive-related death reported in Key Largo
A Cincinnati, Ohio man diving the Spiegel Grove wreck with the Rainbow Reef Dive Center in Key Largo was pulled from the water unconscious Tuesday morning. Multiple divers were in the water at...
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Boat fire at Marathon marina
A 40-foot vessel burned at Marathon Marina and RV Resort, 1021 11th Street, Friday morning.The fire was reported at 7:26 a.m. and was extinguished approximately 20 to 30 minutes later. There were no...
View ArticleMan arrested for sexual assault
A 28-year-old, Big Pine Key man was arrested for sexual assault Friday.Juan Miguel Matias Andres was charged with sexual assault in which the defendant is older than 18 and the victim is older than 12,...
View ArticleTwo arrested, four injured in stabbing incident
Two Homestead men were arrested early Wednesday after a melee on the 200 block of Burton Drive that left four people hospitalized.Jonathan Estarly Rivera Enriquez, 19, and German Javier Rivera...
View ArticleMan cited for undersized fish
A 22-year-old Miami man was given a mandatory notice to appear in court citation early Friday morning for possessing and undersized mangrove snapper.Dairon Muina Alfonso was fishing at Indian Key Fill...
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Traffic advisory for the Islamorada blessing of the fleet
The annual Blessing of the Fleet is Wednesday, Jan. 1, in the Whale Harbor Channel at Mile Marker 83.The event begins about 8:30 a.m. and is typically over by 10 a.m.Traffic backs up, causing delays in...
View ArticlePost-Irma contractor charged with theft
A 35-year-old Haughton, Louisiana man was arrested Monday after he left town in 2018 prior to completing work for a customer whose home was damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017.Robert Cody Johnson was...
View ArticleWoman arrested in DUI/hit-and-run case
A 55-year-old Marathon woman was arrested early Wednesday morning after hitting two vehicles at a Marathon restaurant.Anne Prideaux was charged with DUI, DUI with damage to property, leaving the scene...
View ArticleBeachgoer airlifted after fall
A 35-year-old South Carolina man was airlifted to a Miami hospital Tuesday afternoon after falling and hitting his head on a concrete sidewalk.James Erik Wright of Greer, South Carolina was airlifted...
View ArticleMan arrested after assault with knife
A 50-year-old Stock Island man was arrested Thursday after he threatened to kill a woman and one of her roommates with a knife after she refused to give him her jewelry. Jorge L. Perez was charged with...
View ArticleMan arrested after jumping on car
A 35-year-old Winchester, Kentucky man was arrested Friday night after blocking traffic on U.S. 1 and jumping on the hood of a car.Brandon Scott Black was charged with disorderly intoxication,...
View ArticleSailboat fire in Marathon
A sailboat caught fire in Boot Key Harbor in Marathon at approximately 9 a.m. Sunday.There were no reported injuries. The 30-foot, steel-hulled sailboat was vacant when the fire was reported. There...
View ArticleMan cited for undersized fish
A 22-year-old Miami man was given a mandatory notice to appear in court citation Sunday for harvesting undersized mangrove snapper.Gary Dhannie Ramjeawan was cited for possession of three undersized...
View ArticleFDOT to close Snake Creek Bridge for two hours on Jan. 15
Important Traffic Advisory regarding Snake Creek Bridge A contractor for the Florida Department of Transportation will be closing the Snake Creek Bridge at Mile Marker 86 from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. on...
View ArticleThird man arrested in Upper Keys incident
A third man was arrested Wednesday in the early morning Dec. 25 melee that occurred on the 200 block of Burton Drive in Tavernier that left four people hospitalized.Jorge Alberto Hernandez was charged...
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