The Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride is this Friday and Saturday
The Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride is taking place this Friday, Jan. 10, and Saturday, Jan. 11, in the Upper, Middle and Lower Keys. This marks the 15th year the event has been held in the Florida Keys....
View ArticleCard Sound Bridge to be intermittently closed for commercial car shoot on...
Volkswagen will be shooting a car commercial on Card Sound Bridge from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 13.There will be intermittent lane and bridge closures during those times. Motorists are asked to plan...
View ArticleMultiple recent scams reported
The Sheriff’s Office is again seeing an uptick in reported scams, fraud and credit card/identify theft involving multiple criminal techniques — some involving the hallmarks known to local law...
View ArticleMore instances of possible scams involving asphalt work reported
The Sheriff’s Office has taken three reports in the last three weeks regarding unusual and suspicious incidents of asphalt workers arriving at businesses or organizations in the Lower and Middle Keys...
View ArticleMonroe County Sheriff’s Office donates $100K to college
Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay presented College of the Florida Keys President Jonathan Gueverra with a check for $100,000 Thursday.The money came from drug-related funds and not from taxpayer...
View ArticleTrauma Star sets new record
The Trauma Star air ambulance helicopter program set a new record in 2019 for the number of patients airlifted between Dec. 24 and Jan. 1.The program airlifted 46 patients this past holiday season...
View ArticleMan arrested in DUI/tow incident
A 50-year-old Hallandale Beach, Florida man was arrested Thursday after refusing to allow his pickup truck to be towed.Mickey Serban was charged with obstructing without violence. Serban was a...
View ArticleWoman arrested for fleeing from Deputy
A 62-year-old Plantation Key woman was arrested Thursday after fleeing from a Deputy.Juanita Powell Legate was charged with fleeing and eluding, operating a vehicle without a valid license and...
View ArticleLiveaboard charged with making threats
A 56-year-old Boot Key Harbor liveaboard was arrested Thursday for posting threats against a city official on Facebook.Darryl Arthur Bergeron was charged with intimidation – writing or sending threats...
View ArticleAnother Craigslist scam reported
A Key Largo couple lost $5,500 in a Craigslist property rental scam that was reported on Thursday.The woman stated she rented a property at 195 Azalea Street in Plantation Key with her boyfriend on...
View ArticleMan arrested in armed burglary
A 52-year-old Bay Point man was arrested Saturday night after pointing a handgun at a neighbor. Stephen Louis Meredith was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill,...
View ArticleKeys traffic advisories
Card Sound Bridge to be intermittently closed for commercial car shoot today Volkswagen will be shooting a car commercial on Card Sound Bridge from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. today, Jan. 13. There will be...
View ArticleSheriff’s Office acquires credit card skimmer detection devices
Sheriff Rick Ramsay and the Sheriff’s Office has acquired new technology that can check credit card devices at gas pumps to see if illegal skimming devices have been installed.The new electronic...
View ArticleMan arrested on drug charges
A 49-year-old Key West man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after Sheriff’s Office Detectives found a large amount of cocaine and more than $14,000 cash in suspected drug proceeds at his apartment.Oren...
View ArticleWoman dies in dive incident
A 59–year-old Mishawaka, Indiana woman died Thursday morning after surfacing from 100 feet on the Vandenburg artificial reef south of Key West.Rebecca Butler Power was diving with the commercial dive...
View ArticleMan arrested after fleeing from Deputies
A 48-year-old man from Bueno Aires, Argentina was arrested Wednesday night after Deputies used spikes to stop the vehicle he was driving.Anibal Jaime Ferrera was charged with fleeing and eluding....
View ArticleDangerous new Internet activity reported in Key West
The Sheriff’s Office is sharing a press release/information issued by the Key West Fire Department on Friday regarding a potentially dangerous new Internet trend called the “Outlet Challenge.”Already...
View ArticleThieves/vandals hit postal drop boxes
Sheriff’s Office Detectives are investigating four incidents in which thieves/vandals pried open or attempted to pry open U.S. Postal Service drop boxes at four post offices in Monroe County — Key...
View ArticleImportant Traffic Advisory regarding Snake Creek Bridge
FDOT to close Snake Creek Bridge for two hours on Feb. 5A contractor for the Florida Department of Transportation will be closing the Snake Creek Bridge at Mile Marker 85 from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. on...
View ArticleMan cited for harvesting goliath grouper
55-year-old Homestead man was issued a mandatory notice to appear in court after he was found to be in possession of a goliath grouper early Sunday morning.Jorge Vazquez Herrera was fishing near Mile...
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