Traffic stop ends in stolen boat recovery
A sharp eyed deputy stopped a truck towing a boat on a trailer in the early morning hours Saturday after he noticed the trailer had no functioning tail lights. He wound up recovering a stolen boat and...
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Community service can be large or small
Small things can make a difference. Sgt. Mike DiGiovanni noticed an issue at an Islamorada intersection. One of the stop lines was set too far back and pedestrians and cyclists couldn’t see vehicles...
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Islamorada cleanup
Islamorada had it’s quarterly Adopt a Highway clean up this week with the above group showing up to help. During the clean up, Sheriff Rick Ramsay was interviewed by Miami Herald reporter Cammy Clark...
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Two new sergeant promotions
Sheriff Ramsay promoted two Sheriff’s Office detention members to sergeant last week. Here are pictures of newly promoted Sgt. Rebecca Roberts and newly promoted Sgt. Thomas Careaga. Congratulations!
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Sheriff’s Office remembers deputy killed in traffic accident
This week the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office remembers a Sheriff’s deputy killed in the line of duty four years ago in a traffic accident.On June 22, 2010 Deputy Melissa “Missy” Powers was killed in a...
View ArticleTwo arrested for stealing boat
Two men were arrested after they stole a boat from behind a Tavernier home, took it for a ride and wound up grounding it on flats just offshore Wednesday afternoon.Sgt. Dawn Leird responded to a call...
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Injured bird rescued
Reserve Deputy Audriana Lawson with an injured bird. The bird was turned over to Key West Bird Center for care.
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Deputies talk to kids
Sgt. Dennis Coleman and Dep. Abraham Vallejo spoke recently to kids at Kreative Kids Christian Academy about law enforcement officers.
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Cleaning up on and around Big Pine Key
Deputy Linda Kohout and Citizen Police Academy ride-a-long Patti Ivey tackled three areas in the Lower Keys that needed cleaning: behind a Big Pine business, the south end of the Seven Mile Bridge and...
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Switlik School clean up effort
Clean up efforts behind Switlik School were successful this past weekend. The area behind the school had become overgrown and several homeless people had begun to move into the area. Now it is clean,...
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Graffiti painted over, Tea Table Bridge
This and some other areas of unsightly graffiti under the Tea Table Bridge in Islamorada were covered over thanks to efforts by Sgt. Mike DiGiovanni.
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Spanish Harbor bridge graffiti covered
Spanish Harbor Bridge got a new coat of paint over this unsightly graffiti. Thanks to ICA for their prompt response to the graffiti report. Thanks to FDOT’s Patty Ivey for her help in arranging for the...
View ArticleArrests for burglary, weapon charges, drugs
A Marathon man was arrested Monday morning, charged with burglary and making threats with brass knuckles which also act as an electric weapon similar in function to a Taser. A second man was arrested...
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Key Largo cleanup
Thanks to everyone who helped with out clean up in Key Largo on Monday. We really made a difference with this community effort. Here are a few pictures. Thanks to Sgt. Tom Kiffney for taking them!
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Marathon graffiti removal
Deputies James Hager and Gil Gonzalez spent a little time recently painting out graffiti at the 33rd Street boat ramp in Marathon.
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Graffiti removal on Stock Island
Deputies Ian Cooper and Andrew Hudson, removing graffiti from several locations on Stock Island.
View ArticleMarathon man missing, possible suicide
A 70 year old Marathon man is missing, and detectives say he may have committed suicide. He left a note at his residence which was found by his girlfriend. The note said he was going to the old Seven...
View ArticleMissing man’s body recovered
A missing Marathon man’s body has been recovered from the water near Pigeon Key this morning.Detectives say 70 year old Jim Pierce left a note at his residence which was found by his girlfriend...
View ArticleDeputies bust “rolling meth lab”
Two men were arrested early Saturday, charged with possession and manufacturing of methamphetamine. They were operating what detectives described as a “rolling meth lab” in a van.Detectives in the...
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