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Woman arrested for knife threats
A Big Pine Key woman was arrested Friday night after she threatened to kill a man and his small child.The victim, his girlfriend and their two small children aged 7 and three months’ rent a room from...
View ArticleMiami man charged with business burglary
A Miami man was arrested Friday, charged with breaking in to a Key Largo business and attempting to steal a brand new all-terrain vehicle. The incident took place between 10 p.m. on December 13th and 5...
View ArticleBoat in Key Largo is stolen, recovered
A 35 foot Everglades boat with three 350 HP Yamaha engines on the back was stolen from a Key Largo storage lot overnight between Thursday night and Friday morning. The boat was recovered in Medley,...
View ArticleWhile giving charitable gifts, man’s vessel is burglarized
A Marathon man’s live aboard vessel was burglarized while he was handing out gifts to the needy.The victim told Deputy Rosa DiGiovanni he was at the Marathon homeless shelter giving out Christmas gifts...
View ArticleChristmas Eve attack injures one
A Christmas Eve attack on Stock Island led to one man receiving stitches and another going to jail.The 20 year old victim, who received five stitches to close a head injury, told detectives he was...
View ArticleGun confrontation with naked neighbor results in arrest
A man frustrated with his neighbor over loud music confronted him in the street with a gun early this morning and was arrested.When deputies arrived on Palm Drive, Bay Point at 1 a.m., they found 29...
View ArticleMarathon man stabbed in the neck
A Marathon man was airlifted to a Miami hospital to be treated for a stab wound in his neck. The man who stabbed him was taken into custody, charged with aggravated battery.The stabbing took place at...
View ArticleMan dies while diving
A Summerland Key man died while diving offshore of Key West Tuesday.50 year old Robert Carney was on a private vessel – a 32 foot Contender - on a dive and spearfishing trip with five others. They were...
View ArticleTailgate stolen in Marathon
The tailgate from another Ford truck was stolen from a parking lot last evening in Marathon as the owner was in the grocery store.The victim said he backed the 2015 Ford F250 truck into a parking spot...
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More graffiti eradication
Deputy Linda Kohout, the bane of graffiti artists in the Lower Keys, tackled this fishing bridge on Old Papy Road, Sugarloaf Key. Here is the before and the after pictures. Great job!
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Certificate of thanks
Lt. David Carey accepts a certificate of recognition from the owner of Blue Marlin Jewelry in Islamorada, Armando Gonzalez. The certificate was in appreciation of the hard work the Sheriff’s Office did...
View ArticleFather and son arrested in confrontation with deputies
A father and son from Marathon were arrested Friday night after they fought with deputies responding to a noise complaint.Deputies Garrett Bragg and David Lopez responded to the home on Manor Lane at...
View ArticleMan arrested for gun threats
A 40 year old Key Largo man was arrested today charged with threatening to kill his girlfriend and child at their home on Thursday night.A neighbor on La Paloma Road in Key Largo called the Sheriff’s...
View ArticleFatal hit and run, Big Pine Key
The Florida Highway Patrol is looking for information about a vehicle which may have been involved in a fatal hit and run accident on Big Pine Key Saturday night. Sheriff’s dispatchers received a call...
View ArticleMan arrested for knife threats
A Marathon man was arrested Saturday night for breaking in to his girlfriend’s residence, holding a knife to her throat and threatening to kill her.Deputies David Lopez and Garrett Bragg were called to...
View ArticleGPS and other items stolen from boats in the Lower and Middle Keys
Boats were burglarized Lower and Middle Keys over the weekend.•A man on Coates Lane, Cudjoe Key reported to Deputy Linda Kohout someone entered his boat, which was parked in a canal behind his home,...
View ArticleDiver still missing after Vandenberg dive
An Illinois man is still missing after he went diving on the Vandenberg wreck offshore of Key West on Saturday.53 year old James Bakazan of Woodstock, Illinois went missing shortly after 10 a.m. The...
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Formal Inspection, Airport
Airport deputies and airport security technicians were formally inspected today by Sheriff's command staff. All units of the Sheriff's Office undergo at least one formal inspection per year to make...
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Sheriff paints out graffiti
This morning, after attending the formal inspection at the Key West Airport, Sheriff Rick Ramsay stopped to paint out this unsightly graffiti on the seawall on South Roosevelt Boulevard. He said, "it...
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