Marathon man hurled hatchet into boat, โnarrowly missingโ victimโs head, deputies say
A man fresh off probation yelled racial slurs at another boater as he passed by in his dinghy off Marathon, then flung a hatchet through the victimโs cabin window, according to an arrest report obtained by Local 10 News on Thursday.
New details: Witness says fatal Keys beating began with stolen valor accusation, report states
A convicted felon admitted to detectives that he โmay have gone โoverboardโโ in repeatedly punching a man at a Marathon park over the weekend, leading to his death, according to an arrest report obtained by Local 10 News on Tuesday.
They made it! Women traveling 500 miles down Floridaโs East Coast in toy cars arrive in Key West
Two women, Cassie Aran and Lauren, completed their 500-mile drive down the coast of Florida in an attempt to claim the Guinness World Record for โLongest Distance by Toy Cars.โ The woman chronicled the extraordinary adventure โ that took over three months โ on social media to support their fundraising campaign aimed at helping and rescuing animals.
โAbout time he got caughtโ: Relative of Keys pastor accused of sex crime fears more victims out there
Pastor and accused child sex criminal Monte Chitty faced a Monroe County judge again Monday, a little more than two weeks after the 62-year-old returned to the Keys following his capture in Texas.
Knife-wielding Keys man tells victim heโll โstick him like a pigโ after he โgiggled,โ cops say
Robert Allen Biser smirked in his Monroe County mugshot after being arrested on a felony charge, but, according to the sheriffโs office, another man told deputies that the 43-year-old got violent over something he didnโt think was a laughing matter at all.
Death toll of critically endangered smalltooth sawfish rises to 43
In the past week, the number of reported dead smalltooth sawfish has risen by three in the Florida Keys. That brings the total of dead sawfish to at least 43 since January. This is according to the FWC Abnormal Fish Behavior dashboard.
Judge sets $1.4M bond for pastor accused of fleeing to Texas after sexually abusing girl in Florida Keys
A 62-year-old man who served as a First Baptist Church pastor when a teenage girl accused him of giving her a spiked alcoholic drink and sexually abusing her appeared in court on Saturday in the Florida Keys.
Keys deputy who broke into exโs home also illegally looked up info on her new lover, sheriff says
A Monroe County Sheriffโs Office deputy accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriendโs Key West home is now also accused of illegally accessing law enforcement computer systems to look up information on the man she was now dating, according to the agency.
Keys deputy airlifted after drunken Minnesota woman slams into cruiser, cops say
Florida Highway Patrol troopers jailed a woman on several drunken driving charges after authorities say she hit a Monroe County deputyโs cruiser at full speed while he was on a traffic stop along the Overseas Highway, sending him to the hospital with serious injuries.
โHeartbreakingโ: Tourists watch endangered sawfish die on crowded beach as death toll rises to 32
South Floridaโs sawfish continue to die right before the very eyes of residents and visitors alike. On Tuesday, crowds gathered as a critically endangered smalltooth sawfish struggled in the shallows of Fort Zachary Taylor Beach in Key West.
Car chase in Florida Keys reveals potential link between espionage and โHavana syndromeโ
A recent report by CBSโ โ60 Minutesโ into cases of โHavana syndromeโ revealed that a suspected Russian spy โ who some believe is linked to the mysterious illness โ was involved in a high-speed South Florida police chase back in 2020.
Man masturbates after being denied entry into Sloppy Joeโs, then kicks cop, Key West police say
A man dropped his pants and began masturbating after being denied entry into a popular Duval Street bar, according to police. But heโs facing a felony charge after authorities accused him of subsequently battering a police officer.
Woman jailed after kids sickened by โunicorn milkshakesโ made with THC gummies, cops say
Deputies arrested a South Florida woman after they say she left THC gummies within reach of three children, who then used them as an ingredient in homemade โunicorn milkshakesโ and ended up in the hospital.
DeSantis orders Florida resources to stop Haitian migrants despite no sign of increased activity
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is ordering more than 250 law enforcement officers and soldiers to the Florida Keys to help stop what he anticipates to be an increase in Haitian migrants fleeing violence in their country.
Report reveals graphic texts cops say Marathon pastor sent teen after sexual battery
A newly-released arrest report details explicit text messages that deputies say a Marathon pastor sent a 15-year-old girl after plying her with alcohol and sexually battering her while she was passed out on a couch in his churchโs library.
Man accused of luring endangered Key deer into home, taking videos: โItโs watching Fox News with meโ
A convicted felon from Big Pine Key is facing criminal charges after authorities said he lured multiple endangered Key deer into his home by feeding them โ and posted photos and videos of it all online.
South Florida HOA bookkeeper spent dues on hotels, bras, gynecologist visits, cops say
A former homeowners association bookkeeper spent nearly $34,000 of residentsโ money on various personal expenses โ ranging from bath bombs, bras and toilet paper to hotels and gynecologist visits โ over a two-year span, deputies say. Now, sheโs facing dozens of felony charges in the Florida Keys.
Keys boater faces vessel homicide charge in womanโs โsenselessโ death
Misty Dawn Wildmon was among a group aboard a boat returning from an Oct. 6 offshore memorial service when she, too, would lose her life, after the vessel slammed into a channel marker off Stock Island. Four months later, the boatโs captain is facing a vessel homicide charge in the Key West womanโs death.
Missouri teens come to South Florida to clean up mangroves, find cache of cocaine
The Conch Republic Marine Army, a growing nonprofit in the Florida Keys, continues to recruit volunteers to keep the waterways clean. But on a recent trip with high school students from Missouri, in the middle of pulling out nearly 350 pounds of trash from mangroves in Big Pine Key, one student made a startling discovery.