KEY WEST

Numerous residents in the Florida Keys have reported scammers/thieves posing as real Monroe County Sheriff’s Office members this week asking for money or making threats about fake arrest warrants and false accusations about missing fake jury duty.

For the last few weeks, people all over Florida have been treated to a rare sight: pink flamingos in the wild. The rose-colored birds have recently been spotted in the Everglades and hanging around in the Florida Keys.

Words With Friends has been a popular mobile game since its debut in 2009, played by millions worldwide. According to deputies, however, a Florida Keys woman using the app would end up getting played herself.

People up and down the Florida Keys are talking about a different kind of tribute for Jimmy Buffett.

Thousands gather in Spain for the annual food fight festival La Tomatina.

A man from Key West who was driving a golf cart was arrested on Saturday for DUI.

Jimmy Buffett was the poet of paradise who created a genre of beach bum music, which gave way to a lifestyle.

Key West honored well renowned singer Jimmy Buffett on Sunday with a a procession down Duval Street.

From Key West, Florida, and beyond, the world became an extension of Jimmy Buffett's musical kingdom of “Margaritaville.”.

Key West residents are facing the impact of Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday as the area grapples with stormy weather and whipping winds.

A pilot was rescued after he made an emergency landing in the water off the lower Florida Keys.

A Marathon couple arrested by federal agents Monday on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol faced a federal judge in Key West Tuesday.

U.S. Coast Guard crews are searching for a missing diver who was last seen near an artificial reef off the coast of Key West Wednesday, officials said.

A Florida Keys man was arrested after allegedly attacking a woman holding an infant.

Key West officers arrested an Ohio police chief early Friday morning after they accused him of attacking a homeless man near Duval Street.

A 4-year-old girl and her sister walked into the women’s restroom at a Key West city park Monday, only to find a 60-year-old man masturbating in plain view, according to police.

A sanctuary in South Florida is saving foxes from the fur trade, which kills about 4 million foxes every year.

Key West police arrested an officer with the U.S. Marine Corps Sunday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after they accused him of threatening a group of vacationing cyclists in an apparent road rage incident on the island’s famed Duval Street.

The annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest has been won by a Wisconsin man who was celebrating his 68th birthday.

Almost 140 bearded men who resemble Ernest Hemingway have converged on Key West to compete in the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest.

Police arrested a 45-year-old Key West man Wednesday evening after they said he stripped nude in the water at a beach and tried to get two young girls to swim with him — and later tried to use a medical condition as an excuse for bathing in the buff.

A federal law enforcement officer accused of stalking and battering his ex-girlfriend in Key West pleaded no contest Wednesday to two misdemeanor charges and was released from jail, his attorney tells Local 10 News.

Broken windows and a stolen bath toy led a 28-year-old British serviceman to face two felony charges in Key West, according to police.

New York had its hot dog eating contest to celebrate Independence Day.

A 55-year-old Key West man was arrested Monday after he stabbed another man in the throat at a bus station in Marathon, authorities announced Tuesday.

A woman brought two friends to meet with a U.S. Coast Guardsman from Connecticut whom she had connected with on Tinder — but their night out would abruptly end after a wild ride through the streets of Key West, according to police.

A Stock Island woman was arrested Monday after fleeing in her vehicle from deputies during a traffic stop and then crashing into a marina, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

A Key West strip mall owner accused of shooting and killing a 21-year-old man urinating on the side of his building has had his murder charge upgraded following an indictment by a Monroe County grand jury.

Deputies are investigating after a 61-year-old man died Friday following a snorkeling incident near Sand Key Lighthouse off Key West,” authorities said.

Detectives in Monroe County have seized dangerous drugs like fentanyl, and have made numerous drug-related arrests, in the last several weeks.

A federal law enforcement officer accused of domestic violence in Key West was jailed for a third time in less than two weeks Thursday — this time on a charge of failure to appear, according to Monroe County jail records.

Turtles Spencer and Nacho were released in the waters off Key West after being rescued in the Keys earlier this year.

A federal law enforcement officer accused of stalking and battering his ex-girlfriend was back in a Florida Keys jail overnight Thursday after Key West police said he violated a protection order.

Local 10 News has compiled a list of restaurants, food trucks and caterers that had zero violations last month.

Key West police arrested a federal law enforcement officer Wednesday morning after he stalked and then “forcefully” pushed his ex-girlfriend, according to an arrest report.

The U.S. Navy has rescued one of its pilots who ejected from a plane Wednesday morning off Key West.

A South Florida law enforcement agency is warning residents to keep a close eye on their personal data as crooks target not just their money, but their frequent flyer miles.

Key West has a legacy of being home to well-known authors. Monroe County commissioners just named one of them an “honorary Conch.”

A Seattle woman is facing multiple felony charges in Key West after police accused her of misusing 911 and biting an officer, all following an obscenity-laced tirade at a city employee who asked her to leave a bathroom on Mallory Square Thursday.

A 32-year-old man from Key West was arrested Thursday after he reached for a machete while being questioned by authorities about an emaciated dog in his possession, a spokesman for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said.

Key West police arrested a 32-year-old man on a second-degree murder charge after they accused him of fatally stabbing another man following a fight at a park late Tuesday night.

As migrant landings in the Florida Keys surged starting last summer, federal agents noticed more than just humans onboard homemade vessels. They also saw pets.

The lawyer for Key West business owner Lloyd Preston Brewer III, accused of murdering former high school football player and mentor Garrett Hughes, sought hair samples from both Hughes and witnesses in the case, seeking to prove the existence of drugs in their systems and erode the witnesses’ credibility.

U.S. Border Patrol agents took custody of 26 Cuban migrants Friday who made landfall in the Marquesas Keys, Chief Patrol Agent Walter Slosar confirmed.

Gas stations in Miami-Dade and Broward counties weren’t the only ones beset by a logistical crunch cutting off fuel supplies following last week’s historic floods.

Newly-obtained footage shows detectives interrogating a Key West business owner after prosecutors said he fatally shot an unarmed 21-year-old man whom he had confronted for urinating on his building.

Newly-obtained surveillance video from the Monroe County State Attorney’s Office showed the morning they say a well-known Key West businessman fatally shot an unarmed 21-year-old whom he confronted for urinating on the side of his building.

The parents of Garrett Hughes allege Lloyd Preston Brewer III was a "known, habitual drunkard" prone to violence when he confronted the unarmed man for urinating on the side of his building, fatally shooting him.

It’s been several days since David Lopez Alfonso and Ismael Hernandez Chirino arrived in South Florida.

Local 10 had exclusive access to the motorized glider piloted by two Cuban migrants on Saturday that landed at Key West International Airport.

A Louisiana man faced multiple charges after a destructive hit-and-run crash in Key West culminated in a brief, but daring escape from custody at the emergency room, according to police.

Two Cuban migrants who made the journey from Cuba to Key West over the weekend were being held in Pompano Beach on Monday.

Two Cuban migrants used a motorized hang glider to fly the approximately 90 miles from the communist island to Key West, Florida.

Two Cuban migrants were taken into custody Saturday morning after landing at Key West International Airport on a motorized hang glider, authorities said.

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Monroe County is considering shelling out up to $52 million dollars to replace their 22-year-old Trauma Star Helicopters that take patients from the keys to trauma hospitals in Miami.

An elderly couple has been hospitalized after they were shot in the middle of an intersection in Lehigh Acres.

A Key West woman spotted a curious looking caterpillar in her backyard and it caught the attention of state officials.

The Sandbar Sports Grill in Key West was having to use bagged ice and bottled water on Tuesday morning after the third water line break in just a few days.

A 70-year-old man was arrested Monday for attacking another liveaboard man with a knife in Key West, authorities said.

A Canadian woman and a pediatric cardiologist from Georgia are winners in Key West’s annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest.

Authorities are investigating after finding a man’s body floating in the waters off Key West Friday afternoon, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

A Key West man is faced a felony charge Wednesday after authorities accused him of trashing a Stock Island street with more than two dozen illegally-dumped mattresses and box springs, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

Crews battled a fire at a commercial building on Key West’s Duval Street late Monday morning, leading to street closures.

Eighteen Cuban migrants landed in Key West Friday morning, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.

In an unusual move Tuesday, defense attorneys for the Key West business owner accused of murdering a 21-year-old man the day prior agreed that the 57-year-old should remain in jail.

A Key West business owner was arrested after he shot and killed an unarmed man urinating on the side of his building early Monday morning, according to Monroe County’s top prosecutor.

Police arrested a member of the U.S. Coast Guard at Naval Air Station Key West early Monday morning on multiple felony charges, accusing him of biting three girls near their buttocks during a sleepover.

Detectives arrested a disgraced former Key West Police Department detective on Friday in Monroe County.

The Coast Guard has returned another 177 Cuban migrants who were caught off Florida’s coast to the island.

A 54-year-old man from Key West was arrested Wednesday after he bashed a woman’s head into a car window and the pavement, authorities announced Thursday.

Rujaina Espino was among the Cubans who were recently stranded at the Dry Tortugas National Park. The U.S. Coast Guard transported her and over 330 others to Key West and Thursday.

Cuban migrants are still arriving by boat in the Florida Keys even as the Biden administration promises a crackdown.

The U.S. Coast Guard transported about 330 migrants on Thursday from the Dry Tortugas National Park in the Gulf of Mexico to Key West, where drivers waited in chartered buses.

Local 10 News traveled 70 miles west of Key West toward the Dry Tortugas, where more than 300 migrants from Cuba made landfall over the New Year holiday weekend.

Dry Tortugas National Park will close temporarily, beginning Monday morning.

A 36-year-old Marathon woman was arrested Wednesday after striking a bicyclist before fleeing the scene, authorities said.

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for 2 Cuban migrants about 40 miles off Boot Key after a vessel capsized on Tuesday.

An Atlantic hurricane season with 14 named storms has ended, leaving residents in the Florida Keys to celebrate even as others around Florida and Puerto Rico continue to deal with the damage caused by Hurricanes Ian, Nicole and Fiona.

Federal agents responded to “multiple” migrant landings in Key West Wednesday morning, a top official with the U.S. Border Patrol said.

A 38-year-old man from Ocala was arrested Wednesday after fleeing from deputies on a stand-up electric scooter and then jumping in the water, authorities said.

A green sea turtle named after Hurricane Ian was among 15 injured sea turtles released in Gulf Stream waters off Key West by staff from a turtle hospital and members of a powerboat racing team vying for the sport’s world championship.

A 27-year-old man was arrested Saturday after fleeing from deputies in Key West., authorities said.

A man and a woman who were working as caregivers defrauded a couple who had fallen ill in the Florida Keys, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.

Key West’s Fantasy Fest includes celebrations for dog lovers.

Authorities from the Monroe County Sherriff’s Office said two teenagers were arrested Saturday after fleeing from deputies in a stolen Jeep on U.S. 1.

Fantasy Fest is kicking off in Key West on Friday with a full slate of events for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started more than two years ago.

Federal agents responded to a migrant landing near Marathon on Thursday morning, a top official with the U.S. Border Patrol said.

U.S. Border Patrol agents released new images from a migrant landing in the Florida Keys.

Florida's newly-formed 28th Congressional District covers parts of South Miami-Dade to Key West.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency expanded eligibility for individual assistance for victims of Hurricane Ian to four additional Florida counties Wednesday.

One week after the pair went missing, officials with the U.S. Coast Guard have suspended their search for a man and woman whose boat was last seen off the coast of Key West.

The U.S. Coast Guard continued search efforts Monday for a boat last seen Tuesday off the coast of Key West, just before Hurricane Ian made landfall.

The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Friday that one person was found dead near Ocean Edge Marina in Key West and 17 remain missing after a group of migrants from Cuba took to the sea amid Hurricane Ian.

A Florida Keys family made a surprising discovery as they cleaned up seaweed from a boat ramp Hurricane Ian.

Flooding remained a concern for residents on Wednesday in some areas of the Florida Keys as Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm.

Firefighters responded to a two-story building fire on a cloudy Wednesday morning in Key West while the area was dealing with flooding.

With Hurricane Ian expected to skirt along the Gulf Coast of Key West Tuesday, there is still no telling where the powerful storm will make landfall in Florida.

There was a possibility of tornadoes late Monday night and Tuesday across the Florida Keys. Hurricane Ian is forecast to emerge over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico to affect Key West and Key Largo before causing turmoil on the western coast of Florida.

Monroe County officials followed Gov. Ron DeSantis’s decision to declare a state of emergency on Friday as Tropical Depression Nine strengthened in the Caribbean and meteorologists warned it will likely hit Florida as a hurricane next week.