MARATHON

Authorities with the U.S. Border Patrol and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office stopped a suspected human smuggling operation involving more than 20 migrants Thursday morning.

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.

A federal judge has issued arrest warrants for a couple from the Florida Keys in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay spotted a sinking boat as he drove along U.S. 1 Thursday, leading a deputy to rescue five men from the waterlogged vessel, according to a sheriff’s office spokesperson.

Authorities in Monroe County announced the arrest of two men in connection to human smuggling.

Scientists and meteorologists are sounding the alarm about high water temperatures in the Florida Keys, and the damage being done to the coral reef.

Why would anyone want to steal about 300 gallons of used cooking oil from a holding tank at a restaurant in the Florida Keys? It happened on Tuesday in Marathon, according to the Monroe Sheriff’s Office.

Federal agents seized over $1 million worth of cocaine and hashish in the Florida Keys over the past week, a top U.S. Border Patrol official confirmed Wednesday.

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.

Local 10 News viewer Jack Callion sent an image of a waterspout he spotted on Saturday afternoon near the Seven Mile Bridge in Florida.

A 32-year-old man was arrested Monday after authorities found nearly 170 pounds of cocaine on his sailboat during a search in Marathon, deputies said.

Deputies in the Florida Keys arrested an 18-year-old man after they said he shot into a mobile home in Marathon during a crowded party late Sunday night.

Four people were hurt in a boat collision off the Florida Keys, officials with the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday afternoon.

The NAACP over the weekend issued a travel advisory for Florida, joining two other civil rights groups in warning potential tourists that recent laws championed by Gov_ Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.”.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s office released bodycam footage Friday after responding to a man who was bitten in the leg by a shark in Marathon.

As more tourists come to the Florida Keys, some of whom are buying second homes, more residents are having a harder time finding an affordable place to live.

Nearly one month after a concrete balcony collapsed at an apartment complex in the Florida Keys, many residents said they are still looking for a place to stay after the building was deemed unsafe by Marathon city officials.

Wild video making the rounds online shows a powerboat spinning out in rough waters in the Florida Keys. In seconds, two people are seen being ejected from the vessel and thrown into the water.

A Jupiter man faced multiple charges after sheriff’s officials accused him of kneeing a deputy in the face at a Marathon motel Sunday afternoon.

Authorities in the Florida Keys arrested a man they said broke into a woman’s home while she slept.

A Marathon woman awoke to a horrifying surprise over the weekend, leading to deputies to arrest an accused burglar Wednesday, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

Two rehabilitated green sea turtles were released back to their ocean home off the Florida Keys Saturday to mark Earth Day, according to the Florida Keys News Bureau.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has received reports of scammers posing as computer professionals over the phone with residents looking to resolve technical issues, authorities confirmed Tuesday.

A man wanted for murder in connection to a Marathon overdose death is set to be extradited back to the Florida Keys after Oklahoma authorities captured him over the weekend.

A 36-year-old Marathon man was arrested Friday after he punched and choked a small dog, authorities said.

A dedicated Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is currently under construction in the Florida Keys.

The Monroe County Sheriff says his department is working to pursue murder charges against drug dealers connected with overdose deaths.

A 23-year-old woman was facing a murder charge on Thursday in the Florida Keys after detectives accused her of selling the fentanyl that caused a 53-year-old woman’s death.

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.

Five Cuban migrants made landfall in the Florida Keys Tuesday morning, according to a top U.S. Border Patrol official.

According to a newly-obtained Monroe County Sheriff’s Office report, two genital-centric insults turned a Marathon threesome into a tussle that ended with hurt feelings and a cinder block thrown through a car window.

U.S. Coast Guard crews rescued a small group of migrants Sunday as they traveled in a makeshift sailing raft in the Straits of Florida Sunday afternoon.

On an early morning in July 2022, deputies said they pulled over Yoankis Hernandez Pena, 38, and Andres Leon Valdes, 45, near Curry Hammock State Park in Marathon and found an injured deer inside their vehicle, on top of a cooler, lawn chairs and other various objects.

Deputies temporarily closed the Overseas Highway in both directions on Tuesday near Marathon.

A 41-year-old man from Marathon was arrested early Wednesday morning after he assaulted deputies with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, authorities said.

Authorities extradited a South Carolina man back to the Florida Keys to face charges in a 2022 Marathon overdose death, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office officials said Tuesday.

A 31-year-old Marathon man was arrested Friday for breaking into a residence, damaging property and refusing to leave, deputies said.

U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended more than two dozen Cuban migrants who arrived in the Florida Keys, authorities confirmed Friday.

Florida Sen. Rick Scott is set to join local officials Thursday in Marathon to discuss the ongoing migrant crisis in the Florida Keys.

Monroe County commissioners asked for more federal resources to deal with the ongoing migrant crisis in the Florida Keys, passing a resolution as they met Wednesday morning in Marathon.

A 45-year-old Marathon man was arrested Friday on multiple drug-related charges, authorities said.

As migrants, primarily from Cuba and Haiti, continue to arrive in the Florida Keys, more state law enforcement officials are now joining the efforts to tackle the unprecedented crisis.

Several dozen migrants were taken into custody on Sunday in the Florida Keys.

A 39-year-old Hialeah woman was arrested Thursday for stealing more than $4,400 by forging checks, authorities say.

Homemade boats became part of the landscape in the mangroves and on the beaches of the Florida Keys, as the onslaught of migrant landings continued overnight into Friday.

More than 500 Cuban immigrants have come ashore in the Florida Keys since the weekend, the latest in a large and increasing number who are fleeing the communist island.

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

Boat captain Chris Lassen said he’ll never forget the morning of October 31st when he saw the pair, along with two men, floating in what looked like pieces of a boat or raft.

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

Deputies in the Florida Keys arrested a Fort Myers couple on child abuse and drug charges after they found a 2-year-old child in “squalid” conditions, authorities said Wednesday.

Amid a planned journey to the Florida Keys, two men and a pet dog were rescued from a sailboat without power or fuel more than 200 miles off Delaware, 10 days after friends and relatives had last heard from them, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.

A Marathon woman was arrested Friday after nearly hitting several parked cars before spitting on and threatening deputies, authorities said.

A 30-year-old woman was arrested Monday after threatening her ex-husband with a butcher knife, authorities announced Tuesday.

A Miami man was jailed in the Florida Keys after authorities say his plan to steal a commercial fishing boat in order to head back to Cuba hit a serious snag Monday.

A group of more than 20 Cuban migrants landed in the Florida Keys Thursday morning.

U.S. Border Patrol agents have detained nine Cuban migrants who arrived in the Florida Keys Wednesday morning via a rustic boat, officials confirmed.

Deputies reported arresting a cocaine trafficker who was operating in a home right outside of the Florida Keys/Marathon International Airport on Monday in Marathon.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference on Crawl Key in Marathon on Friday.

A female cormorant is now recovering after being rescued from power lines in the Florida Keys.

Officials took nearly a dozen Cuban migrants into custody in the Florida Keys Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.

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

The unprecedented surge of migrant landings in South Florida continued Tuesday, as federal officials reported more than a dozen landings in the Florida Keys in a 24-hour period.

A 49-year-old Marathon man is the second person to be arrested after authorities said a 16-month-old toddler was kidnapped from a hotel.

A 49-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday on accusations that she kidnapped a 16-month-old child from a hotel in the Florida Keys.

A boat captain has been arrested, several months after a woman was killed and her son and nephew were injured in a parasailing accident in the Florida Keys, Local 10 News learned on Thursday.

Two men were arrested Monday at a Marathon boat ramp after they tried to travel to Cuba and return to South Florida with migrants, authorities said.

Key deer are endangered in Florida and harming them is a federal offense.

U.S. Border Patrol agents took a Cuban migrant into custody on Sunday.

A small plane crashed into the water on the Gulf side of Marathon Friday afternoon, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

Florida reported its first case of monkeypox in a child younger than four years old, according to the Florida Department of Health.

A wooden sailfreighter ran aground with more than 100 migrants on Monday near the Florida Keys. The U.S. Border Patrol announced on Friday that one of the 109 detained was a registered sex offender.

Officials took 19 Cuban migrants into custody Thursday morning after their homemade boat came ashore in Marathon, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.

Deputies in the Florida Keys say a woman trying to perform a good deed instead found herself on the receiving end of four shots from a BB gun Wednesday, soon after telling a homeless woman she came to the woods to deliver groceries rather than drugs.

Deputies arrested the operator of a recycling yard on Tuesday in the Florida Keys for failing to keep a proper record of his scrap metal purchases, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

Every time desperate Haitian migrants in crowded wooden boats arrive in South Florida, Leonie M. Hermantin said she thinks about what they are trying to get away from.

A very large scene in Marathon off 79th Street where U.S. Border Patrol said a boat containing migrants made landfall on Monday.

A Florida Keys couple left a man bleeding after they attacked him for snorkeling close to their waterfront property on Sunday near Marathon, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies said.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 39-year-old man who they said fatally shot his girlfriend and then told authorities that she had taken her own life.

A 42-year-old Marathon woman faces two felony charges after deputies accused her of lighting bedsheets on fire while her 24-year-old boyfriend slept, burning his foot in the process.

A Marathon man made good on his threat to remove a “no parking” sign if city officials placed it in his neighborhood, uprooting the freshly-placed sign and dumping it in a canal behind his house, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.

A Miami couple was arrested Monday on accusations that they stole a French bulldog from a Marathon couple and then demanded $1,000 for its return.

A 15-year-old posted threats on social media and also told the Monroe County Sheriff he wanted to purchase a real handgun online.

Five Cuban migrants, all men, landed ashore in the Florida Keys Friday, arriving in Boot Key, which is part of the city of Marathon and only accessible by boat.

911 callers report a parasailing accident that turned fatal in the Florida Keys.

The fiancé of the Good Samaritan who jumped into action following Monday's deadly parasailing accident remembers receiving a desperate call.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed Tuesday that the parasail company involved in a fatal accident on Memorial Day near Pigeon Key was Light House Parasail Inc., which is based in Marathon.

Authorities are investigating after a person died when a parasail struck the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florid Keys.

A rescued juvenile bottlenose dolphin flown from Texas to a Florida Keys research center seven weeks ago has been moved to the facility’s primary dolphin lagoon.

Edgar Flores Barrera and Cesar Barrera were arrested after stabbing an 18-year-old victim during a fight at the Crystal Cove apartments in Marathon.

Interested in scoring some free gas this weekend? House of Love Ministries is hosting another “Gas on God” giveaway this weekend in hopes of helping out those in need.

Deputies accused Gennia Siegrist of selling fentanyl-laced heroin and cocaine at a bar in the Florida Keys.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents have taken into custody 12 Cuban migrants who they said made landfall early Tuesday morning in the Florida Keys.

U.S. Border Patrol agents and deputies from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a maritime smuggling incident in Marathon Tuesday morning, authorities confirmed.

The 22-year-old boat captain is Blake Alexander and he spoke exclusively to Local 10 News.

A small plane crashed into the ocean on Wednesday about 10 miles north of the Florida Keys.

Officials in the Florida Keys settled with the owners of West Fanny, an island on the bayside of Marathon, after bulldozing native trees and vegetation that were home to birds and other wildlife without permits.

Sea turtles have been living on the planet since the time of the dinosaurs around 110 million years. But sadly, six of the seven species of sea turtles are either threatened, endangered or critically endangered.

A motorcycle riding experience through the Florida Keys has provided camaraderie, emotional support and mental rejuvenation for a group of veterans as part of a Wounded Warrior Project program called Rolling Project Odyssey.

Veterinarians at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon are working to save a loggerhead turtle, they say was hit by a boat in the Florida Keys.

Florida Keys officials are now taking action after a private island that was home to birds and other wildlife was bulldozed.