MONROE COUNTY

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.

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.

A traffic stop led to the arrest of a convicted felon who had marijuana and a loaded gun in his vehicle in the Florida Keys, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday.

A 54-year-old Key Largo woman blamed her Yorkshire terrier when deputies pulled her over for a traffic violation Wednesday night, but she was actually drunk, according to a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

Drivers are confused and FDOT is not looking forward to the clean up of a yellow line that stretches 23 miles.

The memorial was years in the making after the Miramar fire department initiated the application for the Twin Towers beams.

For years, a 72-year-old woman has rented out her house and lives in a treehouse complete with a kitchen and bedroom.

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

U.S. Border Patrol agents seized 58 pounds of hashish over the weekend after a Good Samaritan stumbled upon the drugs in the Florida Keys, Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar, who leads the agency’s Miami sector, confirmed Monday.

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

A boat was fully engulfed in flames near mangroves in Key Largo.

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.

Authorities in Massachusetts arrested a Key Largo man Tuesday after the rescue of a woman aboard his yacht led them to a trove of guns, ammunition and drugs, according to court documents.

A deputy with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Wednesday for falsifying an off-duty detail time sheet last month.

Many diseases are caused by alterations in our genes but sometimes those changes are hard to detect.

Deputies in the Florida Keys arrested a Miami man who they accused of stabbing two other men and robbing a third Monday evening.

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

Police in the Florida Keys arrested a Miami-Dade County man on Sunday for a dangerous alleged act.

Jimmy Buffett, one of the Florida Keys’ most notable one-time residents, is being celebrated along the island chain.

A 44-year-old man from Islamorada was arrested Friday after driving recklessly on U.S. 1, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

A Tropical Storm Watch was issued Monday morning for the Lower Florida Keys as state officials prepare for possible impacts of Tropical Storm Idalia, which is expected to become a hurricane by Monday night.

A Tropical Storm Watch was issued Monday morning for the Lower Florida Keys as state officials prepare for possible impacts of Tropical Storm Idalia, which is expected to become a hurricane by Monday night.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Miami-Dade County public defender Carlos Martinez, Monroe County State Attorney Dennis Ward, attorney Rafael Yaniz, former prosecutor Melba Pearson, journalist Tom Hudson and journalist Marc Caputo.

A Florida Keys deputy was arrested by Florida City police on a misdemeanor battery warrant Friday, according to his employer, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s office announced the arrest of 10 men Wednesday that they said were accused of stealing $2.5 million worth of products from multiple marinas throughout South Florida.

Six Cuban migrants landed in the Florida Keys early Tuesday morning, according to a top official with the U.S. Border Patrol.

A 27-year-old Florida Keys man was arrested Friday after authorities said he attacked an 11-year-old boy and then beat and choked the boy’s mother.

The Florida Keys deputy who rescued a pilot who crashed his plane into the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend is sharing his story with Local 10 News.

South Florida marine biologists are trying to get to the bottom of a rare find and mysterious death of a marine mammal off the Florida Keys.

Adam Barney said he had about 60 seconds to make a decision Sunday morning as his plane’s engines went out over the Gulf of Mexico off the lower Florida Keys.

A Cutler Bay man faced six felony charges in the Florida Keys Sunday after authorities said he fled sheriff’s deputies after an attempted traffic stop, reaching speeds of 160 mph.

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

Animal lovers’ worries in Medley continued on Saturday despite previous assurances that everything was under control.

A woman is facing an attempted murder charge and her husband faces a charge of battery following a road rage incident early Saturday morning in Monroe County, authorities said.

U.S. Marshals captured a suburban Chicago man wanted in South Florida for possessing child sexual abuse material, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

A man died while diving off the coast of Key Largo Wednesday, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

In a race against time, multiple organizations are working to save the reef that runs along the Florida Keys during a heat wave that has already led to historic coral bleaching.

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor made a big catch while fishing the Florida Keys with family.

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.

A Miami man wanted for selling cocaine was arrested Friday during which a large amount of fentanyl was also found, authorities said.

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

It was first the “305,” then “786.″ Now Miami-Dade County will have a new area code, “645″ starting Friday.

South Florida's coral reefs continue to suffer the effects of this unprecedented summer heat wave, that shows no end in sight.

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.

Authorities in the Florida Keys recovered the body of a St. Petersburg woman who had been presumed dead following a massive yacht fire at a Stock Island marina Wednesday.

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

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.

As water temperatures rise causing a drop in oxygen in some areas, researchers are keeping an eye on sponges, corals, and other sea creatures in Florida.

Incredible video was captured earlier this week in the Florida Keys after a group of orca whales were spotted just off Key Largo.

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.

Authorities arrested a Miami man they suspected of wreaking havoc on the water in Key Largo earlier this month, spinning a yacht in circles and causing damage to multiple boats in the process.

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.

As South Floridians continue to manage through a statewide Heat Advisory with indices hitting a high of 110 degrees on Saturday, homeless outreach groups are taking to the streets to help others in need.

Deputies in the Florida Keys arrested a 56-year-old man after accusing him of throwing a knife at a woman during a domestic dispute Wednesday night, injuring her.

Shocked witnesses watch as an out-of-control yacht driver takes out a number of boats in Key Largo.

A 32-year-old Key Largo woman was arrested Saturday after threatening to harm a child, deputies said.

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.

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

Newly-obtained 911 calls reveal the moments after authorities said a Big Coppitt Key man was fatally shot by his girlfriend inside their home back in June.

The Little Mermaid is not the only person who can play and sing some tunes underwater.

A South Florida trio faces hundreds of criminal charges each after authorities found a trove of stolen or forged identity documents in a room at a Key Largo motel, according to deputies.

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 woman was thrown off a personal watercraft when it exploded in the waters off the Florida Keys.

Federal agents took 32 Cuban migrants into custody after their boat arrived in the Florida Keys Tuesday morning, according to a top U.S. Border Patrol official.

Authorities in Monroe County announced the arrest of a Florida woman on several drug charges.

Deputies discover a stolen rifle after they were called to a disturbance after a man set his ex-girlfriend's belongings on fire.

Deputies arrested a Florida Keys landlord on felony and misdemeanor charges Wednesday night after accusing him of spitting on and threatening a tenant.

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 newly-obtained arrest report reveals more information about what deputies say took place after a Big Coppitt Key woman allegedly fatally shot her boyfriend of nine months in the back over the weekend.

Monroe County deputies accused a 33-year-old woman of murder over the weekend following a fatal shooting at a home on Big Coppitt Key.

Traffic trouble in the Florida Keys has Father’s Day drivers dealing with delays.

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 tractor-trailer fire shut down the northbound lanes of U.S. 1 in far southern Miami-Dade County Friday afternoon.

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.

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 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.

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.

A Lower Keys resident reported losing more than $80,000 to a fake online businessman who contacted her via Facebook Messenger, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

The husband of a woman killed in a Florida Keys parasailing accident is speaking about what happened.

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.

This summer a new area code will be added for cell phone customers in Miami-Dade County.

A Hialeah Gardens woman who went out drinking with two teenagers in the Florida Keys, then took the wheel and killed one of them in a crash, was arrested more than two years after fleeing authorities, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

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.

A Key Largo man was charged under Florida’s felony littering statute after Monroe County deputies accused him of illegally dumping more than two tons worth of trash.

Authorities took 13 Cuban migrants into custody after the group landed near Dry Tortugas National Park in the Florida Keys Monday evening, according to a U.S. Border Patrol official.

A 65-year-old man died in a “dive incident” off Key Largo Monday morning, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

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

A 62-year-old Homestead man was jailed in the Florida Keys over the weekend after deputies said his distaste for another man’s “attitude” led him to make a violent threat.

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.

Medics airlifted a man to a Miami-Dade hospital after a shark reportedly bit him as he was fishing off the Florida Keys Friday, according to sheriff’s officials.

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

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.