Woman jailed after kids sickened by ‘unicorn milkshakes’ 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 “unicorn milkshakes” and ended up in the hospital.
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 church’s library.
VIEW RESULTS: Monroe County Primary Election on March 19, 2024
Republican voters in Monroe County are heading to the polls Tuesday, March 19, for the Presidential Preference Primary as former President Donald Trump has already been declared the presumptive Republican nominee following the March 12 primaries in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington.
Man accused of luring endangered Key deer into home, taking videos: ‘It’s watching Fox News with me’
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 — 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 residents’ money on various personal expenses — ranging from bath bombs, bras and toilet paper to hotels and gynecologist visits — over a two-year span, deputies say. Now, she’s facing dozens of felony charges in the Florida Keys.
Keys boater faces vessel homicide charge in woman’s ‘senseless’ 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 boat’s captain is facing a vessel homicide charge in the Key West woman’s 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.
Feds capture Wisconsin man wanted in Keys on rape, child pornography charges
Authorities have captured a Wisconsin man wanted in South Florida after the FBI accused him of raping minors and sharing child sexual abuse material images and videos with an undercover federal agent in an online chatroom while he was living on a boat with his wife and seven children earlier this year.
Woman accused of raping man with autism in Florida Keys, giving birth to victim’s child
Deputies arrested an Orlando woman over the weekend after accusing her of sexually assaulting a man with autism in the Florida Keys at least three times in 2022, according to an arrest warrant obtained by Local 10 News on Tuesday.
South Florida pair facing 14 felonies in forged building permit scheme, deputies say
Deputies in the Florida Keys are accusing a pair of forging signatures on, then notarizing, several Monroe County building permits while working for a luxury homebuilder doing business at the exclusive Ocean Reef Club on Key Largo.
Orlando firefighter accused of damaging Key West hotel room, threatening to kill officer
An Orlando firefighter is facing multiple felony charges in the Florida Keys after police arrested him Thursday morning, having accused him of causing significant damage to a Key West hotel room and threatening officers following a domestic dispute.
Keys tourism agency spending raises ‘serious ethical concerns,’ possible law-breaking, audit finds
A Monroe County audit has revealed “serious ethical concerns” over spending at the tax-funded tourism agency that promotes the Florida Keys to visitors around the world, including payment requests that may have broken the law.
Homestead contractor ghosted couple after taking $112K for Keys home, deputies say
Monroe County deputies arrested a contractor from Homestead on a felony charge Monday after they accused him of taking more than $100,000 from a couple to build a house, but failed to complete the job or give them their money back.
Man reminds pair they’re ‘in Florida’ after pulling gun at Key West Taco Bell, cops say
Key West police arrested a man on two felony charges over the weekend after they accused him of pulling a gun on two people in a Taco Bell parking lot and threatening to kill them after apparently expressing his distaste over the brightness of their truck’s headlights.
‘Strikes me right here and books it’: Video shows arrest of biker accused of hitting Keys deputy
New dashboard and body camera video shows the arrest of a Cutler Bay man accused of riding his motorcycle at 160 mph in the Florida Keys and, at one point, clipping a Monroe County deputy’s gun belt as he fled law enforcement.