They made it! Women traveling 500 miles down Florida’s 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 “Longest Distance by Toy Cars.” The woman chronicled the extraordinary adventure — that took over three months — on social media to support their fundraising campaign aimed at helping and rescuing animals.
Knife-wielding Keys man tells victim he’ll ‘stick him like a pig’ after he ‘giggled,’ cops say
Robert Allen Biser smirked in his Monroe County mugshot after being arrested on a felony charge, but, according to the sheriff’s office, another man told deputies that the 43-year-old got violent over something he didn’t 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 ex’s home also illegally looked up info on her new lover, sheriff says
A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputy accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s 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 deputy’s cruiser at full speed while he was on a traffic stop along the Overseas Highway, sending him to the hospital with serious injuries.
‘Heartbreaking’: Tourists watch endangered sawfish die on crowded beach as death toll rises to 32
South Florida’s 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 ‘Havana syndrome’
A recent report by CBS’ “60 Minutes” into cases of “Havana syndrome” revealed that a suspected Russian spy — who some believe is linked to the mysterious illness — was involved in a high-speed South Florida police chase back in 2020.
Man masturbates after being denied entry into Sloppy Joe’s, 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 he’s facing a felony charge after authorities accused him of subsequently battering a police officer.
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 church’s library.
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.