MCSO: Miramar man caught with fake credit cards, personal information of numerous victims
A 29-year-old Miramar man was arrested Thursday by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office following a traffic stop in Marathon in which multiple fake credit cards were found, along with IDs, phones, computers and the personal information of others, authorities said.
Another brick of cocaine found days after boaters find $1 million worth of drugs floating off Florida Keys
Recreational boaters found $1 million worth of cocaine floating in the ocean off the Florida Keys over the weekend, and on Wednesday, another brick of suspected cocaine was found, authorities confirmed.
First forecast cone of the hurricane season issued as the tropics awaken
On Monday, the National Hurricane Center designated the sprawling area of low pressure twisting through the southern Gulf of Mexico Potential Tropical Cyclone One, introducing the first forecast cone of the 2024 hurricane season.
Deputy’s idea to save ducks evolves into a criminal justice reform program with a community-policing component
Sheriff Rick Ramsay is proud of the peculiar collection of over 150 animals at the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Animal Farm, a USDA-certified zoo at the Stock Island Detention Center in Key West.
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.
Child sex abuse convict appears in Miami-Dade court to face new charges on same victim
Orlando Cabrera-Vichot has known his child sexual abuse victim since she was born, and the victim’s mother told an investigator at Kristi House that he was a trusted family friend, according to records released on Tuesday.
The trip to Margaritaville can soon be made on the Jimmy Buffett Highway
Iconic Florida singer Jimmy Buffet named one of his albums “A1A” in honor of the coastal highway that winds through about 340 miles (545 kilometers) along the state’s Atlantic Coast, and now Florida is about to return the honor.
VIEW RESULTS: Florida Presidential Primary Election, South Florida races on March 19, 2024
The Florida Presidential Primary Election was held Tuesday, March 19, although former President Donald Trump had already been declared the presumptive Republican nominee following the March 12 primaries in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington.
VIEW RESULTS: Monroe County Primary Election on March 19, 2024
Republican voters in Monroe County headed to the polls Tuesday, March 19, for the Presidential Preference Primary although former President Donald Trump had already been declared the presumptive Republican nominee following the March 12 primaries in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington.