Key Largo man arrested for steroid possession
A Key Largo man was arrested on Friday after deputies discovered he had an active warrant and was in possession of steroids and more than $900 in cash. Victor Hugo Calderon, 54, was charged with...
View ArticleMarathon man arrested for credit card fraud
A 51-year-old Marathon man was arrested Thursday for using someone else’s credit cards at area businesses. Oreste Medina was charged with larceny and illegal use of credit cards. The investigation...
View ArticleFantasy Fest party favors land man jail
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Kissimmee/St. Cloud, Florida, man on Thursday after they discovered large amounts of cocaine and marijuana, as well as a gun in his vehicle. Dylan Paul...
View ArticleWisteria man arrested for abusing his canine
A Wisteria Island resident was arrested on Saturday after an officer witnessed him abusing his dog during the Fantasy Fest parade. Troy Sheldon Coveny, 47, was charged with animal cruelty and resisting...
View ArticleShocked into submission
A Key Largo man was arrested on Sunday for drunk and disorderly conduct after he resisted arrest and attacked a deputy. Steve Page Kendrick, 37, was charged with resisting an officer with violence,...
View ArticleStolen Miami car found in the Keys
A Homestead, Florida man was arrested on Monday after deputies spotted him driving a vehicle stolen out of Miami-Dade County. Carlos Manuel DeLeon, 29, was charged with grand theft auto and dealing in...
View ArticleTwo men arrested for illegal gun possession
Two Homestead men were arrested this week after two handguns were found during an Upper Keys traffic stop. Al Salazar, 27, and Gabriel Martinez, 22, both were charged with carrying a concealed weapon...
View ArticleMan breaks into home to retrieve phone charger
A Key West man was arrested for burglary and theft on Thursday, after he reportedly broke into a home to recover his phone charger and stole a few beers in the process. Ronald Wayne Crosby, 37, was...
View ArticleMarathon man arrested for neglect of children
A Marathon man was arrested on Thursday after a concerned citizen noticed him asleep behind the wheel of a truck with children in the back seat. Jason Edward Solomon was charged with child...
View ArticleMan admits to breaking into car, stealing phone and purse
A Key West man was arrested on Saturday for stealing a phone and a purse after busting out a car’s window in a parking lot. Juan Saturnino Avila Lopez, 50, was charged with damaging property, burglary,...
View ArticleOld Town DUI stop
A Key West boat repairman was charged with DUI and marijuana possession after an officer spotted him driving erratically and dangerously on Saturday. Glenn Allen Mitchell, 54, was charged with DUI,...
View ArticleExpired tag leads to drug arrest
After being stopped for expired tags, a Hialeah, Florida man was arrested for multiple drug-related charges on Wednesday. Jose Arley Diaz, 22, was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to...
View ArticleSuspect sold a pound of pot
A Key Largo man was arrested on Wednesday after he sold a pound of marijuana to an individual working with detectives. Blake William Halliday was charged with sale of marijuana and use of a two-way...
View ArticleDrugs and high beams
A Stock Island woman was arrested on Thursday after a deputy discovered several drugs and drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop for having high beams on. Martha Lynn Knowles, 50, was charged with...
View ArticleFamily and firearms
A Summerland Key man was arrested on Friday after he allegedly showed a handgun to his brother-in-law in an attempt to threaten him. Joseph Earl Skiver, 36, was charged with carrying a concealed weapon...
View ArticleMan attacks friends for leaving him on Duval St.
A 56-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for aggravated battery after he allegedly attacked two men for leaving him on Duval Street. Karl Michael Lambert was charged with aggravated battery with a...
View ArticleSpeeding without a license
A Canton, Georgia man was arrested on Sunday after he fled officers and later give them a fake name because he didn’t have a driver’s license. Mairon Gomez, 36, was charged with fleeing an officer,...
View ArticleDrunken fit leads to 3 damaged vehicles
A Key West man was arrested on Monday after he damaged his friend’s vehicle and two others with his bare hands in what seemed to be a drunken fit, according to a news release from the Key West Police...
View ArticleMan arrested for child molestation
A Key Largo man was arrested on Thursday for the sexual abuse of an underage girl after the incident was reported by one of the victim’s family members. Robert Garrett Nelson, 32, was charged with lewd...
View ArticleStalking man receives additional charges
A Marathon man who landed himself in jail on Friday for stalking received additional charges after a teenage girl reported the same man grabbed and kissed her at a soccer game. Julio Roberto Melendez...
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