VENEZUELAN MAN CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED HUMAN SMUGGLING IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
The Monroe County State Attorney’s Office and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office announce the conviction of Oscar Alfredo Bustamante-Semerene on charges of attempted human smuggling.
The successful outcome...
ISLAMORADA COUNCIL SELECTS ANNA RICHARDS FOR VACANT SEAT AFTER GREG DULLY DROPS OUT
A deadlock surrounding a choice to fill a vacant Islamorada Council seat ended after one finalist withdrew his name from consideration.
Council members convening at the Founders Park...
ISLAMORADA COUNCILMAN BUDDY PINDER RESIGNS
A shakeup continues in Islamorada government as councilman Joseph “Buddy” Pinder III tendered his resignation on Jan. 10.
Pinder, who was first elected in 2020, submitted a letter...
DEPUTY RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC REPORTEDLY CHARGED BY MAN WHO THEN TRIED FOR HIS GUN
A 52-year-old Key Largo, Florida man was arrested Sunday after trying to take a Sheriff’s Office Patrol Sergeant’s weapon, briefly stealing his patrol vehicle, stealing another car,...
‘TREEHOUSE MURDER’ SUSPECT FRANKLIN ‘TY’ TUCKER IS A FREE MAN
A seven-year saga of crime and courtroom intrigue in the Florida Keys appears to have ended this week, as Franklin Tyrone Tucker negotiated a plea agreement and...
BREAKING: DUSTIN HUFF TO WITHDRAW FROM MARATHON CITY COUNCIL RACE
The 2024 Marathon City Council race will now come down to four candidates, as longtime local Dustin Huff confirmed to the Weekly that he plans to withdraw...
HELICOPTER PILOT INTERCEPTS BOAT SPEEDING TOWARD ALLIGATOR LIGHTHOUSE SWIMMERS
Quick thinking by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) helicopter pilot is credited with preventing tragedy in Islamorada.
On Sept. 7, officials with the U.S. Coast...
FEDS BUST 22 FLORIDA KEYS SUSPECTS IN COCAINE TRAFFICKING CASE
On Sept. 5, the United States unsealed an indictment charging 27 defendants, including Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority employees, commercial charter boat operators and a former City of...
BREAKING: GRAND JURY BLASTS COUNTY LEADERS IN DRUG THEFT SCANDAL
By Alex Rickert and Mandy Miles
The following is a summary of statements taken directly from the report of a 15-member grand jury that recently indicted former County...
SHERIFF: FIVE PEOPLE CHARGED WITH HUMAN SMUGGLING
Five mainland Florida residents were arrested Monday on state human smuggling charges after they were detained by federal law enforcement authorities.
Humberto Tamayo, 48, of Miami, Florida; Omar...
