GUILTY: JURY CONVICTS PRESTON BREWER OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
It took a jury about four hours to find Preston Brewer guilty of first-degree murder on Jan. 21 at the Key West courthouse. Judge...
FORMER DEPUTY SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS PRISON
A former sheriff’s deputy who illegally gave her then-boyfriend privileged information about the locations and identities of undercover narcotics officers was sentenced on Nov....
PROSECUTORS TO SEEK PRISON FOR FORMER DEPUTY
Monroe County prosecutors will seek prison time at the Nov. 24 sentencing of a former sheriff’s deputy who pleaded no contest this week to...
FENTANYL TRAFFICKING SENDS KEY WEST MAN TO PRISON
A Key West man has been sentenced to three years in state prison on each of two felony counts, to be served concurrently, followed...
KEY WEST DRUG DEALER GETS PROBATION REVOKED
Joshua Allen, a convicted narcotics trafficker originally arrested in connection with a 2013 Key West drug investigation, has been sentenced to four years and...
KEY WEST MAN GETS PRISON AFTER FAILING TO COMPLY WITH PROBATION IN STOLEN VEHICLE...
A stolen vehicle case that began in the Lower Keys has concluded with a state prison sentence after the defendant violated probation, says the...
KEYS JAIL DEPUTIES ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY CONSPIRING TO SMUGGLE DRUGS
Two Monroe County Sheriff’s Office detention deputies were arrested on Sept. 19 for allegedly conspiring and attempting to smuggle approximately 6 grams of fentanyl...
KEY WEST MAN GETS 10 YEARS FOR TRYING TO HAVE SEX WITH MINOR
A man whose address was listed in the Truman Annex neighborhood of Key West was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempting...
PRESTON BREWER MURDER TRIAL SET FOR OCT. 6; JUDGE TO RULE ON USE OF...
Despite a judge granting him a $3 million bond, accused murderer Preston Brewer has remained in jail since the February 2023 shooting death of...
CAREER KEY WEST CRIMINAL CONVICTED OF GRAND THEFT SENTENCED TO PRISON
A Monroe County jury found 64-year-old Ned Jeffery Layton guilty of grand theft on July 15, following a two-day trial before Circuit Judge Mark...
