JURY CONVICTS WOMAN OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER FOR 2023 BIG COPPITT SHOOTING
A Key West jury deliberated for less than an hour before finding a 35-year-old Big Coppitt woman guilty of second-degree murder for the June 2023 shooting death...
MULTIPLE, NEAR-FATAL FENTANYL OVERDOSES ON KEY WEST PROMPT FELONY ARREST
A string of near-fatal fentanyl overdoses in Key West last month prompted an intense investigation by Key West police detectives, who traced the source of the narcotics...
MAN ARRESTED FOR ILLEGALLY PLACING GPS TRACKERS ON WOMEN’S CARS
On Nov. 8, 2024, two individual victims responded to the Key West Police Department upon receiving a cell phone notification alerting them that an unrecognized Apple AirTag...
GUN FIRED IN DOWNTOWN FIGHT; LOCAL MAN FACES FELONY CHARGES
A fight in a parking lot behind Duval Street businesses escalated around 1 a.m. on Dec. 3, when one man says he pulled a knife to defend...
CITY-OWNED VEHICLE STOLEN WHILE LEFT RUNNING ON SOUTH STREET
A routine inspection for two city of Key West employees escalated into a grand theft auto case, when their city vehicle was stolen from the 1600 block...
TOURIST ARRESTED FOR STEALING CASH FROM TIP JAR IN KEY WEST, POLICE SAID
A New Jersey woman was arrested Sunday after police said she reached into a tip jar on the counter of a Key West store and helped herself...
TREEHOUSE MURDER’ SUSPECT JAILED IN OREGON
A Monroe County judge issued an arrest warrant for the suspect in the 2017 murder of 59-year-old Matthew Bonnett on Stock Island, a case that became known...
‘TREEHOUSE MURDER’ SUSPECT FRANKLIN TYRONE TUCKER JAILED IN OREGON ON $3M BOND
A Monroe County judge on April 30 issued an arrest warrant for the suspect in the 2017 murder of 59-year-old Matthew Bonnett on Stock Island, a case...
KEY WEST MURDER SUSPECT TAKES 30-YEAR PLEA DEAL
A Key West man who was facing trial for the 2021 shooting death of 19-year-old Key Wester Jossue Emmanuel Gomez on Tuesday accepted a 30-year plea deal.
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KEY WEST BOAT CAPTAIN FACES HOMICIDE CHARGE FOR FATAL 2023 VESSEL CRASH
Daniel Anthony Ross, 53, of Key West, was arrested Feb. 5, 2024, on a charge of vessel homicide. MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
