KEY WEST MAN GETS PRISON TERM FOR OWNING CHILD PORN & HAVING SEX WITH...

The Monroe County State Attorney’s Office announced this week that Jorge Tyler Perez was sentenced following a plea of no contest to 15 felony...

LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE FOR PRESTON BREWER

The victim’s side of the courtroom gallery was a sea of red on Thursday afternoon, as the parents, relatives, friends and supporters of the...

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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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KEY WEST WOMAN CHARGED FOR ALLEGEDLY POSSESSING QUEEN CONCH

A Key West woman is facing charges after state wildlife officers found her in possession of queen conch. On Aug. 22, the Florida Fish and...