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CHICKENS, BEAR SPRAY & ROAD RAGE, OH MY!

Do we file this one under “only in Key West,” “truth is stranger than fiction,” or both? I think both. But first, a warning:...

ROOSTER SHOOTER ARRESTED FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY

A man who was caught on video shooting roosters with a pellet gun in Bayview Park in the pre-dawn hours of Friday, March 27,...

WASHINGTON WOMAN FACING CHARGES FOLLOWING PURSUIT IN THE LOWER KEYS

A 44-year-old Spokane, Washington woman was arrested on March 14 after she allegedly fled from the Monroe County sheriff’s office on U.S. 1.   Just before...

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...

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....
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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 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...
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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...