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:...
KEY WEST WOMAN FACES CYBERSTALKING CHARGES AFTER EMAILED THREATS
The Monroe County State Attorney’s Office on July 1 announced the arrest of Luiza Laura Sucharska, 51, for cyberstalking under Florida law. The charge...
MIAMI BEACH MAN CHARGED IN NOVEMBER 2024 BOAT CRASH THAT CLAIMED A WOMAN’S LIFE
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission arrested a 48-year-old Miami Beach man for his involvement in a boat crash in a Key West canal...
KEYS SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY PUNCHING MAN, BRANDISHING KNIFE IN KEY WEST
A Monroe County sheriff’s deputy was handcuffed by Key West police on June 18 following an altercation in which he allegedly grabbed a female,...
KEY WEST STABBING SUSPECT CAUGHT
Eight months ago, Kentrell Freeman was arrested for bringing a baseball bat to his ex-girlfriend’s office and threatening to kill her, despite a domestic...
KEY WEST DRUG TRAFFICKER GETS 7 YEARS IN STATE PRISON
State Attorney Dennis Ward announced on May 13 that Rollins E. Warden, 56, of Key West, was sentenced to seven years in Florida State...
SHOOTER PRESTON BREWER STILL IN JAIL DESPITE BOND OFFER
Judge Mark Jones on March 7 granted a $3 million bond to Preston Brewer, who police say shot and killed Garrett Hughes in a...
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...
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...
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...
