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Woman cited in fish case
A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputy issued a 30-year-old Fort Lauderdale woman a mandatory notice to appear in court citation last week for reportedly possessing three undersized mangrove snappers. Lower Keys Marine Deputy Jacob Ladd was patrolling the No Name Key Bridge at approximately 8 p.m. when he reportedly found Alyssa Jane Harbina in possession of the undersized fish, Sheriff’s Office spokesman Adam Linhardt said. For information on wildlife regulations, visit myfwc.com.
UPDATE: TOP TRAUMA STAR AND MONROE COUNTY FIRE OFFICIALS INDICTED; 1 SUSPENDED, 1 FIRED
A Monroe County grand jury has indicted two top officials with Monroe County Fire Rescue and Trauma Star air ambulance for reportedly providing false information and engaging in official misconduct in an investigation into drug use and drug theft by the chief flight nurse. Grand jury indictments have been issued against Dr. Sandra Schwemmer and Monroe County Fire Rescue Division Chief Andrea Thompson, according to Monroe County State Attorney Dennis Ward. ...
Florida voters already cast 650K mail-in ballots
More than 650,000 Floridians have voted by mail in the Aug. 20 primary elections, as early voting sites open this week. As of Tuesday, Aug. 6, nearly 4,000 vote-by-mail ballots had been received by the Monroe County Supervisor of Elections office. The state Division of Elections website said 277,922 Republicans and 265,152 Democrats had returned vote-by-mail ballots to county elections supervisors. Also, 98,078 unaffiliated voters and 9,360 third-party voters had...
10 New Pickleball Courts To Open at Key Largo Community Park on Thursday, Aug. 22
Monroe County Commissioners and staff are ready to celebrate the grand opening of 10 new pickleball courts at Key Largo Community Park, 305 St. Croix Place. The celebration will occur on Thursday, Aug. 22, at 8:30 a.m. The public is invited to join in for the inaugural dinks on the courts, followed by open play.
Deputies: $1 million worth of cocaine found in the Florida Keys
KEY WEST, Fla. — A beachgoer found 25 packages of cocaine in the Florida Keys on Sunday. The drugs were found around 4 p.m. near a pier on the Old Highway in Islamorada and weighed about 80 pounds, according to a news release from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
Former Trauma Star nurse faces drug theft charges
The Monroe County state grand jury has returned an indictment against for Trauma Star Chief Flight Nurse Lynda J. Rusinowski on 36 charges stemming from the theft of drugs from the air ambulance system. The indictment includes 10 counts of grand theft of controlled substances and 26 counts of official misconduct. Rusinowski is accused of illegally obtaining and using potent medical-grade narcotics, including fentanyl, dilaudid, Versed, ketamine and morphine, from Monroe County Fire Rescue, according to a news release issued Friday, Aug. 2, by the...
70 pounds of cocaine valued at over $1 million washes up in Florida Keys
ORLANDO, Fla. - The Monroe County Sheriff's Office said suspected cocaine with a total weight of approximately 70 pounds was found on Sunday afternoon near a pier in Islamorada, Florida. The package was turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol, which estimates the drugs to have a street value of...
Law enforcement to hold National Night Out throughout Keys
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Key West Police Department and other law enforcement, military and community partners will host National Night Out events in the Upper, Middle and Lower Keys on Tuesday, Aug. 6. All events will feature food, refreshments and an opportunity to meet neighbors, members of local law enforcement agencies and firefighters, as well as members of the military from a wide variety of divisions and special teams, and many others who are all involved in public safety in the Florida Keys. ...
Rita Irwin, longtime Florida Keys Tourism Council Board chair, terms out
Veteran Monroe County Tourist Development Council board member and chair Rita Irwin led her final meeting of the TDC on Tuesday, July 30, after 16 years chairing the volunteer board that administers tourism marketing for the Florida Keys and Key West. During TDC’s regularly scheduled meeting at the Murray E. Nelson Government Center in Key Largo, Irwin accepted a plaque from Monroe County Commissioner Michelle Lincoln that honored her decades of service to both the TDC board and its Marathon-area District Advisory Council. ...
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