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Video: Deputy Pepper Sprays, Chokes Key West Swimmer, Gets Fired * Featured Story *

Video: Deputy Pepper Sprays, Chokes Key West Swimmer, Gets Fired

The naked man, who the report says, had committed no crime and posed no threat was pepper sprayed at least five times – once at extremely close range.  Riggs even attempted to tase him, and to get in the water and “choke [him] out,” threatened to gaff him, threatened to drown him and ultimately used a potentially lethal choke hold to remove him from the water.

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Treehouse Murder Gets National Attention Naja and Arnaud Girard

Treehouse Murder Gets National Attention

The attorney for Tyrone Tucker, the accused “treehouse murderer,” told the Judge, “You have the right to be outraged!”…

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TREEHOUSE MURDER: The Investigators Under Investigation * Featured Story *

TREEHOUSE MURDER: The Investigators Under Investigation

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Tourist Arrested on Three Counts of Attempted Murder News

Tourist Arrested on Three Counts of Attempted Murder

A 60-year-old tourist from Biloxi, Mississippi was arrested Monday night after he fired a 9mm Glock pistol at three men

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Sheriff’s Deputy Injured in Crash News

Sheriff’s Deputy Injured in Crash

  Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Enforcement Unit Deputy David Brummer was injured in a 8:18 a.m. Monday traffic crash

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Man Arrested After Throwing Injured Woman into Canal News

Man Arrested After Throwing Injured Woman into Canal

A 38-year-old Big Coppitt Key man was arrested Sunday afternoon after allegedly beating up a woman with a conch shell

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Sheriff’s Office Receives 16th Consecutive, Perfect Financial Audit

  Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay is pleased to announce the Sheriff’s Office has received its 16th consecutive, perfect audit. A

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He Stole His Ex-Girlfriend’s Car to Make His Court Date in Georgia and It All Went Downhill From There… crime

He Stole His Ex-Girlfriend’s Car to Make His Court Date in Georgia and It All Went Downhill From There…

A 28-year-old Miami-Dade County man in a stolen car was arrested late Tuesday night after deputies stopped him at a

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Sheriff’s Office Longtime Jail Employee Arrested on Drug Charges crime

Sheriff’s Office Longtime Jail Employee Arrested on Drug Charges

A longtime civilian Sheriff’s Office employee stationed at the Monroe County Detention Center in Key West was arrested early Thursday

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Sheriff’s Office Arrests Federal Fugitive Wanted for Kidnapping of Elderly Man News

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Federal Fugitive Wanted for Kidnapping of Elderly Man

A 24-year-old Massachusetts man wanted for the violent kidnapping of an elderly man in that state was arrested up by

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