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[Bobcat]

Police: Man accused of choking wife arrested
SUGARLOAF KEY — A 31-year-old man accused of choking a woman while she was trying to prevent him from using drugs was arrested Wednesday, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

Andrew Jackson of Sugarloaf Key faces one felony count of domestic battery by strangulation.

[Bobcat]

Looks like they finally nabbed Hemingway!!!






Homeless man punches detective in the head
KEY WEST — A 71-year-old homeless man sleeping on the sidewalk began punching a police detective in the face when he was woken Thursday night.

Robert James Dooney was charged with felony resisting arrest with violence.

Officer Henry Del Valle arrived near Duval and Petronia streets where he saw a man, later identified as Dooney, throwing multiple punches.

[Ratickle]

Was he on the sidewalk in front of his house?

[Bobcat]

Yes, alone, in the rain

[Bobcat]

Deputy frees man who locked himself in trunk
A 32-year-old Marathon man who locked himself inside his car’s trunk while looking for his keys was cited for marijuana possession, according to the deputy who freed him Wednesday night.

About 3.5 grams of marijuana and a metal pipe were found stashed inside a pill bottle in the open glove box of the 1997 Lincoln Continental, deputies said.

[fund razor]

They don't charge for pot possession here anymore for grams. Needs to be ounces.

[Bobcat]

Officers discretion in KW, Marathon is adapting to this also, just not yet...plus the guy was probably an asshole to the Deputy.

[Ratickle]

Another smart dude. Lock yourself in the trunk, then when a cop gets you out, be an asshole to him.......

[Bobcat]

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Ex-con on skateboard pulled by dog is busted for heroin and cocaine
BY KEVIN WADLOW
kwadlow@keynoter.comFebruary 12, 2016 Updated 22 hours ago
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Adrian Demblans served a year in state prison.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE

A Key Largo man stopped at gunpoint Wednesday afternoon was booked on charges of possessing heroin, cocaine and a weapon, the Monroe County Sheriff's office reports.

Adrian L. Demblans, 34, "was traveling on a skateboard with a leashed dog pulling him" when arrested on Ocean Drive, off mile marker 99.8.

According to a Sheriff's Office report, investigators were watching Demblans after receiving "numerous community complaints" about possible drug dealing in the area. When they tried to stop Demblans around 4:20 p.m., officers said, "Adrian immediately became argumentative and abruptly reached behind his back."

Fearing the suspect could be reaching for a gun, the unnamed officer pulled his own handgun and ordered Demblans to the ground. Demblans reportedly pulled several items from his back pockets and dropped them. He then "became compliant," the report says.

Demblans did not have a gun but was carrying a set of brass knuckles beneath his shirt, officers reported.

A field test of two small plastic bags containing less than half a gram of powder tested positive for heroin, the agency reported. A one-gram cocaine crack rock also was recovered, along with $340 in cash.

Demblans was sentenced to two years in prison after a 2006 arrest on drug-trafficking charges in Miami-Dade County. He served more than a year before his 2010 release, online state records show.

Wednesday, Demblans was charged with felony possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and possession of heroin and cocaine with intent to sell.

Demblans is in the county jail with no bond allowed.

[Ratickle]

Who's taking care of the dog?

[Bobcat]

Today.


A man was arrested after taking a backhoe for a dangerous joyride on the Seven Mile Bridge. Monroe County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Becky Herrin reports the Seven Mile Bridge was closed to traffic for over three hours early today (Tuesday February 16, 2016) after a man dumped boulders on the roadway with a backhoe at the north end of the bridge. He then took the backhoe for a ride, traveling back and forth on the bridge for an hour and a half.

blahnik carl joseph59 year old Carl Blahnik reportedly damaged the roadway and the sides of the bridge with the backhoe as he recklessly traveled first southbound, then northbound changing directions several times. Deputies following him with lights and sirens had to also reverse directions several times to avoid being struck by the backhoe. One deputy’s patrol vehicle was damaged during the pursuit. Deputies finally left the bridge for their own safety, also making sure all other vehicles exited the bridge as well.

Finally, at about 1:20 a.m., Blahnik reportedly drove off the north end of the bridge and waiting deputies threw Stinger Spike strips in front of the backhoe puncturing its tires. The vehicle came to a rest and Blahnik was arrested. He complained of pain in his shoulder and trouble breathing and was taken to Fishermen’s Hospital before being taken to jail.

It took more than an hour and a half to clean the roadway of debris with the assistance of Florida Highway Patrol and make sure the bridge was safe. Traffic was finally allowed to resume just after 3 a.m.

Blahnik was charged with reckless driving, fleeing and eluding police, digging up or any way disturbing any street or highway (FL. Statute 316.2035.3), failing to register a motor vehicle and grand theft of a vehicle.

Blahnik was carrying a Wisconsin identification card at the time of his arrest, but an encounter deputies had with him Monday morning revealed he is possibly homeless and staying in a wooded area near Coco Plum Beach. It is believed the backhoe may have been taken from a construction site at Marathon City Park.

[Wrinkleface]

Looks like they finally nabbed Hemingway!!!






Homeless man punches detective in the head
KEY WEST — A 71-year-old homeless man sleeping on the sidewalk began punching a police detective in the face when he was woken Thursday night.

Robert James Dooney was charged with felony resisting arrest with violence.

Officer Henry Del Valle arrived near Duval and Petronia streets where he saw a man, later identified as Dooney, throwing multiple punches.

Nick Nolte????

[Wrinkleface]

Today.


A man was arrested after taking a backhoe for a dangerous joyride on the Seven Mile Bridge. Monroe County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Becky Herrin reports the Seven Mile Bridge was closed to traffic for over three hours early today (Tuesday February 16, 2016) after a man dumped boulders on the roadway with a backhoe at the north end of the bridge. He then took the backhoe for a ride, traveling back and forth on the bridge for an hour and a half.

blahnik carl joseph59 year old Carl Blahnik reportedly damaged the roadway and the sides of the bridge with the backhoe as he recklessly traveled first southbound, then northbound changing directions several times. Deputies following him with lights and sirens had to also reverse directions several times to avoid being struck by the backhoe. One deputy’s patrol vehicle was damaged during the pursuit. Deputies finally left the bridge for their own safety, also making sure all other vehicles exited the bridge as well.

Finally, at about 1:20 a.m., Blahnik reportedly drove off the north end of the bridge and waiting deputies threw Stinger Spike strips in front of the backhoe puncturing its tires. The vehicle came to a rest and Blahnik was arrested. He complained of pain in his shoulder and trouble breathing and was taken to Fishermen’s Hospital before being taken to jail.

It took more than an hour and a half to clean the roadway of debris with the assistance of Florida Highway Patrol and make sure the bridge was safe. Traffic was finally allowed to resume just after 3 a.m.

Blahnik was charged with reckless driving, fleeing and eluding police, digging up or any way disturbing any street or highway (FL. Statute 316.2035.3), failing to register a motor vehicle and grand theft of a vehicle.

Blahnik was carrying a Wisconsin identification card at the time of his arrest, but an encounter deputies had with him Monday morning revealed he is possibly homeless and staying in a wooded area near Coco Plum Beach. It is believed the backhoe may have been taken from a construction site at Marathon City Park.

Oh man, That's Triple dicks alias!!!!

[Ratickle]

Looks exactly like him too!!

[fund razor]

Every old man in the keys looks like that.

White facial hair, jacket, short pants, sandals.

[rschap1]

Heard about the back hoe on the radio this morning. Sounds like the police were awfully understanding, letting it go on for an hour and a half

[fund razor]

#backhoesmatter

[Bobcat]

He had a 900 lb Jackhammer on the backhoe attachment, He could have done some real damage....I would have shot his ass.

[Ratickle]

Every old man in the keys looks like that.

White facial hair, jacket, short pants, sandals.

So it's hard to tell if that's Brooks or not?????

[Bobcat]

Man sees his stolen truck cruise past him on U.S. 1, calls the cops, suspect arrested in Key West
BY WILLIAM AXFORD
waxford@keynoter.comFebruary 20, 2016
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A homeless Key West man faces two felonies and four misdemeanors after allegedly stealing a pickup truck -- which the owner reported stolen after seeing it pass him on U.S. 1 Thursday.

The owner of the white 2009 Dodge Ram 3500, which had Kansas tags, reportedly parked his truck at mile marker 39 and went for a walk (he put his keys in the gas-cap cover). As he walked along a path, he saw the truck heading south on U.S. 1, walked back to where he's staying at the Sunshine Key RV Resort and Marina on Ohio Key and called the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

The truck and the suspect, Chad Watson, 40, were found in Key West following a crash.

According to a report from Key West police officer Randall Whartle, two U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents were traveling north on South Roosevelt Boulevard at Flagler Avenue around noon. The agents saw a white truck doing a U-turn north of the light from Flagler.

A nearby maroon vehicle was stopped where the truck did a U-turn. The passenger and driver were outside the car and waved at the agents and pointed at the white truck, leading the agents to believe the truck was involved.

The agents drove behind the truck but Watson reportedly refused to stop and led the pair on a chase on South Roosevelt. Watson stopped when he got stuck in traffic at the U.S. 1 intersection, Hartle wrote.

One of the agents got out and banged on the passenger window, telling Watson, "Stop! Police!"

The report says Watson sped onto U.S. 1 while the agent was still banging on the window. The agents followed Watson over the Cow Key Bridge and into the Hurricane Hole Restaurant, Bar and Marina parking lot on Stock Island.

The agents and crash victims, Dave and Sharon Kowaluk, who apparently also followed, confronted Watson. Dave Kowaluk told the agents he got out of his car after Watson hit his vehicle.

Watson, according to the report, immediately put the truck in reverse and drove away. Dave Kowaluk said Watson almost caused another crash while doing that.

Watson denied driving the truck, Hartle wrote, but did admit he had drunk a lot of Jack Daniels. He told law officers he had been in the parking lot and that the truck was not his.

His misdemeanor charges are drunk driving, damaging property and leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage. His felonies are fleeing and eluding law enforcement officers and grand theft auto.

As of Friday, Watson remained in Key West jail with no bond allowed. He has a 9 a.m. March 3 court date in front of Monroe County Judge Peary Fowler.