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Bobcat
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1883 – Sailors from a warship anchored in Key West Harbor were arrested and brought before the court on charges of “riding horses in a manner that threatened pedestrians,” after careening recklessly down Duval Street. The judge dismissed the case, saying the six men had been at sea a long time and deserved some recreation.
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Twenty years earlier there was a polo epidemic in Hialeah.
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In the 80s there was a Jai Alai epidemic in Hialeah.
Bobcat
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A 34-year-old Thomasville, North Carolina woman was arrested on July 14, 2026, for driving drunk with a child in the vehicle. There were no injuries reported.
Heidy Jazmin Aleman was charged with DUI and child neglect.
Aleman pulled a BMW sedan into the Sheriff’s Office Cudjoe Key substation at approximately 11:10 p.m. and requested directions from a Sheriff’s Office sergeant. An 11-year-old juvenile was in the vehicle. The same BMW was previously observed driving recklessly on U.S. 1.
Aleman appeared intoxicated and failed field sobriety exercises. She was taken to jail.
The juvenile was transported to a children’s shelter where a family member was en route to take custody
Heidy Jazmin Aleman was charged with DUI and child neglect.
Aleman pulled a BMW sedan into the Sheriff’s Office Cudjoe Key substation at approximately 11:10 p.m. and requested directions from a Sheriff’s Office sergeant. An 11-year-old juvenile was in the vehicle. The same BMW was previously observed driving recklessly on U.S. 1.
Aleman appeared intoxicated and failed field sobriety exercises. She was taken to jail.
The juvenile was transported to a children’s shelter where a family member was en route to take custody
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2011 – A 54-year-old fisherman died after snorting powder from a suspected brick of cocaine he and his brother had found floating off Fiesta Key. After the man partook of the discovery, he became violent and started destroying the boat. He was eventually taken into custody and later died at a Miami hospital.
fund razor
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No, he ate some.
www.cbsnews.com
Cocaine Snack May Be To Blame For Keys Fisherman's Death
If you found a block of something floating in the water off the Florida Keys, chances are your first reaction would not be to start munching on it. Unfortunately, that's not the choice 53-year-old Thomas Swindal made, and it probably killed him.
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Bobcat
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1905 – Antonio Betancourt of the Island City Saloon was arrested for selling whisky to a group of boys, ages seven to 10. There was considerable consternation in the city because of the very young age of the boys who purchased the liquor and the fact that many “got beastly drunk from the effects of it.” O.G. Brooks, attorney for the Liquor Dealers Association, defended Betancourt and called into question the parents’ management of their children.
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