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While the ongoing pandemic is the prominent health crisis at the moment, Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay is warning about a lingering, insidious public health emergency: opioid addiction. In recent weeks, the arrest log has seen a large number of local arrests for trafficking, dealing and possession of drugs such as oxycodone and heroin, as well as cocaine and sometimes even methamphetamine, which Ramsay said never used to appear in the Florida Keys. Speaking from his office at the Marathon s...

A 21-year-old Sheriff’s Office detention deputy assigned to the Monroe County jail on Stock Island was fired Thursday after he picked up and slammed a detainee to the ground. Former corrections deputy Jacarius John Rahming has also been charged criminally with battery, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Adam Linhardt said. Sheriff Rick Ramsay fired Jacarius John Rahming after learning of the April 6 incident, Linhardt said. A Sheriff’s Office incident report stated Rahming ...

Detention deputy fired for roughing up detainee, according to Monroe County Sheriff Published:  Tags:  Monroe County detention deputy is fired after the sheriff says he picked up and slammed a detainee to the ground. (WPLG) MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A 21-year-old Monroe County Sheriff’s Office detention deputy is facing a criminal charge after he reportedly picked up and slammed a detainee to the ground. Jacarius John Rahming was fired Thursday, according to Sheriff Rick Ramsay after Ramsay l...

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office commended the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Key West Aids to Navigation Team, led by Chief Jessica Guidroz, for recently lending a hand at the Animal

The Tavernier Community Association is asking county officials to better manage Harry Harris Park during holiday weekends in response to what neighborhood residents are describing as the “Valentine’s Day Fiasco,

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a possible road rage incident involving Middle Keys Victim Advocate Sever Hustad that occurred Monday afternoon in the Keys. The incident involved the use

Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay recently announced the Sheriff’s Office has received an error-free independent audit of its financial operations and procedures for the 18th consecutive year. The audit is performed every year by independent auditors with no ties to the Sheriff’s Office to ensure public trust between the agency and taxpayers. The 2020 audit did not find any deficiencies in its review of all Sheriff’s Office financial transactions, Sheriff’s Office spokesman ...

EGREMONT — If you are a marijuana outfit looking to cash in on this little state border town before its cannabis bylaws hit the books, think again. A flock of residents now is armed with a lawyer, waiting. And yes, this is a town in which most residents voted “yes” on the state referendum in 2016 to legalize recreational marijuana. So, what’s the problem? “It was not to make a zoning change to just allow this industry to come in and take over our town,” Rick Ramsay...

Wilkinson said he believed he had permission to dump materials at the site and had stopped doing so when the Mackenzie District Council, which owns the land, asked him to do so. However, council says no such permission was given for what they labelled “illegal dumping” and it is now investigating. JOHN BISSET/Stuff The Mackenzie District Council, which owns the Pukaki Airport, claims Tricorp did not have permission to dump in the pit on the property. “Council would not agree to dumping...

An investigation continues and more charges may be filed against two Lower Keys teenagers who were arrested after a home fire on Summerland Key resulted in $200,000 in damage, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. The boys, a 16-year-old from Summerland Key and a 14-year-old from Cudjoe Key, were charged with burglary and arson, both felonies. “I would like to thank the parents of these two juveniles for their involvement in this case,” said Sheriff Rick Ramsay. “...