Annual Report, Year 2006 - Monroe County Sheriff's Office

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Annual Report - 2006
DUI Checkpoint in Islamorada
DUI checkpoint in Islamorada the night of July 1st
showed results with four people arrested for driving under
the influence of alcohol. Other results included 487 vehicles
stopped, 38 non-criminal traffic citations issued, 12 criminal
citations issued, 41 warnings issued and nine miscellaneous
arrests.
New TraumaStar arrives in Monroe County
The new TraumaStar helicopter flew into Monroe County
July 4th, touching down at the Marathon airport, where it
will be housed at the Sheriff’s Aviation Hanger. The 1982
Sikorsky S-76A++ was purchased by the Board of County
Commissioners from Geisinger Medical Center in Danville,
Pennsylvania for $3.7 million dollars. It has twin Jet turbine
engines and will travel at 175 miles per hour. It is configured to
carry up to two pilots, two patients and four caregivers.
Keys Kids Classic Fishing Tournament
With 4 -5 foot seas the 2006 Florida Keys Kids Classic
Fishing Tournament was held in July. All kids who participated
received a gift bag filled with fishing items. The award ceremony
and pizza party was held at Founders Park in Islamorada. The proceeds from this tournament went to local
charities and kids events.
Two day sport lobster season wrap up
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office was busy over the two day sport
lobster season throughout the Keys.
In the lower Keys, two boats and one personal watercraft made 90 boating
contacts the first day and 40 contacts the second day. A small number of
warnings were issued for minor safety violations. A 66 year old woman died
while getting ready to dive at Contents Key, off of Big Pine Key and a couple
died while diving off of Big Pine Key.
In the middle Keys, one boat and two personal watercraft worked offshore,
between the Seven Mile Bridge and the Long Key Bridge. They made
303 boat contacts, issuing one notice to appear in court for short lobster, one
for possession of egg bearing lobster and nine warnings for undersized lobster.
Two boats assigned to the Islamorada Sector stopped a total of 87 vessels,
issued four notices to appear for fisheries violations, gave two verbal
Marine Deputy William Guerra
checks a lobster to see if it is warnings, responded to two suspicious boat calls, assisted the Coast Guard
legal during the two day Sport on one call and responded to three medical calls on the water, as well as one
dive related fatality - a 36 year old man diving with a buddy on Davis Reef off
of Plantation Key.
In Sector Seven, two boats and one personal water craft worked offshore, making 98 contacts, and issuing
two notices to appear in court for possessing short lobster, along with nine citations and eight written warnings.
Deputy collapses at fourth of July parade
The new Trauma Star made it’s first public
appearance in Monroe County in July. There
to greet the new craft was, left to right, Former
County Commissioner David Rice, Sheriff Rick
Roth, Marathon City Commissioner Margie
Mearns, County Fire Chief Clark Martin and
Marathon City Manager Mike Puto.
A Sheriff’s deputy collapsed while working at a parade Tuesday morning in the upper Keys.
Deputy Steve Kalogeras was working at the Fourth of July parade in Key Largo when he suddenly collapsed.
Deputy Sean Heffron and Deputy Nick Pham rushed to his side but he was not breathing and showed
no signs of life. They performed CPR until Fire/Rescue units arrived. Deputy Kalogeras was rushed to Mariner’s
Hospital where he ultimately recovered.
At the time of his collapse, Deputy Kalogeras worked in the upper Keys as a Civil Deputy. He was hired by
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