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

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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 14
Annual Report - 2006 Monroe County Sheriff’s Office the Sheriff’s Office in December of 1987 as a road patrol deputy. He was shot while responding to a burglary call in 1989. After recovering from the shooting, he was transferred to the Civil Division in October of 1991 where he has worked since then. Five million in cocaine found off shore in a week The cocaine was packaged in three bundles of 30 kilos each. One was found by a dive captain off of Key Largo. The second package was found by two Key Largo men fishing off shore of Pennekamp State park. The third turned up off shore of Marathon, found by a fisherman. The uncut value was approximately $2.5 million. Street value of the drugs, once the drugs are diluted with “cut” and packaged for sale would be about $5 million. Nevada man arrested for Ebay fraud Sheriff’s detectives caught a Nevada man engaged in defrauding people on Ebay. With the assistance of law enforcement officers in Henderson, Nevada, detectives say a warrant has been served charging the man with Communications Fraud and Grand Theft. The victim told Captain Chad Scibilia he’d purchased computer equipment on Ebay, using PayPal, but never received the equipment. The person selling the computer equipment was traced to Henderson, Nevada. A warrant was issued and he was arrested there for Communications Fraud and Grand Theft. Detectives say they believe he may have defrauded as many as 12 other people in the United States and Canada. August 2006 National Night Out Sector Six and Seven Sheriff’s Sectors participated in the nationwide National Night Out event on August first. There was live entertainment, food and other refreshments as well as many games and prizes for kids. The purpose of the National Night Out is to get community members together with local law enforcement officers so they can get to know one another. National Night out is a yearly event which takes place all over the country on the first Tuesday of August. Upper Keys deputies are given two new bikes for patrol Key Largo property owner Roger Allen, and his son Eric Deland, donated a new bicycle in August to be used in Dive Team member Detective Terry Smith law enforcement patrols in the upper Keys in Sector Seven. shows youngsters the gear worn by the team at Allen also joined together with Mark Wheaton from Wheaton’s the Key Largo National Night Out event. Service Station, Linda Perloff of GMAC Realty and Richard Donnelly of Coconuts Lounge to purchase a second patrol bike for the Sector. This effort to obtain donated patrol bicycles was spearheaded by Deputy E.B. Askins. DUI, traffic violations targeted in Islamorada Over the weekend of August 19 - 20, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Islamorada Sector along with Sheriff’s Office Traffic Enforcement deputies and the Florida Highway Patrol teamed up to combat drunk driving and other traffic related offenses occurring with The Village limits. The targeted effort was coordinated by Sgt. Tom Kiffney. A total of five arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol were made; 14 traffic citations were 15 Crime Scene Detective Jason Madnick stands with some of the kilos of cocaine recovered off of the upper Keys.
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