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

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Annual Report - 2006
Neighbor complaints lead to drug arrests
After neighbors complained about lots of traffic at a home on Ryan Lane in Key Largo, detectives served a
search warrant, arresting two men for a large amount of illegal narcotics. Detectives seized over $18,000 worth
of ecstasy, cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. They also found equipment to manufacture fake identification
cards. The equipment has been turned over to federal authorities for possible prosecution. They also
found a book called “How to make driver’s licenses on your home computer”, along with a Gateway computer
loaded with special software for making identification, cards and a specialized printer for printing the IDs. Two
men were arrested.
Elf break in at Sugarloaf School
Sugarloaf School students learned the basics
of crime scene investigation after an “Elf break in”
was staged in their classroom. Deputies used crime
scene tape to rope off the area, and the kids followed
elf footprints to see how the miscreants got inside.
They also learned about fingerprints, and how they
identify people.
Warrant sweep nets 10 arrests, clears
28 outstanding warrants
Sheriff’s detectives arrested 10 people during
a warrants sweep Thursday night, clearing 28 outstanding
warrants. The sweep took place in Marathon
and was the culmination of an operation lasting
several months called “Operation Crack Down”
meant to target the sale of cocaine in the vicinity of
public housing in the Marathon area. A number of those
arrested were selling the drug near the public housing complex at 240 Sombrero Road and a number of them
also lived in the complex or had family living there.
African spurred tortoises join the menagerie
at the Sheriff’s Office animal
farm.
December 2006
Sugarloaf School students learn about crime scene
investigation after an “Elf break in” at the school.
Spurred Tortoises come to Animal Farm from crack
house in Colorado
The Sheriff’s Office Children’s Animal Park welcomed three new
additions to it’s menagerie in December. Three African Spurred Tortoises
joined the animal ranks. Two of the tortoises came from Colorado
where they were found inside a home raided in a drug operation. Veterinarian
Doug Mader heard about the reptiles and suggested they be
sent to the Keys to the Animal Farm. The farm already had one African
Spurred Tortoise - a 100 pound specimen named Albert. The third new
tortoise, named Melanie, came from a woman on Sugarloaf Key.
Homestead man charged with Marathon bank
robbery
A Homestead man admitted to robbing the Orion Bank in Marathon
in December. Detectives say the man rode the JGT bus to Marathon on
December 7th, bringing his bike with him. He randomly selected Orion
Bank and robbed it, rode his bike back to the bus stop, and caught the
JGT bus back to Homestead. A photo of him, taken from surveillance
video in the bank, helped identify him. During questioning he admitted to
robbing Orion Bank. He was charged with Bank Robbery.
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