Only in the Keys

[Ratickle]

Man invited a woman to crash on his boat. Now he’s off to prison for attacking her

A Key West man faces up to 15 years in prison for sexual battery on a woman he invited to his boat earlier this year. During the assault, he told her to “stop playing the victim,” and be grateful he gave her a place to stay.

Miguel Pestano, 44, three times forced himself on the woman who needed a place to crash Jan. 6 and ended up on his boat on which he lived moored off Stock Island, a Monroe County jury decided on Dec. 5.

The victim this week told the jury about her ordeal, including what Pestano said during the attack.

Judge Mark Jones, who presided over the case, is scheduled to sentence Pestano on Jan. 11.

Pestano didn’t testify at trial but he told police different stories when he was arrested Feb. 12.

At first Pestano said he didn’t know what they were talking about. But then under questioning he said he had sex with the woman but only with her consent.

He also said he didn’t have to rape anyone because his girlfriend is “hot.”

The case was prosecuted by Assistant State Attorneys Patrick Flanigan and Christine Poist.

In 2006, Pestano was sentenced to two years in prison for an aggravated assault with a weapon without the intent to kill.

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article222794825.html#storylink=cpy

 

[fund razor]

The pic of his girlfriend isn't loading.

 

[Ratickle]

That's not that many over the limit, is it?

How many fish did a captain catch off the Keys? Cops say boat had 2,611 over the limit

He also said he had a license that allowed him to keep an unlimited amount of pompano, the report states. The FWC officers, however, told him he was outside the Pompano Endorsement Zone, and was only allowed to keep 100 as bycatch, according to the report.

Pompano is a member of the jack family, and a stout, strong-swimming sport fish sought by commercial anglers looking to sell their catch to wholesalers and restaurants.

After following the 52-year-old Birren back to his Everglades City dock, officers found he had caught 2,711 pompano, placing him way over the limit, according to the report. The officers also said 76 of the fish were smaller than the legal size of 11 inches to the fork of the tail.

On the way back to the dock, one of the officers stayed on board of the Legacy. When he entered the wheelhouse, he overheard Birren on his cellphone complaining to someone that he was set up.

Officer Jeremy Foel wrote in his report that Birren told the person on the other line: “Someone called on me.” He also said, according to the report, “They wouldn’t have ever even knew I was there if it wasn’t for that mother f---er calling. I was 18 miles off shore.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/h...over-the-limit/ar-AAV8GPt?ocid=BingNewsSearch

 

[rschap1]

LOTS of fish

 

[Ratickle]

Hard to believe they couldn't at least lock him up for awhile....

 

[sonicss31]

Billionaire’s son killed by boat propeller while trying to save fiancée

The son of a billionaire banker was killed by a boat propeller while desperately trying to save his fiancée during a Florida Keys fishing competition.

Juan Carlos Escotet Alviarez — the 31-year-old son of Venezuela-based Banesco president Juan Carlos Escotet Rodriguez — died Saturday afternoon after jumping into waters about six miles off north Key Largo as he and fiancée Andrea Montero, 30, tried to snag sailfish from a 60-foot boat, the Miami Herald reported.

Escotet Alviarez dove into the water to try to save Montero when she fell overboard, but hit the vessel’s propeller immediately and died from his injuries, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report obtained by the newspaper.

The pair were taking part in a fishing tournament organized by the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo. The FWC report did not cite Montero’s condition and a call seeking additional comment from the agency was not immediately returned Monday.

https://nypost.com/2022/03/14/son-o...s-escotet-rodriguez-killed-by-boat-propeller/

 

[rschap1]

 

[Bobcat]

Watch out for the Piss Jug !

 

[Ratickle]

Divers find underwater hospital, cemetery off coast of Key West

The archeological remains of a 19th century hospital and cemetery have been found on a submerged island near Garden Key, the second-largest island in the Dry Tortugas National Park near Key West, Florida. The hospital served as a 19th century quarantine and cemetery for yellow fever patients between 1890 and 1900, according to the National Parks Service.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/d...1&cvid=dd4a6a45a76a42e4833ac665a1dd93b3&ei=35

 

[fund razor]

Watch out for the Piss Jug !

http://https://www.amazon.com/-/es/telescopio-Smartphone-monoculares-impermeables-observaci%C3%B3n/dp/B094D6J1S5

 

[Ratickle]

Does a woman from Florida, driving in Georgia, count?

 

[Ratickle]

Watching for Bobcat and Charlie!

 

[Ratickle]

Still looking for Bobcat and Charlie.

I wonder what color TuTu they wore?

I think I spotted them at the 1: 03: 30 mark in flashing TuTu's.....

 

[sonicss31]

And you wonder where FJB got 81M voters. :huh:

 

[sonicss31]

https://keysweekly.com/42/man-goes-on-rampage-in-stolen-tractor-on-college-campus/

What an idiot. :driving:

 

[sonicss31]

It’s started already, the doom and gloom predictions by the weatherman that “Hurricane Season” started June1st. These assholes are relentless with the fear mongering. :beatdeadhorse5:

 

[rschap1]

Weather Channel had director of the hurricane center on last week...
Prepare no matter what.
He said make lists, plans, stockpile, be ready to bug out, regardless if storms or not

 

[sonicss31]

Weather Channel had director of the hurricane center on last week...
Prepare no matter what.
He said make lists, plans, stockpile, be ready to bug out, regardless if storms or not

I agree with being prepared but stupid people will just be stupid. You can’t fix stupid. Oh and another thing is the temperature predictions, it feels like nomenclature. It’s 90* out but feels like 100*. No **** Sherlock its South Florida for Christs sake. Go back where you came from if you don’t like it. :sifone:

 

[fund razor]

They do "feels like" in Ohio. And wind chill.

I usually don't watch the news since the 2016 election and immediate coup. Every broadcast is about the man in their head.

 

[MOBILEMERCMAN]

Never knew about running with the bulls in Key West. Saw it on the news this am.