20 Years ago

20 YEARS AGO

Key West Police were trying to figure out how a house cat apparently dialed the 911 emergency number
 
20 YEARS AGO

Scott and Craig Cates drove their 25-foot Conch Attack to a Stock Class victory in the Islamorada/Budweiser 100.
 
A Big Pine Key man was arrested after firing 50 rounds from inside his van at two "phantom attackers." His van had 43 bullet holes in the skylights and body.
 
A Big Pine Key man was arrested after firing 50 rounds from inside his van at two "phantom attackers." His van had 43 bullet holes in the skylights and body.

Must have been some really good stuff!!!:willy_nilly::willy_nilly::willy_nilly:
 
20 YEARS AGO

A woman accidently shot herself in the mouth. She told police that she kept her asthma medication and a gun under her pillow at night, and when she reached for the medication grasped the gun by mistake.

The Stock Island Dog Track was being cleaned up to reopen as a high-tech remote wagering site with an opening date of Nov. 10.

A man sprayed a Key West police officer with foam in an apparent effort to win a bet. The man was arrested and charged with battery on a police officer.

50 YEARS AGO
 
20 YEARS AGO

Judge Wayne Miller sentenced a man charged with playing loud music to listen to two hours of easy listening music.


A man was arrested for doing a striptease in the middle of Duval Street in front of Sloppy Joe's Bar.
 
A navy worker went on a drunken rampage through two downtown hotels and then fell from a second-floor balcony.

Florida Marine Patrol officers arrested two men with 70 undersized lobsters and no licenses for the nine legal lobsters they had in their possession.

50 YEARS AGO


Key West Police Sergeant Fred Caso completed two weeks of training at the Miami Police Academy to operate the Drunk-O-Meter.
(The Drunk-0-Meter sounds interesting):sifone:
 
20 YEARS AGO

A couple was arrested for breaking and entering the Monroe County Animal Control shelter on Stock Island and taking their dog, which had been picked up by animal control.

The main attraction at the Sunset Celebration was Will Soto's wire walking and juggling act.

One of the messages heard on an answering machine: "Hi. Leave a message. I hope it's not important because I'm fishing and won't be back for a while.
 
A man who had cashed fake lottery tickets at Dennis Pharmacy ran when confronted and was chased by bystanders who caught and tied him to a fence on Louisa Street until the police arrived.

A man told Key West police he was roped and robbed while riding his bicycle through Peary Court.
 
Publisher Bob Maxwell dies@sea after buying Daily news NY ?His luxury yacht crew reported him missing hours later somewhere near Canary Islands??
 
A couple reported to Key West police that $2,300 of clothing, including $1,000 in leather stripper's costumes, had been taken from their local hotel room.
 
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A driver was injured in a serious accident in the Ray Ban/American Dream boat in the Key West Offshore Professional Tour World Championship powerboat race.

A Monroe County sheriff's detective was fired after he admitted to snorting cocaine he found in a woman's purse.

Charter boat operators were protesting the closing of the harbor for the Offshore Professional Tour World Championship race.

50 YEARS AGO
 
20 YEARS AGO

Tom Gentry won the Super Boat World Championship in his 50-foot Gentry Eagle in the Budweiser/Key West Offshore Professional Tour Championship race.


A visiting couple who arrived to stay in a friend's apartment found a man who had been living in the apartment hiding in the closet.

50 YEARS AGO

A Miami carnival worker was injured when a car rolled over him while he was sleeping in the street near Flagler Avenue and 16th Street.
 
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