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Immigration · Key West

16 Cuban migrants come ashore near Key West airport; 2 hospitalized

34% Center coverage: 3 sources

Authorities took more than a dozen Cuban migrants into custody late Sunday night after they landed near Key West International Airport.According to Key West police, 16 migrants came ashore: five women and 11 men.Authorities said they responded to South Roosevelt Boulevard, detained six migrants and later found the others.All had Cuban identifications and passports, police said. Police said medics took two migrants to Lower Keys Medical Center “d…See the Story

Key Largo · Key Largo

Officials say operator in fatal Keys boat crash ‘appeared severely intoxicated’; cops cuff his son

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Prosecutors provided an update Monday on a boat crash off Key Largo that left a woman dead and three others badly hurt Friday evening.Officials with the Monroe County State Attorney’s Office said alcohol was likely a “contributing factor” in the crash and authorities are accusing the operator’s son of attacking a senior after the crash in Buttonwood Sound.Authorities said Guy Erdman, 61, of Oakland Park, was operating a 21-foot Century Bay motor…See the Story

Key West · Key West

Man accused of leaving 79-year-old mother ‘severely malnourished’ in Key West

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Police arrested a man on a felony neglect charge after they said he left his 79-year-old mother hungry and “covered in her own urine” in a wheelchair outside of a Key West hospital Friday.An arrest report states that officers first spoke to Taylor Benjamin Shanholtz, 54, earlier in the night at Lower Keys Medical Center when he called police about getting a wheelchair. Police said Shanholtz is trespassed from the hospital, located at 5900 Colleg…See the Story

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