Monroe County deputies arrested a contractor from Homestead on a felony charge Monday after they accused him of taking more than $100,000 from a couple to build a house, but failed to complete the job or give them their money back.

As more tourists come to the Florida Keys, some of whom are buying second homes, more residents are having a harder time finding an affordable place to live.

Deputies temporarily closed the Overseas Highway in both directions on Tuesday near Marathon.

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – Erik Brown was shouting profanities when he pulled his 20-year-old girlfriend’s hair and pushed her head down against the concrete, witnesses said, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. The woman was able to push Brown, 36, away. And when he was getting close, she jumped from a second-story balcony on Tuesday night at a motel in Conch Key, witnesses told Deputy Victor Cristea. “The victim then ran to a parking lot.”A man and a woman who saw her jump from the balcony at the Bay View Inn and Marina in Conch Key, deputies said. While a man distracted Brown, the two rescued her and drove her to Duck Key, according to Lindhardt.