A Hialeah Gardens woman who went out drinking with two teenagers in the Florida Keys, then took the wheel and killed one of them in a crash, was arrested more than two years after fleeing authorities, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A man and a woman who were working as caregivers defrauded a couple who had fallen ill in the Florida Keys, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.

The body of a man was removed from a capsized boat late Thursday night that was found near Sugarloaf Key, authorities confirmed on Friday.

Two major incidents were reported on the first day of lobster mini season in Monroe County as one man died after losing consciousness at Sawyer Key and another man was airlifted to a hospital after being struck by a boat propeller off the Lower Keys.

Beachgoers stumbled upon bales of marijuana over the weekend that had washed ashore in both Sugarloaf Key and Big Pine Key.

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Heavy flames come from home on Sugarloaf Key. SUGARLOAF KEY, Fla. – A man and a woman escaped a house fire Monday night on Sugarloaf Key, authorities confirmed Tuesday. According to Monroe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Adam Linhardt, the fire occurred around 11 p.m. in the 17000 block of Oleander Lane. The man told a responding deputy that a fire erupted on the back deck of the home, but by the time he grabbed a fire extinguisher, the flames had grown much stronger. Sugarloaf Boulevard and Oleander Lane were temporarily closed as Monroe County firefighters battled the blaze.

SUGARLOAF KEY, Fla. – A fisherman about 15 miles offshore of one of the Florida Keys on Wednesday reeled in an interesting catch — more than a dozen cocaine packages he discovered floating on the water. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office reported that it was around 1:54 p.m. when marine patrol was contacted about the floating packages south of Sugarloaf Key. U.S. Border Patrol was alerted since the packages were discovered in federal waters and the cocaine was then taken by border patrol. Sugarloaf Key is about 17 miles north of Key West via U.S. 1. Enforcement officers stated that the amount of cocaine found was approximately 33.7 kilograms or 74 pounds.

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A stretch of road in the Florida Keys is taking center stage at a climate summit as the cost to save it may be too much. A nearly three-mile stretch of road near southern Sugarloaf Key needs to raise just over 2 feet to keep up with rising sea level and peak tides, a study shows. The effort would save only a handful of homes and officials warn it may be impractical to prevent flooding. “Does it make sense, for example, to spend $10, $12, $15 million dollars to upgrade a road for two or three homes,” Monroe County Administrator Roman Gastesi said. “Probably not.”Residents in the area were handing out fliers encouraging neighbors to attend a County Commission meeting on Dec. 11 to specifically address flooding issues.

Joseph McNeal is accused of stripping naked and attacking two women at his Sugarloaf Key home. SUGARLOAF KEY, Fla. - A Florida Keys man took off all his clothes before attacking two women he met at a bar in Key West, deputies said. Joseph McNeal, 49, of Sugarloaf Key, was arrested Thursday afternoon on charges of battery and resisting arrest without violence. Monroe County Sheriff's Office spokesman Adam Linhardt said McNeal met the women at a bar on Duval Street. The women told deputies that McNeal placed his hands around one of the women's throats and pushed her into a television, breaking it.