Drunk man with no driver’s license crashes in stolen car

A man from Dundee, Florida who has a suspended driver’s license stole a truck from Big Pine Key, drove it while intoxicated and crashed it in Marathon early today.

The owner of the silver Dodge truck called the Sheriff’s Office this morning to report it was stolen. He told Deputy Richard Wang he left it unlocked with the keys inside Thursday night and found it was gone when he got up Friday morning.

A check on the license tag revealed the truck had been involved in a crash in Marathon, in the vicinity of 21st Street just after midnight. The driver, Kevin Andrey Nunez, was still on the scene of the crash when deputies arrived on the scene. He ran off the road, hit a fire hydrant, a palm tree and a speed sign.

Deputy Orlando Alvarez said it appeared Nunez was intoxicated; he failed field sobriety exercises administered at the scene. A check on his name revealed his license was suspended in 2014 due to a prior charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Nunez was arrested at the scene of the crash. He was charged with DUI, DUI involving a crash with property damage, driving with license suspended and grand theft auto. He was booked into jail.

Search warrant leads to drug arrest

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office HIDTA Unit served a narcotics search warrant Thursday and arrested a Stock Island man on drug charges at D38 11th Avenue, Stock Island.

35 year old Patrick Francisco Harpin  was the subject of a narcotics investigation following several complaints received from community members about illegal drug activity. During the course of the investigation, detectives from the HIDTA Unit purchased drugs  from Patrick Harpin on four separate occasions. These purchases  resulted in four outstanding warrants for sale and delivery of marijuana.

While serving the search warrant Thursday, investigators discovered additional marijuana in Harpin’s bathroom and bedroom.  They also found pills – Xanax and hydrocodone – that Harpin did not have a prescription for, along with a large amount of drug paraphernalia.

Patrick Harpin was charged with the four warrants for sale of marijuana, possession of 408 grams of marijuana,  possession of controlled substance without a prescription, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Assisting in the service of the warrant was the Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), U.S. Customs and Border Protection – Air & Marine Operations (CBP-AMO), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Key West Police Department.

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