Identity of inmate who died in jail is released

Detectives say they have notified the next of kin of the inmate who died in the sick bay of the Monroe County Detention Center on Stock Island Sunday.

61 year old Earl Colston was found unresponsive in his cell in the sick bay area of the detention center Sunday morning. He was pronounced dead at Lower Keys Hospital. He had been in sick bay for most of the time he’d been jail due to medical conditions he suffered from prior to his arrest.

Colston, who is from Miami Gardens, was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol on June 5th, charged with driving with license suspended, third or subsequent offense.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is the investigating agency on the case.

 

Two men arrested for burglary

Two men were arrested on Summerland Key Sunday morning for burglary after an observant neighbor called the Sheriff’s Office to report suspicious activity.

Deputy Josh Gordon was dispatched to check out the suspicious truck with two men inside which reportedly appeared to be “scoping the place out” according to the reporting person who called it in at 8:30 a.m. When the deputy arrived, he found the blue truck parked at East Caribbean Drive and Isles Boulevard.

As Deputy Gordon checked the area on foot, he found a man loitering under a home on Isles Boulevard two and a half blocks from where the truck was parked. The man was identified as 41 year old Clester Kilbourne of Marathon. Kilbourne told the deputy he was in the neighborhood to  “collect money”. The deputy noticed the main door to the home was open. A few minutes later, the homeowner walked out of the door.

The homeowner said he recognized Kilbourne as someone who had worked for him in construction. He said Kilbourne did not have permission to be under his house, nor did he have permission to open the door to his house, which the homeowner said should have been closed.

Deputy Gordon called for backup and Deputy Jon Riggs responded. As Deputy Riggs entered the neighborhood, he saw a second man sitting on a rock. The man was on the phone. At just that time, according to Deputy Gordon, Kilbourne’s phone began to ring. The name “Peter” came up on the screen of the phone. Deputy Gordon asked Kilbourne who “Peter” was and Kilbourne did not want to say. The deputy suspected “Peter” was acting as a lookout and was calling to tell Kilbourne a deputy had arrived in the area.

Deputy Riggs picked up “Peter”, later identified as 47 year old Audley Brown of Marathon. The homeowner said Brown had also worked for him in construction. He said there had been a dispute with the two men, and with another man who worked for him, about payment for their services. He said he had received a number of threatening text messages in regards to the dispute. He showed the deputies the threatening text messages, which he still had on his phone.

Both men were arrested. They were charged with burglary and with use of a two way communication device to facilitate a felony and they were booked into jail.

 

Homeless man arrested for carjacking

A homeless Key West man was arrested for carjacking after he forced a woman to give him a ride to a bar.

The victim told Deputy Dave Campbell she was in her car near the 104.8 mile marker of the highway at 10 a.m. Sunday when a man she did not know opened her car door and demanded a ride. She told him to go away, but he got into the back seat of her car still demanding a ride. He told her he wanted to go to a bar down the street. She said he began to talk to her about sexual things he had done with women and she became afraid. She said he grabbed her dog and she was afraid he would hurt the dog. She said she drove the man – later identified as Richard Poljak – to the Caribbean Club, which was just down the street.

The victim said Poljak got out of the car when they reached the bar and threw a $5 bill at her, as if paying for the ride. She drove away from the area and called the Sheriff’s Office for help.

Poljak was found still at the bar. He was charged with carjacking and false imprisonment. His wallet was found in the back seat of the victim’s car.

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