Man arrested for boat trailer theft

A 56-year-old Key Largo, Florida man was arrested Friday after he stole a boat trailer that belongs to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

Jonathan Scott Sharkey was charged with grand theft.

The boat trailer was reported missing from John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park on Jan. 21, 2024. It was returned to its original location at the park on Jan. 25, 2024, with evidence that it had been used.

Witnesses statements and security video footage was collected, leading Detectives to a Key Largo residence where they found Sharkey, who promptly admitted he took the trailer and had been using it without permission, but returned it when he learned it belonged to the Sheriff’s Office and the agency was investigating the theft.

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