Man arrested in illegal dumping case

A 40-year-old Key West man was arrested Wednesday after leaving more than 30 mattresses and box springs on a Stock Island street.

Michael Luis Herrera was charged with illegal dumping.

Monroe County Solid Waste Management informed the Sheriff’s Office Tuesday that bedding weighing more than 1,700 pounds total was dumped at Front Street and 4th Avenue.

Detectives learned the mattresses came from a Key West hotel. A manager there stated Herrera was hired to replace the beds at the hotel. Herrera admitted he dumped the mattresses on Monday in the hopes residents would take them and that he would return the following day to remove what was left, however, he never returned and the mattresses were left on the street.

“I want to thank Monroe County Solid Waste Management Director Cheryl Sullivan for her help in this case,” said Sheriff Rick Ramsay. “I believe better, cleaner, safer streets means better, cleaner, safer, neighborhoods, and arresting those who trash our neighborhoods is a top priority for me.”

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