Motorist arrested for counterfeit tags

A 43-year-old Royal Palm Beach, Florida man was arrested Sunday driving an unregistered vehicle with fake tags.

Kenneth James Mc Clendon was charged with driving an unregistered vehicle and counterfeiting/forgery of a license plate tag.

Mc Clendon was stopped on U.S. 1 near Mile Marker 98 at approximately 3 p.m. in a Ford sedan when the tag came back for a different vehicle. Close inspection of the tag revealed it looked fraudulent.

Mc Clendon admitted the tag was fake and was taken to jail.

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Suspected narcotics found on beach

A beachgoer picking up trash on Coral Road in Islamorada found several packages of suspected drugs at approximately 10:45 a.m. Saturday.

The beachgoer called the Sheriff’s Office and the packages were turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol.

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