Two packages of drugs found in separate incidents 

  • Deputy Michael O’Connor was called to the 200 block of Atlantic Boulevard in Key Largo at approximately 12:54 p.m. Saturday after a man out diving for lobster reported finding a package of suspected narcotics. The man brought the package ashore. Deputy O’Connor arrived to find the 5-pound brick to be of suspected marijuana. The U.S. Border Patrol was notified and they took possession of the package.
  • Deputy Donald Stullken was called to the 1400 block of Havelka Lane on Big Pine Key at approximately 3:36 p.m. Saturday after man out fishing found what be believed to be a bale of marijuana. The man brought the package ashore. Deputy Stullken noticed the water-logged package appeared to contain marijuana. It weighed about five pounds. The U.S. Border Patrol was notified and they took possession of the package.

Man arrested for child neglect

A 25-year-old Tavernier man was arrested Friday night after a toddler he was supervising was found alone near U.S. 1 by a restaurant employee.

Daniel Orlando Rodriguez Garrido was charged with child neglect.

Deputy Nerelys Vidal responded to Enrico’s Pizza at the intersection of U.S. 1 and High Point Road at approximately 8:36 p.m. after an employee reported finding a 2-year-old child alone in bush near the highway. The child had no shoes and her clothes were disheveled and dirty. The employee said she stepped away from her tables when she spotted the child near the restaurant sign, ran over to her and called 911.

A man claiming to be the father, later identified as Rodriguez Garrido then ran up to the scene. He appeared to be intoxicated. The child was turned over to its grandmother.

The investigation found that Rodriguez Garrido previously passed out under the influence of alcohol and the child left the house via an unlocked door. The child then wandered toward the highway. This incident had occurred before, according to others Deputies interviewed.

Rodriguez Garrido was taken to jail.

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