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WWW.KEYSINFONET.COM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2014 VOLUME 61, NO. 14 G 25 CENTS KEY WEST Autopsy reveals cracked ribs By SEAN KINNEY tight-lipped about its investi- But ME draws no conclusions about Police pulled him over on cuffing Eimers (he was on his [email protected] gation into the Nov. 28 death North Roosevelt Boulevard stomach in the sand), he of Charles Eimers a week after man who died after being arrested on Nov. 28. Police said he “began turning blue,” A Michigan man who he had his run-in with police. pulled away from the traffic according to Officer died after being taken down Monroe County Medical his findings and opinion. opinions have been ren- stop, drove through Old Thaddeus Calvart’s account. by Key West police had 10 Examiner E. Hunt Scheuerman Before he finalizes that, he’s dered,” Scheuerman said. Town, then stopped his P.T. At that point officers began broken ribs, according to an on Friday made clear that his awaiting FDLE’s report on Eimers, 61, of Birch Run, Cruiser on the sand at South performing cardiopulmonary autopsy report. report, released in response to the circumstances surround- Mich., died at Lower Keys Beach at the Atlantic end of resuscitation as EMTS The Florida Department of a public records request, is dis- ing Eimers’ death. Medical Center after being Duval Street. Law Enforcement remains tinct from a final report on “In this particular case no taken off life support on Dec. 4. While police were hand- See Autopsy, 2A ISLAMORADA KEY LARGO No Winn-Dixie for the village and the developer never But zoning OK’d divulged — that Winn-Dixie despite developer is no longer interested in opening a store there. withholding info Instead, two other unnamed companies are negotiating By DAVID GOODHUE deals with the developer. The [email protected] five-member council approved the zoning change Islamorada Village with a 3-2 vote, but the coun- Council members thought cilmen who cast the no votes they were voting Thursday feel misled. night on a zoning change that “They lied to me. They would allow a Winn-Dixie just plain lied to me, and I supermarket to be built at don’t like it,” Councilman mile marker 81 bayside on David Purdo said. U.S. 1. But they didn’t realize — See Winn-Dixie, 4A MARATHON Council prayers staying for now Third pastor tion, on which he was the only Keynoter photos by KEVIN WADLOW council member to vote no. A video crew (above) for ‘Bizarre Foods America with Andrew Zimmern’ on the Travel Channel zooms in on an array offers up “It’s been three weeks” of dishes made with lionfish, an invasive exotic species, during filming Thursday in Key Largo. Show host Andrew since the invocations started, invocation Council woman Ginger Zimmern (below) enjoys a buffet of dishes made from lionfish at a lionfish derby. Snead said. “Let’s let it go a By RYAN McCARTHY little longer and see if the fire [email protected] starts. Don’t keep making changes to a resolution that’s Foodie: Lionfish ‘superb’ The Marathon City going to box us in more. Council on Tuesday wasn’t Let’s ride this resolution out Travel Channel’s Key Largo. ready to lose faith in a Dec. 11 and see how it works.” Skies were mostly clear resolution establishing prayer She sponsored the invoca- Zimmern films but strong winds made boat- prior to public meetings. tion resolution and argued ing and diving for lionfish a Fellow council members clergy have been scared episode in Keys challenge, organizers said. “It was really rough,” declined to go along with away by attention the policy By KEVIN WADLOW Councilman Mark Senmartin’s REEF General Manager Senior Staff Writer proposal to rescind the resolu- See Paryer, 3A Martha Klitzkie said. “We’re [email protected] lucky we have so many peo- ple dedicated to the [lionfish Riding along on a lion- eradication] cause.” DELIVERING THE MESSAGE fish-collecting trip in rough Zimmern did not dive but Florida Keys waters journeyed out with the win- Thursday was an adventure, ning Islamorada Dive Center said Andrew Zimmern, a crew that captured 84 of the popular show host on the 143 lionfish taken by the Travel Channel. contest’s seven teams. But sampling dishes “It’s just fantastic that the made from the invasive- community puts on a great exotic fish was pure pleas- event like this,” Zimmern ure, he said. said. “Even in these condi- “For years, people told me tions, people were thrilled to that lionfish was the best-eat- be out there, slammin’ the ing fish they ever tasted,” lionfish for this very impor- Zimmern said on the Port tant cause.” Largo Canal docks outside Lionfish are a Pacific Sharkey’s Pub. “They under- species, armored with an stated it,” he said, pausing array of venomous spines between bites of lionfish that protect it from preda- ceviche. “It’s superb.” tors. The invasive species, Keynoter photo by LARRY KAHN In the Keys to film an fast breeding and voracious- Fifteen-year-old singer Lizzie Sider of Boca Raton on episode for the new “Bizarre ly hungry, has spread Friday visits second-, third- and fifth-graders at Stanley Foods America with Andrew through the Caribbean and Zimmern” series, the noted Switlik Elementary School in Marathon to help the kids poses a threat to native fish chef, food writer and award- populations. understand that there is no reason for bullying. She got winning television host Before Thursday, the her message across through music and interaction. She joined the Winter Locals- largest lionfish ever taken in led similar assemblies Thursday at Plantation Key School Only Lionfish Derby hosted a Key Largo derby was 424 and Key Largo School, and Friday at Sugarloaf School and by the Reef Environmental Gerald Adams Elementary in Key West. Education Foundation of See Lionfish, 2A INDEX Printed on 100% Classifieds . .7B recycled newsprint Pitching gem Living . .3B Winning runs CONTENTS © 2014 Marathon’s Kyle Pierce The Conchs of Key West Business . .7A KEYNOTER PUBLISHING CO. needed just 76 pitches to outran the Hurricanes of Obituaries . .2A log the shutout in the Coral Shores on Thursday Dolphins’ 5-0 victory over Opinion . .6A for a victorious track meet. Coral Shores on Thursday. Story, 1A Sports/Outdoors . .1B Story, 1A Crossword . .6B 7786790 22222 2A Saturday, February 15, 2014 KeysInfoNet.com Keynoter NEWS BRIEFS CRIME FRONT Autopsy but mo opinion Visit Florida: From Autopsy, 1A sue and other specimens Those involved are Tourism increases Arraignment taken from Eimers at Lower Detective Janeth Calvert, arrived and took over. Keys Medical Center were sergeants Frank Zamora and Florida attracted an esti- According to the autopsy destroyed. Hospital spokes - Pablo Rodriguez, and offi- mated 94.7 million tourists is delayed report, Eimers had 10 broken man Randy Detrick said cers Todd Stevens, Gary Lee last year, about a 3.5 percent ribs and wounds on both CEO Nikki Will would have Lovette, Kathyann Wanciak, increase over 2012, accord- trailer compound of the wrists. Key West attorney to address that but she was Derek Wallis, Henry del ing to Visit Florida, the Soca family Socas, then expanded the David Paul Horan, represent- unavailable for comment. Valle, Gabriel Garrido, state’s public-private mar- charged with search to a nearby storage ing the Eimers family (no Meanwhile, FDLE Gustavo Medina, Nicholas keting agency. shed and three boats. lawsuit has been filed) made spokes man Steve Arthur Galbo, Thad Calvert and The figure marks the drug trafficking Sheriff’s Office spokes- the public-records request. confirmed the “investiga- Matthew Johnson. third consecutive year the woman Becky Herrin said “We looked into that tion remains active.” state has posted a record By SEAN KINNEY that by the time the search because we weren’t getting number of visitors. [email protected] wrapped three days later, anything from” Scheuerman, Visit estimated there detectives recovered 10 kilos Horan said. “Frankly none of were 91.4 million visitors in Zimmern impressed As federal and state of cocaine (more than 22 it surprised us except the 10 2012 and 85.9 million in authorities continue to discus pounds), more than two broken ribs. Can you imag- From Lionfish, 1A Foods with Andrew 2011. The bulk of the visi- the appropriate venue to pros- pounds of marijuana, 2,100 ine, in CPR?” Zimmern” and “Andrew tors are from the other states ecute, a scheduled Thursday Xanax bars, 1,300 www.thebluepaper.com millimeters, about 16.5 Zimmern’s Bizarre World.” and U.S. territories, with the arraignment for the Soca fam- Oxycodone pills, a 7.5-gram reported that “the patient inches, Klitzkie said. His new series on the Travel total growing 2.5 percent in ily, accused of a massive drug cookie of crack, about 700 was sick for another week at “Today they brought Channel focuses on offbeat year-to-year comparisons. trafficking operation based on undersize lobster tails and the hospital [after his arrest] three larger than that,” American foods. Visit Florida also esti- Stock Island, was put off until $252,261 in cash believed to and then refrigerated for Klitzkie said. “The biggest The show usually airs at mates there were 3.7 million Feb. 20. be drug proceeds. another week prior to autopsy. was 445 millimeters.” 9 p.m. Mondays. When the Canadian visitors, a 4.1 per- Juan Soca Sr., 63, Juan Jose Soca is charged Most of the indicators would Zimmern previously Keys edition will air hasn’t cent increase, and 11.5 mil- Soca Jr., 42, and Jose Soca, with trafficking cocaine and have disappeared by then.” traveled the globe to film been decided.