WWW.KEYSINFONET.COM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2014 VOLUME 61, NO. 1 G 25 CENTS NORTH KEY LARGO Bridge jump may be hoax By DAVID GOODHUE al battery. Dziadura sought for questioning in a.m. Monday saying he was Monroe County deputies [email protected] “At this point in time, my going to tie a 40-pound found Dziadura’s Honda personal impression is it is sex case; no body found after search dumbbell weight to his leg minivan. Inside, the deputies Monroe County Sheriff staged,” Ramsay told US1 and jump from the 65-foot found a 40-pound dumbbell, Rick Ramsay suspects a Radio’s Bill Becker on the came soon after Miami-Dade facts, I have to also consider span. Both Monroe deputies two baseball bats, a crowbar, Miami-Dade man who may “Morning Magazine” radio detectives wanted to question the subject staged his suicide and Miami-Dade police a black suitcase, shoes, or may not have jumped off show Tuesday. him in a sexual battery case, to elude Miami-Dade detec- arrived at the bridge after the clothes and a child car safety the Card Sound Bridge in Although Miami-Dade Monroe County Sheriff’s tives who are seeking him for relative called police. seat in the backseat. The keys North Key Largo early County Police say there is no Office Detective Deborah questioning in a sexual bat- The two Miami-Dade were in the ignition. Monday morning may have arrest warrant for 38-year-old Ryan wrote in her report. tery case,” Ryan wrote. officers found Dziadura’s A view of Dziadura’s staged an elaborate hoax to James Alan Dziadura, his “Additionally, should no Dziadura sent a text mes- iPhone at the top of the elude charges of capital sexu- supposed suicide attempt body be found, based on the sage to a relative around 1 bridge on a railing. The See Jumper, 2A MARATHON WEINER WALK Hernstadt in final two for Marco Sept. 30, made $156,000 City manager annually with no benefits, has interviews Litzan said. In Marathon, Hernstadt on Jan. 13 and 14 makes $145,000, plus $33,000 in health benefits, By LARRY KAHN per year under a contract that [email protected] expires in June 2015. Marathon’s full-time pop- With Marathon City ulation is around 8,400. Manager Roger Hernstadt Marco Island’s is around one of two finalists to be the 16,800. city manager of Marco “He’s obviously using this Island, the Marathon City [possible new job] to lever- Council appears split on age his contract,” Council - whether to push to keep him man Mark Senmartin said. if he’s chosen. “If he wants to leave if he Following a lengthy gets a better deal, more process of whittling its appli- power to him. There is no cant list, the Marco Island reason to offer him a raise City Council has settled on and an extension at this point. Hernstadt and Bald Head If it was three weeks out, that Dachshunds (above from left) Island, N.C., Village Manager might be different.” Nicki, Buddy and Sammy, with Calvin Peck to interview. “I don’t think we’re going their owners Ron and Kathy to find anyone with his tal- Individual council mem- Stephenson of Key West, bers will interview both in ent,” Councilman Rich one-on-one settings on Jan. Keating said. “I’m willing to participate in Tuesday’s annual 13, then the full council will consider anything that’s rea- Key West Dachshund Walk interview both the following sonable. I think Roger’s been in Old Town Key West. The day. The council is expected great for Marathon. The cost three-block walk started eight to offer one of the two the job of running the city has stayed years ago and now draws more following the second day’s the same with him running than 200 wiener dogs. Among things in there.” interviews, City Clerk Laura those decked out is Missy (left), Litzan said. He added that “we’re in There is no salary set but the middle of a lot of things a 9-year-old who made the the previous manager, Jim drive — with her human — Riviere, who left the job on See Hernstadt, 2A from Marathon. Keynoter photos by SEAN KINNEY NCAA CHAMPS DIVE IN IMMIGRATION Cuban migrants land in Marathon with U.S. Customs and ly placed the boy with pater- Southwestern U.S. border Group of 21 Border Protection. nal relatives in Miami. with Mexico, she said. includes four Initial reports received by Those relatives sought to In these cases, especially the Sheriff’s Office indicated have him stay but after a pro- among Cubans, who can young kids there were two girls who tracted court fight and a dra- legally stay in the U.S. if they were not accompanied by matic extraction of Elian make it to dry land, immigra- By DAVID GOODHUE their parents, leading Sheriff from the relatives’ home by tion officials usually are able [email protected] Rick Ramsay to express U.S. immigration officials, to find relatives whom with worry on Bill Becker’s US1 he was returned to his father the children can stay. A group of 21 Cuban Radio show “Morning in Cuba in 2000. According to accounts the migrants arrived in Marathon Magazine” that the situation But it appears all the migrants gave Immigrations early Monday night, includ- could end up devolving into minors in Monday’s group and Customs Enforcement ing four children. a fiasco similar to the Elian were accompanied by adult agents, their trip from The children, plus seven Gonzalez situation. relatives, Erice said. Matanzas, Cuba, to the Keys Keynoter photo by KEVIN WADLOW women and 10 men, landed In 1999, Gonzalez, who Erice said, however, that was quick. They said the University of Michigan assistant coach Mark Hill shows the on Coco Plum Beach. They was a month short of 6 at the federal immigration agents group split aboard two go- were reported to federal colors while supervising a drill for Wolverine swimmers at the time, was found at sea after are seeing an increase in fast boats and left Cuba, authorities by Monroe County his mother drowned while immigrant children coming which is about 90 miles away Jacobs Aquatic Center in Key Largo. Hill is a former head swim Sheriff’s Office deputies they attempted to cross the to the United States without from Key West, about 1 p.m. coach at Coral Shores High School in Tavernier. Michigan’s around 6:15 p.m., according Florida Straits. their parents. The trend is and arrived off the Keys men are the reigning NCAA national champions. Story, 1B to Elee Erice, spokeswoman Federal authorities initial- more noticeable on the about 4 p.m., Erice said. 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So we decided, let’s go “The Florida Keys to four-year terms on the after request Nedimyer’s nonprofit organ- advocate for coral nurseries. for another opinion.” National Marine Sanctuary under-the-radar Lower ization for a grant from “Anything that we can do to Any money from TDC and the Florida Reef Tract Florida Keys Hospital from Monroe county tourist-development improve the assets that make coffers — which would are publicly owned, protect- District Board. By KEVIN WADLOW taxes on hotel rooms and us unique, we should take need approval from tourist ed and managed marine The nine-member taxing Senior Staff Writer other short-term accommo- that opportunity,” he said. advisory groups and the environments open to the body meets quarterly but has- dations started the process Bondi’s decision affirms County Commission — public for recreational and n’t levied taxes since entering [email protected] that resulted in Bondi’s six- the commission’s action. would go toward allowable educational activities,” the into a $20 million lease for Growing corals in the page opinion. Starting in 2011, the “bricks and mortar” spend- opinion says. Lower Keys Medical Center Florida Keys can qualify for “In sum, it is my opinion Coral Restoration Founda - ing, Nedimyer said. Billy Causey, southeast on Stock Island with health- bed-tax cash. that local option tourist devel- tion applied three times for a While “bricks and mortar” and Caribbean regional man- care giant Health Manage - So says a legal opinion opment taxes can be used to TDC grant of approximately usually means facility con- ager for the National Marine ment Associates. handed down Monday by fund a coral outplanting proj- $75,000. The requests went struction, in this case the term Sanctuary Program, endorsed Scott reappointed Stephen Florida Attorney General ect to repair a naturally occur- nowhere, based on concern is virtually literal: Bricks to the Coral Restoration Hammond, a sales associate Pam Bondi in response to a ring reef,” Bondi wrote.