Crime Report
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Theft case hampered by booze, language barrier

Too much alcohol and a language barrier posed problems for Key West police officers who responded to a robbery call at 4 a.m. Tuesday in Old Town.

Police took a very vague report of an alleged robbery from two French-speaking men in their early 20s who spoke very little English.

One of the two Frenchmen, a 23-year-old who "appeared to be very intoxicated,...

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