A bouncer on Duval Street hands a Key West officer a fake ID. She’s 19, she tries to run, and the patrol car is where it turns into two felonies.
- Thursday, Aug. 21, 2026, about 11:42 p.m., outside Irish Kevin’s on Duval Street.
- An officer on foot patrol was flagged down by a bouncer holding a young woman with a fake ID.
- The Florida license didn’t come back in the database. She was 19.
- She tried to run and was handcuffed.
- At the patrol car she kicked the officer several times.
- She kicked the window on the way to jail; two officers carried her in. She was treated at the hospital before booking.
- Charged with resisting an officer with violence and possession of a fake or forged driver’s license, both felonies.
- She is presumed innocent.
Body camera footage: released by the Key West Police Department.
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