From the Key West News
She was so high she thought her hand was a phone. Her pal’s reaction landed him in jail, cops say
A woman was so intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol in Key Largo Thursday night that when Florida Keys police asked her to call a friend or relative to pick her up, she held her hand up to her ear and had an extended conversation, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
The Monroe County deputy, Joel Torres, stated both Sanchez and Ramos-Lopez were visibly drunk or high.
Her male companion’s reaction to deputies asking her who she was talking to landed him in jail, where he remained Friday afternoon.
Torres saw neither of them was in any condition to drive and asked them to call someone who lived within 20 miles of where they were parked who could pick them and the truck up. That’s when Ramos Lopez made her right hand into the shape of the phone, held it up to her ear and began having a conversation. Torres stated in his report that he believes she was hallucinating.
When he asked her who was on the phone, Sanchez became aggressive, balled up his fists and charged Torres. Torres, according to his report, grabbed Sanchez by the right hand and took him to the ground. The off-duty cops helped Torres hold Sanchez to the ground while he cuffed him.
Torres put Sanchez into the back of his car and took him to Plantation Key jail. On the way, Sanchez repeatedly banged his head on the partition that separates the back and front seats of the patrol car. He also threatened to stab Torres, according to the report.
Ramos Lopez was taken into protective custody “due to her inability to care for herself and the high likelihood she would be a danger to herself if left unattended,” Torres wrote in his report.
