On April 9th, 2026, officers were dispatched to a resort property following reports of a domestic disturbance and noise complaint made by resort staff. >> Key West PD, open the door. >> You guys >> Hello. >> You guys just come to the door, please. >> Yeah, we're trying to get in. >> Are they in here? >> We were told yeah, they're supposed to be. >> No answer. >> No answer. >> Sir, I got to go with you guys. >> Hello. Key West police, open up. >> No, open the door. Hello. >> Hello. >> Hello. >> Can you step outside with me, sir? All right. Let's go over here. >> Yeah. >> All right. >> All right. >> Let's go on over here. >> If you want to uh put a shirt on or something. >> Yeah. >> Just do everything with her. All right, what's all the blood? >> All right, empty your pockets, please. >> We just We just had a a little bit of an incident, nothing major. >> What's all this? >> Uh we're going to bed. >> All right, so what happened? >> Uh we just had a little bit of an >> Empty your pockets, please. You got any weapons on you or anything? >> No, I don't. >> You good? Turn around, please. Yeah. Can you explain what happened? >> Yeah, we were We were doing laundry, we had a little bit of a disagreement, and uh we just got done talking and everything is fine. It's unfortunate and uh >> I want to hear a little more than that cuz you got blood all over you, so. >> I know. It's unfortunate and we're cool and everything is fine and we're not trying to escalate it any further. We're not trying to cause any more problems. We're not trying to be any more aggressive. We're not trying to be any more meaningful towards each other. We're not trying to be anything like that. >> Where did these blood stains come from? All right, where did it Where did it come from? >> It just come from a little dispute that we had. Nothing that is out of the out of line. We've been married for 30 years. We came down here. We had a good time tonight and I don't see it any escalating any further than >> Do you have any injuries on you? >> I don't. >> What's What about your hand that's bleeding? >> I don't have any injuries. I just recently She just just just biting me. You know. >> She bit you? >> Yeah. It's not that major. We're not trying to have any incidents with her. >> have any other injuries that you're not telling me about? >> It's just got some some >> So here's the deal, all right? I'm going to be straight with you. >> I know. I know. I know. I I I I I >> You're in Florida? Where are you from? >> We're from Minnesota. We're here on vacation. >> I get it. >> We've had a really good time for the last four >> I understand that. Like you got you got some Looks like you've been drinking a little bit. I don't know. >> Well, we were doing laundry. We're trying to go to >> That's all right. You can keep it there. >> I know. It's fine. >> I'll get it. >> We're trying to go to Fort Lauderdale. We've been on vacation together and we've been together for 30 years. We just had a a disagreement. I know it looks ugly. It's not ugly. >> Well, I'm going to tell you now. So here's here's the deal, right? So in Florida, right? You've been married 30 years. >> Yes, sir. >> Domestic domestics in Florida are really serious. You take it seriously. >> Yeah. >> You have blood on you. You have an injury that and she said you said that she bit you. So, our job here is to figure out the primary aggressor. >> Well, we're not going to have any more problems. I know that. We've been married for 30 >> you were No one's going to have any problems, right? Cuz just by that, someone's leaving Someone's going with us, okay? I'm just going to be straight with you. Someone's going to jail. >> We don't want to do that. >> That's what's going to happen. So, I just need to know if you're telling me the whole truth, that's That's fine. >> I'm going off of you. >> Looking at you, you have an injury. You said she bit you. That's a domestic battery, okay? It's honestly a felony battery, but it's domestic. So, >> We're not going to have any more problems tonight. We're not going to be fighting no more. We're not going to be escalating any more. I know it looks serious, but >> an ID on your person? If not, I'll give you one. >> I do. I I have a cell phone in the room. >> Okay. >> Uh with my ID on it in there and stuff like that, but I we really >> stand here. >> We're not going to have any more problems. We're not going to >> How did argue How How did this all start? You guys just had >> Well, cuz we were just out and about and we were uh >> Cuz he Cuz I Cuz I got people that seen y'all fighting. >> Right. Well, we had We had laundry to do, so we were back and forth and we got separated, right? >> So, you ran. Yeah. >> Yeah, so we got separated and we were doing laundry. We were back and forth. We've been running all day. We've been walking all day. We've been visiting all day and stuff like that. And so, uh back and forth to the laundry and we were missing each other and she disappeared and we have a little bit of an argument and it wasn't nothing like like bad. It's not going to be bad. We've been together for 30 years. We just had a little bit of a moment. We have children. We have grandchildren. >> How many children? >> There's a lot of life stressors. >> Are they in where you're from? >> They are from where we from. So, they're just life stressors and so, we we had a really good day yesterday. We had a really good today. >> I'm not saying you're a bad person. I'm not saying you're a bad person or she's a bad person. Sometimes this kind of stuff it happens, right? >> No. >> But it's our job to like we have to do something, okay? >> No, I understand that. I I totally do. I I feel like, you know, we've been together for 30 years. I don't feel like we're going to have any more problems. We had a slight problem and I just I don't feel, you know, we're from Minnesota. We don't want to be going to jail. We don't want to be bailing each other out. We don't want to be doing nothing like that. We're supposed to go leave tomorrow. We're supposed to go up to Fort Lauderdale tomorrow. We're civil individuals. You can call my wife out here. You can talk to her. You can confirm with her that everything is really going to be adjusted. Fine. We're We're going to head out tomorrow. We are going up to Fort Lauderdale, but this is an isolated incident. We don't have internal domestic relationship problem. We just had a problem with a little bit of stress. That was it. >> Let's see your arms. >> Yep. >> Your arm looks like it sleep. Cuz I mean the looks like it came from the outside. >> Right. >> So I'm wondering what else is this your hand? >> That's it. That's it. We just got into a little bit of a scrawble. >> So what was it? What was it for? Just >> It was just It was just stress, you know. >> Stress doesn't make me I'm stressed I'm a very stressed individual. I've never gotten in a fight with my wife. >> I I I don't want to fight with my wife neither and I was >> So like I'm just like the detailed thing. >> I am not >> How did this What was it about? What argument? >> It was nothing just just stress, right? Well, it's not just stress. It was a matter of us missing each other at the laundry. We had things to do. We had a mission. We had a awesome day. We went on the ghost tour. We went on the bus. We came home. We're going to pack all of our stuff. We're doing laundry. We're doing all the stuff where we just we escalated it to an argument. And I I when when we were just talking just like about 10 minutes ago, we were just like this is ridiculous. We're taking it over over the top and uh >> No, I do I understand your way of thinking. I know you're a guy and she's a girl like >> Yeah, we're married >> have to understand we have a duty to act. So, if any time in the state of Florida they take it even if it's only verbal and we have some kind of hint that there was something physical to happen whether it's literally a scratch. We have to do something and more than likely he's going to determine what's going to happen, but I'm going to chat with your your wife, too. >> I'm not I'm not injured. She's not injured. It was probably the worst thing that we've ever had in 30 years. >> Really? >> Literally. I don't see it getting loud. I don't see it getting obnoxious. I don't see it doing anything. I see us packing our stuff and leaving tomorrow. >> You've never had nothing like this before? >> No, not we've had our basic arguments, you know, because we have >> I mean, have you ever been arrested? >> No. >> Okay. Stay right here, okay? >> Yeah. >> You said that you were coming back from the from the property here when I leave here. >> And that's when I had noticed he had struck her in the face twice. >> Twice? >> I heard them argue first. First he was pushing. Um he pushed her. >> Let let let me just go in there, okay? >> Can you just meet us down on the way? >> Yeah, downstairs, please. Okay. >> Per Florida privacy laws, body camera footage captured inside private residences has been redacted. During this time, officers spoke with the woman and obtained her statement. >> All right, you're under arrest. We're doing a firearm check. >> I understand what you're saying, but we have to do our job, okay? All right. Um Sir, can you just just watch him for a second? >> Sure thing. >> Can you just sit tight right here? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> He's got the blood. >> got witnesses saying he followed her. >> Wait, wait. >> Hey. What happened? >> He's going to ask >> All right. >> Man, are you serious right now? >> Let's go. >> Oh my god. >> Yeah, just come down. >> Hey. Look, you guys didn't start this [ __ ] >> I just got to go off of what I see right in front of me. What you say, what she says and all that, not adding up. It's not making sense. >> Now what? >> So, you'll be going to the Monroe County Detention Center intake. You'll probably have first appearance in like 9:00 so we'll discuss it. Probably like 6 7 hours you will have first appearance where you get bonded out. So, you'll be able to you'll be able to get bonded out and everything like that. And I don't know when your flight leaves tomorrow today. >> I'm going to have to go to Atlanta. >> Mhm? >> Where which Atlanta you going? >> Same place. >> Why are you guys taking him? >> Um cuz she bit you. That's why. And they both I've got witnesses saying y'all are pushing each other, which is automatically battery. >> And now I was still going to have to call the EMTs. >> No, I don't. No. I'm a nurse. >> Well, you're bleeding excessively, so >> Yeah. I'll pack the five. >> Let me just put you in so you're not in that cold, okay? And uh >> I don't want to be in handcuffs though. >> Well, it's a Florida domestic battery man. It's taken really serious. >> I know. Well, then All right, let me I'll let me just put you in here right now. You're just going to be separated for now. You're going to go with me. She's going to go with the other officer right now. You'll see each other tomorrow. We need to call the EMT. >> Oh, yeah. I was going to tell you she got hurt. >> Yeah. >> This is the I was here just closing up the gates and I had received a call from Hilton, so I was heading on my way. That's when these guys from Hilton, two Blue Flamingo, I had noticed them arguing. The argument seemed like they haven't seen each other in in about an hour and they're yelling at each other like, "Where have you been in an hour?" >> Mhm. >> And she pushed him. And then he had replied with, "Where have you been in an hour?" And that's when he struck her right in the face pretty hard. Really hard smack. >> So, she pushed him? >> Yep. So, to intervene, I had yelled, "Hey!" >> Mhm. >> And they had looked at me. And that's when they took off running. I attempted to follow, but I think they had taken one of the gates that is busted right here on the corner and had disappeared from me. That's when I had received a call from the front desk about a noise complaint. >> Rodolfo, you said that he slapped her twice pretty hard. >> Twice. So, the second slap was when they were on their way running. For some reason he had stopped to slap her again. >> Like on the back of the head or like >> face. >> On the face. >> Right here. It was a It was an open >> Open You got the noise complaint. They ran to the room. I've noticed the time period was like at 10:00 till midnight into 1:00. And then you called us like 20 minutes. I've heard that you couldn't realize which room was theirs and eventually >> circling around the whole property looking for them. So, I had a good look at what she looked like. She was obviously a blonde with So, I was looking for a braided lady that's wearing the blue flamingo PJs. Looked everywhere. I looked around the backyard. 20 15-ish minutes later got the noise complaint. I had a feeling it was them, so I had called you guys in advance. >> You sure that they That's That's them you've seen downstairs before? >> I'm positive. Even though it was dark, I saw them pretty pretty well. >> seen them pretty well. Okay. All right. For the moment, I got everything. If I going to have any questions, I can always give you a call, but that your statement is actually makes it pretty easy for us at this point. So, if I going to have any questions, I'll let you know. All right? >> Yes, sir. Sounds good. >> I'm a nurse. I have no idea why I'm in this [ __ ] truck. I respect you. I didn't do [ __ ] I didn't do [ __ ] Oh my god. I got to [ __ ] I don't know why I I don't I came I came in in my [ __ ] room. I was locked out. And now I'm the victim? I mean, I'm the whatever the [ __ ] I am. I'm the perpetrator? No. But so why am I a victim? Why Why am I being >> Because you are both right now aggressors to each other. So, you are both victims and you are both aggressors and you are both >> Wait. Wait. Wait. So, you said that somebody seen me being hit? >> Yeah. >> So, why am I being detained then? >> Because we couldn't We Because they seen you actually fighting him back and him hitting you. They've seen you push him and they've seen you there. And then he hit you. And then when we were trying to talk with you and determine who was the primary aggressor in this thing, you got things So, there's an active fight between us. He's got scars, too. >> That's crazy [ __ ] This is dope. Billy, you're a [ __ ] You're a [ __ ] [ __ ] I [ __ ] hate you. My mom will be so disappointed in me. Jesus Christ. >> Both the man and woman were charged with domestic battery.