Two teenagers arrested for threatening Sheriff’s Office member

Two Lower Keys juveniles were arrested Sunday after threatening to kill a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant.

“I will not tolerate threats of violence against my personnel and I want to commend the Deputies and Detectives who worked so quickly to find and arrest those responsible for making these threats,” said Sheriff Rick Ramsay.

Johnny Javier Sanchez, 16, of Key West, and Jose Alberto Gutierrcs-Ruiz, 16, of Stock Island, face charges of burglary with assault on a law enforcement officer, threatening a law enforcement officer, and disorderly conduct.  

The victim found the front door to his Stock Island residence ajar at approximately 4:15 a.m. and the suspects in front of his residence.

Sanchez stated, “I know you are the police, I don’t care, and I will kill all of you,” while the victim stood on his porch. He added, “I will come back and kill you all.”

Sanchez and Gutierrcs-Ruiz were found during the subsequent investigation and arrested.