The burned buoy case was cracked by someone.
Key West police were able to track down two men they said vandalized the landmark at the Southernmost Point of the U.S.
The detective work was done at a bar.
A bartender with a good memory and his boss with a curious mind were able to figure out the names of the suspects from the receipts and security camera footage.
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The island was hit by vandals. People wanted to see the suspects arrested. The nickname for the island's gossip chain was on high alert.
How did a bartender become a detective?
One face from a Southernost Point webcam video was recognized by Briody. He said he served the man on New Year's Eve and that police later identified him as a suspect.
The customer never tipped when he ordered drinks three times.
He used a card so his name would be on the slips.
He immediately called the intel. The bar's general manager started hunting.
Starks said that they have a lot of cameras here. It was very easy for me because of the memory of the person.
Key West's Southernmost Point buoy landmark is popular with visitors. The buoy was vandalized a few days before the city workers finished painting it.
It took five minutes to find it.
She found the camera footage that she said showed the two suspects at the bar with the time stamp on the receipt.
Starks said that they could follow them the whole time. They were getting rejected from all the girls they were trying to hit on.
Police wouldn't release the names of the two suspects, but they knew who they were. Arrest warrants were issued for David B. Perkins, Jr., 22, of Leesburg, Florida, and his friend, the other day.
According to online records from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, Perkins was released from the county jail on Plantation Key in the Upper Keys on Friday without having to post a bond.
Key West police have named two suspects in the Southernmost Point buoy burning incident.
Key West police spokeswoman Alyson Crean said that Jacobson had plans to turn himself in.
Perkins and Jacobson are both charged with a felony of criminal mischief with more than $1,000 in damage.
A person standing in a crowd.
Starks found the men on social media.
One of the two accounts she had was private with a warning.
She told police she could keep going.
Starks said that he could make a fake account and be friends with him. They said they were good.
Key West bars were packed on New Year's Eve.
The tradition of a drag queen sitting inside a giant red high-heeled shoe as the last seconds of the year expired was one of the highlights of the night.
Starks said that certain things can make a customer stand out.
The police said that Briody could remember the face of the customer who didn't leave a tip.
Starks said that he wore long baggy shorts with a dark T-shirt, tall black socks and a backward baseball cap, which was also memorable.
Starks said it was hard to not remember him.
Making a big mistake.
The two suspects in the Southernmost Point buoy case told police they only spent one day in Key West.
Police said that they left a mess for the city to clean up.
The entire landmark, which included sanding it down and painting, cost $5,379, police reported after speaking with the city's community services director.
Repairs on the buoy were completed at the end of last week.
Perkins admitted to Key West Police Detective Karl Malsheimer that they made a poor decision by vandalizing the buoy.
Perkins made a huge mistake when he said everything is on camera.
Two people are seen setting a Christmas tree on fire next to the Southernmost Point buoy in Key West on New Year's Day.
The pair dragged the pine tree to the buoy. Perkins said they didn't plan to start the fire. He said he wanted to light up the tree with a cigarette lighter after they got it to the buoy.
A man with a lighter flips a tree over in a video. He kneels and lights it again.
Perkins said they would never have done what they did if they were in the right state of mind.
The report says that Jacobson acknowledged that what happened was a big mistake.
Key West police said two people set a fire next to the landmark.
A case of rum is a reward.
He doesn't deserve any credit for the arrests.
He said in a Facebook message that he remembered serving the one guy. The rest of the credit goes to the KWPD for their hard work, as Daylin's detective skills definitely solved the case.
He was given a case of rum.
Paul Menta, who owns a rum distillery in Key West, promised a case to the person who could help police identify the suspects.
In a video with Menta and Key West author David Sloan, Briody said to always tip your bartender or he will remember you for the good reasons or the bad reasons.
In the video, Menta gives the case of rum and a flag to the other two men as they stand at South and Whitehead streets.
Menta thanked the person for helping to preserve and keep an eye on it.
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