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Area Woman Charged In Connection With Elderly Man’s Murder

WENG Newsroom — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:25:14 +0000

A Port Charlotte woman is accused of covering up the death of an elderly man she was caring for. Bob Carpenter with the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office says 50-year-old Anna Marie Nangle called authorities Saturday and she said she was worried that her boyfriend, 47-year-old Juan Reyes, had done something to William Taylor...

TAG: Taylor's body was found in a shallow grave in his yard. Reyes has been charged with murder. Nangle is facing charges of accessory after the fact to murder.

Caretaker arrested after death of man found killed and buried

WENG Newsroom — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:44:54 +0000

A second person is under arrest in connection to the death of a 74-year-old man whose body was found murdered and buried in a grave at 161 Avens Street. The Charlotte County Sheriff's major crimes unit has arrested 50-year-old Anna Marie Nangle. She's been charged with accessory after the fact to murder. The victim has been positively identified as William Taylor. Nangle was Taylor's caretaker. Her ex-boyfriend, 47-year-old Juan Reyes, had aready been arrested. Authorities say Reyes told Nangle on Friday that he killed Taylor while she was out of state for a few days. Authorities say Nangle and Reyes made several attempts to access Taylor's bank account to get enough money to flee the area. Officials searched Nangle's car, and found a receipt that went along with the attempt to get money from Taylor's account. Nangle, and Reyes, remain held at the Charlotte County Jail with no bond.

Venice Municipal Airport Celbrates Armed Services Day

WENG Newsroom — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:39:41 +0000

The year-long 85th birthday celebration for the city of Venice continues this weekend. Marketing and Communications Officer Pam Johnson says they will also celebrate Armed Forces Day on Saturday at the Venice Municipal Airport..

TAG: Johnson says vintage World War II aircraft and military vehicles will be on display. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Elite Flight Academy.

Board Lowers FCAT Score Requirements

WENG Newsroom — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:17:22 +0000

After preliminary results showed Florida students' scores significantly lower in the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests, an emergency meeting of the state board of education made a drastic change: lowering the scores needed to pass the writing part of the exams. This after a first look at results indicated as many as two-thirds of the state's students would fail to pass. That brought about complaints from school administrators. Board members say the change was necessary, although they were reluctant to make it.

Alert Cop Nabs Armed Robber

WENG Newsroom — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:11:06 +0000

An alert Venice police officer has nabbed an armed robbery suspect wanted in Charlotte County. The officer was patrolling near Laurel Road and I-75 when he spotted a car type that's familiar to every cop in the country: a Ford Crown Victoria. But far from being the typical police "plain wrap", this one matched the description of a getaway car used in an armed robbery in Port Charlotte. After a call for backup, officers stopped and arrested 22-year-old Sherven Franklin of Tampa for the heist.

Passenger Dies In Punta Gorda Crash

WENG Newsroom — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:02:20 +0000

A single-car accident early today killed a Punta Gorda man. Thirty-five-year-old Jeremy Backus was a passenger in a car driven by Charles Moore of Punta Gorda. Police say two wheels of Moore's car left the pavement while he was making a turn from Park Drive onto Taralane shortly before three o'clock this morning. Officers say Backus, the passenger, was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the car, then run over by its rear wheels. He died at Charlotte Regional Medical Center.

Authorities Release Surveillance Footage From Recent Bank Robbery

WENG Newsroom — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:36:44 +0000

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office needs your help finding the man who robbed a bank last Friday. Darrell Moody has the details...

Investigators with the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office have released surveillance footage from inside the Wells Fargo located at 8595 South Tamiami Trail. In the video, a man is seen walking up to a teller's window. He quietly handed the teller a note and the teller complied. The man in the video is described as a white man in his 30s, about 5'9" tall with a medium build with a light facial hair. He was wearing a grey shirt, light colored pants, white shoes and a dark hat. Anyone with information about this robbery should call Crime Stoppers at 941-366-TIPS.

Cops Say Reyes Admits Strangling Roommate

WENG Newsroom — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:12:40 +0000

More information today about the murder of a man whose body was found in a grave behind a Port Charlotte home over the weekend. Investigators now say 74-year-old William Taylor was strangled. Murder charges filed against 47-year-old Juan Reyes, who lived at the same address along with his girlfriend, who was reportedly Taylor's care-giver. Detectives say Reyes has confessed to the killing. It was the girlfriend who alerted deputies that Taylor was missing after she returned from a trip out of town. Reyes now charged with First Degree Murder.

Longtime Sun Coast Police Officer Killed

WENG Newsroom — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:06:02 +0000

A longtime Sarasota police officer and former City Commissioner has died in a motorcycle accident. Al Hogle had been Chief of Police in Longboat Key since 2002 and officials confirm he was killed in North Carolina. Hogle reportedly died yesterday of injuries received in the accident, although further details are not yet known. Before becoming Longboat Key's top cop, Bogle served for eighteen years on the Sarasota Police Department and was a city Commissioner for three years.

Longboat Key Police Chief Dies in Motorcycle Crash

WENG Newsroom — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:38:40 +0000

Longboat Key officials say the town's police chief died yesterday afternoon while he was on vacation in North Carolina. Authorities in North Carolina have not yet released the details of the motorcycle crash that killed 62-year old Al Hogle, but the chief's death was announced by Town Manager David Bullock in an email to employees and the media about 4:45 yesterday afternoon. Hogle had served as Longboat Key police chief since December 2002 and has been involved in area Law Enforcement and politics since the 1970's.