SIESTA KEY RESIDENTS BOILING THEIR WATER

A PRECAUTIONARY BOIL WATER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOME SIESTA KEY RESIDENTS AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE TO A WATER VALVE AT THE INTERSECTION OF MIDNIGHT PASS ROAD AND SARASEA CIRCLE.  ACCORDING TO SARASOTA... Read More.

PEDESTRIAN FATALLY INJURED

THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS REPORTED A PEDESTRIAN WAS FATALLY INJURED IN SARASOTA COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 2 AM SATURDAY. TWENTY TWO YEAR OLD KELLIAN BASCONE WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON ... Read More.

SIX YEAR OLD SHOT

NORTH PORT POLICE WERE CALLED TO A NORTH PORT EMERGENCY ROOM SATURDAY REGARDING A SIX YEAR OLD BEING SHOT. THE INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED INSIDE A HOUSE IN THE 2600 BLOCK OF YAMADA LANE AT... Read More.

GROUP SETTLES WITH FAMILY OF ABUSED TEEN

THE ORDER OF THE CARMELITES HAS AGREED TO PAY THE FAMILY OF A NOKOMIS BOY ALLEGEDLY ABUSED BY ONE OF THEIR PRIESTS $1.75 MILLION DOLLARS.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY THE 14 YEAR OLD BOY REMAINS... Read More.

FATHER AND SON HEAD TO JAIL AFTER RAID

A PUNTA GORDA HOME WAS RAIDED FRIDAY MORNING AND THE FATHER AND SON WHO LIVE THERE HAD A NEW ADDRESS FOR A TIME…THE COUNTY LOCK UP.  DEPUTIES SAY THEY HAD TO FORCE THEIR WAY... Read More.

SEAT BELT VIOLATION LEADS TO DRUG ARRESTS

A CHARLOTTE COUNTY STREET CRIMES DEPUTY MADE A TRAFFIC STOP FRIDAY MORNING FOR A SEAT BELT VIOLATION WHICH TURNED INTO A COCAINE BUST.  DEPUTIES SAY THE STOP WAS MADE AT KINGS HIGHWAY AND WESTCHESTER... Read More.

SEWARD PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE

SARASOTA COUNTY CHIEF FINANCIAL PLANNING OFFICER JEFF SEWARD WAS PLACED ON LEAVE THURSDAY; JUST A DAY AFTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RECEIVED TWO AUDITS WHICH SHOWED MORE PROBLEMS WITH PURCHASING AND SPENDING OF COUNTY FUNDS.  INTERIM... Read More.

MOTHER WASHED BABY WITH BLEACH

A VENICE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT HER 18 MONTH OLD SON HAD BEEN COVERED WITH PURE BLEACH, CHLORINE, AND POOL SHOCK CHEMICALS THAT CAN CAUSE THIRD DEGREE BURNS.  PUBLISHED... Read More.

DEPUTIES ARREST TWO CRACK DEALERS IN THE HOOD

TWO DRUG DEALERS WERE ARRESTED IN TWO SEPARATE STING OPERATIONS IN A PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT IN MURDOCK.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES WERE CONDUCTING AN UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION REGARDING SALES AND DELIVERY OF CRACK COCAINE IN... Read More.

PORT CHARLOTTE MAN CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY ON A WARRANT OUT OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY.   DEPUTIES SAY THEY RECEIVED A TIP THAT 36 YEAR OLD BERNARDO “BJ” BAPTIST WAS STAYING AT A HOME ON MAMOUTH... Read More.