Author: fiorinija

A BRUSH FIRE BROKE OUT JUST BEFORE 2PM TUESDAY IN A SCRUB JAY PRESERVE NEAR ENGLEWOOD AND MANASOTA BEACH ROADS IN NORTH ENGLEWOOD.  THE THREE ALARM FIRE WAS FOUGHT BY NEARLY FORTY FIREFIGHTERS FROM... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE COOKIE MONSTER VAN THAT WAS STOLEN FROM ROTONDA OVER THE PAST WEEKEND WAS FOUND BY ARCADIA POLICE MONDAY NIGHT.  DETECTIVES SAY THE STOLEN 1978 BLUE ECONOLINE FORD VAN WAS... Read More.

TWO CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES AND A SERGEANT WERE DISCIPLINED FOR DRINKING ON THE JOB AFTER THEY DRANK BEER WHILE RETURNING FROM A FUNERAL SERVICE IN TAMPA LAST MONTH FOR THE TWO OFFICERS KILLED IN... Read More.

TWO MEN ARE BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY JUMPING A MAN OUTSIDE A VENICE GAS STATION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.  VENICE POLICE SAY THEY RESPONDED TO THE SHELL SERVICE STATION ON US 41 AFTER A DISTURBANCE... Read More.

TWO OF FOUR SISTERS RIDING IN A TOYOTA PRIUS WERE KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT FRIDAY IN SARASOTA.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 46 YEAR OLD MAUREEN JOHNSON OF ARIZONA WAS NORTH ON RAND BOULEVARD... Read More.

A SARASOTA RESTAURANT OWNER AND VENICE RESIDENT IS IN TROUBLE FOR ALLEGEDLY VIDEOTAPING EMPLOYEES.  SARASOTA POLICE ARRESTED 41 YEAR OLD THOMAS HARVEY FRIDAY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED HE WAS VIDEOTAPING FEMALE EMPLOYEES WHILE THEY... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES ARE LOOKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING A SUSPECT IN A BUSINESS BURGLARY.  DEPUTIES SAY THE MOOSE LODGE #1693 AT 27590 DISSTON AVENUE IN PUNTA GORDA WAS ROBBED EARLY... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DIRECTOR OF TOURISM BECKY BOVELL ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1ST.  SHE ACTUALLY TENDERED HER LETTER OF RESIGNATION LAST THURSDAY TO NOW FORMER CHARLOTTE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ROGER BALTZ.  BOVELL’S CAREER... Read More.

FUELED BY THE END OF THE FEDERAL TAX CREDIT AND THE SLOW SUMMER SEASON, HOME SALES FELL IN JULY IN THE SOUTHWEST PLEX BUT WERE UP FOR THE QUARTER THAT ENDED IN JUNE. ... Read More.

SEVEN PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER A MONDAY AFTERNOON RAID OF A KNOWN NOKOMIS DRUG HOUSE.  SARASOTA COUNTY UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT 205 POMPANO LANE AND FOUND TEN PEOPLE INSIDE AND THREE... Read More.