Author: WENG Newsroom

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... Read More.

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

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... Read More.

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... Read More.

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... Read More.

The Florida Highway Patrol recently conducted a DUI Wolfpack. Details from Darrell Moody...

An autopsy under way today on the body of a 74-year-old Port Charlotte man that was found in a grave at his house. Charlotte County deputies have arrested 47-year-old Juan Reyes of Port Charlotte... Read More.

Crime rates are up in Sarasota County and the category that's risen fastest is taking some by surprise. That's residential larceny, meaning people are stealing all kinds of things from homes at a higher... Read More.

An alert neighbor gets the credit for tipping police toa coper thief working outside hs neighbor's home. Deputies were called to the home on Avocado Avenue Thursday afternoon. They arrested 47-year old Thomas... Read More.

Charlotte County sheriff's deputies will be out in force this week looking for bad drivers. Public information officer Bob Carpenter says they will be targeting drivers in specifi areas of Englewood...