Author: WENG Newsroom

Seventeen local convenience store clerks were cited for selling alcohol to a minor during an undercover operation conducted by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Juvenile Alcohol Task Force during the last week of December 2011. The... Read More.

(PUNTA GORDA) Charlotte County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit detectives arrested Jonathan Padilla Soto, aka “CHONO” Monday in connection with a drug deal Dec. 28. Detectives purchased Roxicodone pills from “Chono” during an undercover investigation and... Read More.

Authorities in Sarasota looking for a man who robbed a 7-11 convenience store last night. Deputies say a six-foot, 170 white male wearing a yellow T-shirt and white baseball cap with an "M" logo... Read More.

Sarasota County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a man in connection with a bizarre arson case: The arson charges are still pending against 45-year old William Combs of Sarasota, but he has been arrested on a... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a licensed psychologist for illegally providing controlled substances to an inmate at the Sarasota County Jail. A Corrections Sergeant developed intelligence information that 51 year old Holli Bodner... Read More.

A man who may have been homeless has become the latest pedestrian killed by a vehicle in the area of U-S 41 and Bee Ridge Road. Authorities don't yet have an I-D on the... Read More.

A possible murder in Lakewood Ranch today. Deputies are now saying it's a homicide case as they investigate the death of 77-year-old Ina Gross. Her body found early this morning by her son in... Read More.

A Sarasota woman dead, a Bradenton man jailed without bail today following what troopers say was a drunk driving incident in Siesta Key. The Highway Patrol says 22-year-old Blake Talman was fleeing a nearby... Read More.

Information that has been obtained from a forensic examination of computer systems at Sarasota City Hall will be turned over to law enforcment, and the city commission has approved additional money for a more... Read More.

A man fleeing a drunk-driving crash Saturday lost control in a tight curve and ran into a Siesta Key woman who was out jogging, killing her. State troopers say 53-year old Donna Chen died after... Read More.