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A homeless couple was arrested yesterday by Sarasota County sheriff's deputies for allegedly making meth on the grounds of a Venice library. The Herald-Tribune reports authorities got a tip that a man was... Read More.

The cost of Florida's prepaid tuition plan is coming down. Gov. Scott's signed into law a bill blocking state universities from being able to raise tuition above the rate set each... Read More.

CCSO deputies are looking for two men who tried to steal a generator from an Englewood area home late yesterday, and shoved the owner to the ground when confronted and drove off in a... Read More.

CCSO Economic Crimes detectives are trying to identify the man who allegedly tried to cash a forged business check at a Punta Gorda branch of Charlotte State Bank May 22nd. The teller declined... Read More.

62-year old Neal Creese of Punta Gorda's been arrested on felony charges for allegedly selling several shotguns, rifles, and handguns to a Naples pawn shop. Creese was convicted of murder in 1973. ... Read More.

A Port Charlotte man's being held without bond in the Charlotte County Jail, facing 5-counts of possession of child pornography. 29-year old Geoffrey Gottfried was picked up after his IP address came up... Read More.

Gas prices continue dropping in the region. Prices in most states have fluctuated slightly in the last couple weeks, but motorists in the southeastern U.S. have experienced slow and steady declines. Florida's average per gallon price... Read More.

A CCSO detective arrested a clerk from RJR Convenience Store in Englewood yesterday, after he spotted the clerk loading several containers of beer into a pick up truck. The detective waited until the... Read More.

According to RealtyTrac, Charlotte County’s housing market's 18th in the nation for house flipping. NBC2 reports in the past year, more homes have been flipped in Charlotte County than in Miami Dade, a... Read More.

CCSO's Economic Crimes detectives need help identifying a man who used someone else's credit card without their consent at a local gas station last month. The victim of the alleged fraud lives in... Read More.