MAN ARRESTED FOR CHILD PORN

THE SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARRESTED A TWENTY FIVE YEAR OLD SARASOTA MAN ON WEDNESDAY AND CHARGED HIM WITH FIVE COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE ARREST WAS THE RESULT OF A GROUP... Read More.

MAN CAUGHT STEALING FROM CAR AT JUNIORS

AN ENGLEWOOD MAN WAS ARRESTED EARLY THIS MORNING AFTER BEING CAUGHT STEALING FROM A CAR IN THE PARKING LOT OF JUNIOR’S LOUNGE.  A DEPUTY WAS WAIVED DOWN BY TWO WOMEN WHO SAID A MAN... Read More.

CIRCLE K ROBBERS BEING SOUGHT

CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAJOR CRIMES UNIT DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING AN ARMED ROBBERY THAT OCCURRED EARLY THIS MORNING AT A PORT CHARLOTTE CIRCLE K.  DEPUTIES RECEIVED THE CALL JUST BEFORE 3:45AM FROM THE CLERK AT THE... Read More.

MAN KILLED ON MORNING WALK

A MAN WAS KILLED AS HE TOOK HIS MORNING WALK IN A CHARLOTTE COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 18 YEAR OLD JOSEPH HOWARD OF PUNTA GORDA WAS EASTBOUND ON... Read More.

BICYCLIST RUNS INTO CAR IN PORT CHARLOTTE

A PORT CHARLOTTE BOY WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT IN PORT CHARLOTTE.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 19 YEAR OLD NATALIA CUNAHAN OF PORT CHARLOTTE WAS WESTBOUND ON PEACHLAND ... Read More.

ELDERLY MAN CRASHED INTO VENICE CRUISER

A VENICE MAN WAS CHARGED AFTER HE CRASHED INTO A VENICE POLICE CRUISER RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY CALL.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 84 YEAR OLD JOHN MCFADDEN OF VENICE WAS NORTHBOUND ON PINEBROOK... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COMMISSIONERS SUSPEND IMPACT FEES

CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY APPROVED AN ORDINANCE SUSPENDING IMPACT FEES FOR LIBRARY, PARK, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE, AND PUBLIC BUILDING FEE CATEGORIES FOR A YEAR.  THE SUSPENSION IS FOR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION. ... Read More.

WOMAN ARRESTED, MAN SOUGHT IN FLEA MED CASE

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES ARRESTED A PORT CHARLOTTE WOMAN FOR STEALING NEARLY $2000 IN FLEA MEDICINE FROM THE PUNTA GORDA WAL-MART LAST MONTH.  A NEWSPAPER READER TIPPED OFF DEPUTIES THAT THE PEOPLE PICTURED IN... Read More.

FIRE ON SIESTA KEY

SARASOTA COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE AT ABOUT 1 PM MONDAY IN THE 700 BLOCK OF TROPICAL CIRCLE ON SIESTA KEY. THE HOMEOWNER, SIXTY FOUR YEAR OLD WALTER MICHAELS SAID HE SUSPECTS... Read More.