MAN DROWNS ON SIESTA KEY BEACH

A MAN DROWNED ON SIESTA KEY BEACH FRIDAY, BUT OFFICIALS BELIEVE HE MAY HAVE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO THE BEACH JUST BEFORE 6:45PM FRIDAY WHEN... Read More.

MAN ON THE LOOSE AFTER HOME INVASION

AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO ROBBED A HOME IN SARASOTA SATURDAY EVENING.  DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO THE 5500 BLOCK OF EASTWIND DRIVE AT AROUND 8:45PM SATURDAY.  THE FEMALE... Read More.

TWO INJURED IN ACCIDENT IN SARASOTA

TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED, ONE SERIOUSLY IN AN ACCIDENT IN SARASOTA SUNDAY MORNING.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 57 YEAR OLD LAWRENCE ZELLER OF SARASOTA WAS IN THE WAL-MART PARKING LOT ON ... Read More.

MAN ROBS FARM STORE IN SARASOTA

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO ROBBED A CONVENIENCE STORE IN SARASOTA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.  DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE FARM STORE AT 3515 WEBBER STREET JUST AFTER 11PM,... Read More.

TWO WOMEN ARRESTED IN ENGLEWOOD

TWO WOMEN WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN AN UNDERCOVER DRUG OPERATION IN A STORE BATHROOM IN AN ENGLEWOOD SHOPPING CENTER.  ONE OF THE WOMEN, 19 YEAR OLD KARIS RUSSELL OF ENGLEWOOD WAS ARRESTED MONDAY... Read More.

WOMAN HAD SEX WITH 17 YEAR OLD BOY

A PORT CHARLOTTE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTER ALLEGEDLY HAVING SEX WITH A 17 YEAR OLD BOY.  THE MOTHER OF THE BOY CALLED THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE MAY 23RD AND REPORTED SHE SAW MESSAGES AND... Read More.

ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO ARREST

A SARASOTA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP THERE.  A DEPUTY PULLED OVER 31 YEAR OLD JERMAINE WARD AT AROUND 8:30 WEDNESDAY EVENING ON 34TH STREET AND NOTICED HE WAS ACTING NERVOUSLY. ... Read More.

NORTH PORT MAN BUSTED FOR PILL TRAFFICKING

A NORTH PORT MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER TWO UNDERCOVER DRUG DEALS IN PORT CHARLOTTE OVER THE LAST 10 DAYS.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY BACK ON MAY 25TH THEY PURCHASED EIGHT OXYCODONE PILLS FROM 58... Read More.

MAJOR WRECK IN SARASOTA SENDS 3 TO HOSPITAL

THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED, TWO SERIOUSLY, IN A SIX VEHICLE PILE-UP IN SARASOTA LAST NIGHT.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 27 YEAR OLD ANDREW DILKS OF SARASOTA WAS SOUTHBOUND ON NORTH LOCKWOOD RIDGE ROAD... Read More.

SCOTT BUDGET CUTS HIT LOVELAND CENTER

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT SIGNED THE 2011 BUDGET INTO LAW THURSDAY IN THE VILLAGES, BUT HIS LINE ITEM VETOS HIT VERY CLOSE TO HOME.  A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS TARGETED FOR THE LOVELAND CENTER... Read More.