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SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A MAN WHO WENT BOATING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ON MONDAY HAS NOT BEEN HEARD FROM SINCE.  DEPUTIES SAY 58 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER MARQUARRIE LEFT A MESSAGE WITH A... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAJOR CRIMES UNIT DETECTIVES RELEASED NEW VIDEO AND A BETTER STILL PHOTO OF A BANK ROBBER WHO HIT THE RBC CENTURA BANK LAST WEDNESDAY.  DEPUTIES SAY THE ROBBER TOOK OFF A HANDKERCHIEF... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY VOTED TO KEEP THE COUNTY’S MILLAGE RATE FLAT DESPITE SOME $40 MILLION DOLLARS LESS IN REVENUES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.  COMMISSIONER JOE BARBETTA SAYS THAT SHOULD BE GOOD NEWS... Read More.

A PLACIDA MAN WHO THREATENED TO COMMIT SUICIDE WAS ARRESTED ON PALM ISLAND LAST NIGHT.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY RECEIVED THE CALL JUST AFTER 9PM THAT A MAN, LATER IDENTIFIED AS 57 YEAR... Read More.

THE PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WHO WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON ON COCHRAN BOULEVARD HAS DIED.  25 YEAR OLD DUSTIN KLETT PASSED AWAY JUST BEFORE 7PM LAST NIGHT IN LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. ... Read More.

A PORTION OF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY MILLAGE RATE WILL GO UP BY 7% NEXT YEAR, BUT MOST COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL STILL SEE A DROP IN THE TAXES THEY PAY.  COMMISSIONERS VOTED 3-2 TO TAKE... Read More.

TWO PEOPLE WANTED FOR ROBBERY AND GRAND THEFT OF A PUNTA GORDA MAN IN ENGLEWOOD LAST MONTH ARE BACK IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY AFTER BEING ARRESTED IN OSCEOLA COUNTY.  DEPUTIES SAY CARL BROWN ASKED... Read More.

A VENICE MAN WAS SITED IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE THIS MORNING THAT WILL HAVE A LANE CLOSED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 61 YEAR OLD RICHARD WILSON WAS... Read More.

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY STOLE A VAN AND BURGLARIZED A HOME TUESDAY EVENING.  DETECTIVES SAY 27 YEAR OLD MICHAEL DUNBAR STOLE A DODGE VAN WHILE IT WAS... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY APPREHENDED A MAN WHO ROBBED A PUNTA GORDA LAUNDROMAT TWICE IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS.  INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THAT 34 YEAR OLD MARK OWEN OF PUNTA GORDA WAS THE MAN... Read More.