NORTH PORT CITY MANAGER SEARCH NARROWS

A SEARCH FIRM FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY IS SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH NORTH PORT CITY COMMISSIONERS TODAY TO DISCUSS THE NINE REMAINING CANDIDATES FOR THE CITY MANAGER POSITION.  ACCORDING TO THE SUN, CITY... Read More.

LEE ARRESTED FOR VENICE DOUBLE MURDER

SARASOTA COUNTY DETECTIVES HAVE ARRESTED 47 YEAR OLD JOHN LEE OF VENICE IN CONNECTION WITH A DOUBLE MURDER LAST MONTH.  DEPUTIES PICKED UP LEE THE DAY AFTER HIS FIANCE, 39 YEAR OLD TRACI NABERGALL... Read More.

WOMAN KILLED IN EAST ENGLEWOOD ACCIDENT

A VENICE WOMAN DIED IN AN ACCIDENT IN EAST ENGLEWOOD FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 16 YEAR OLD BRIAN HAUSCHILD OF PORT CHARLOTTE WAS EASTBOUND ON SOUTH MCCALL ROAD APPROACHING... Read More.

FOUR ARRESTED FOR PROSTITUTION

CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES RAIDED ANOTHER PORT CHARLOTTE HEALTH SPA ON THURSDAY AND ARRESTED FOUR WOMEN FOR PROSTITUTION.  DEPUTIES SAY THEY RECEIVED A CRIME STOPPERS TIP IN SEPTEMBER ABOUT POSSIBLE PROSTITUTION AT MANDALA HEALTH... Read More.

FIVE ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES

CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES CONTINUE THEIR ROUNDUP OF ENGLEWOOD AND PORT CHARLOTTE AREA CRACK COCAINE, OXYCODONE, AND MARIJUANA DRUG DEALERS.  DETECTIVES ARRESTED 18 YEAR OLD RICHARD HENSON OF ENGLEWOOD AND 18 YEAR OLD DAVID... Read More.

WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN NORTH PORT

NORTH PORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY ARE CALLING A SUSPICIOUS DEATH.  A WOMAN’S BODY WAS FOUND BY A NEIGHBOR WALKING HER DOG ON BEEVILLE AVENUE AT AROUND 9:15AM THURSDAY.  SHE APPEARED... Read More.

FOUR ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH SHOOTING

FOUR TEENAGERS WERE ARRESTED THURSDAY AS INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO PIECE TOGETHER FACTS IN THE SHOOTING OF ANOTHER PORT CHARLOTTE TEEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  DEPUTIES SAY 18 YEAR OLD MARIAH BYBERG WAS SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN... Read More.

EMBEZZLED MONEY RETURNED TO CHAMBER

A FORMER ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH THE NORTH PORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAD EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST HER AFTER SHE RETURNED THE MONEY SHE HAD TAKEN IN 2009.  AN EMAIL FROM CHAMBER PRESIDENT BILL WERDELL... Read More.

WOMAN ACCUSED OF BITING EX-BOYFRIEND

A PUNTA GORDA WOMAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY EVENING AFTER ALLEGEDLY BREAKING INTO THE HOME OF AN EX-BOYFRIEND AND ATTACKING HIM AND HIS CURRENT GIRLFRIEND.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 48 YEAR OLD LYNNE BUREK OF... Read More.