PORT CHARLOTTE SHOOTING SENDS 1 TO HOSPITAL

CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAJOR CRIMES UNIT DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING IN PORT CHARLOTTE.  IT TOOK PLACE JUST BEFORE 4:30PM YESTERDAY IN A HOME AT 585 NORWOOD STREET, WHERE A WOMAN WAS REPORTEDLY SHOT IN... Read More.

IMPAIRED DRIVER HAD TODDLER IN VEHICLE

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER HE GOT INTO A WRECK WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 40 YEAR OLD SHANE FALSEN WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT AT A... Read More.

TWO LEE COUNTY MARIJUANA DEALERS BUSTED

CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES ARRESTED TWO LEE COUNTY RESIDENTS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT WERE REPORTEDLY INVOLVED IN AN UNDERCOVER PURCHASE OF MARIJUANA AT A LOCATION SOUTH OF PUNTA GORDA.  DEPUTIES SAY THE BUY WAS FOR... Read More.

MAN ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL BATTERY OF TEEN BOYS

MAJOR CRIMES DETECTIVES OF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARRESTED A PUNTA GORDA MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY GAVE ALCOHOL AND DRUGS TO AT LEAST FOUR TEENAGE BOYS, THEN SEXUALLY BATTERED THEM IN HIS HOME.  DEPUTIES... Read More.

TWO BUSTED FOR DEALING OXYCODONE

CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE MONDAY FOLLOWING AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION IN A CHARLOTTE HARBOR RESTAURANT PARKING LOT.  DEPUTIES SAY ONCE THE MONEY FOR PILLS WAS EXCHANGED, THEY MOVED IN AND ARRESTED 30... Read More.

ONE KILLED IN ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 32 YEAR OLD PHILLIPS VENTURA OF RIVERVIEW WAS NORTHBOUND ON 75 APPROACHING THE RIVERSIDE DRIVE... Read More.

WOMAN CLAIMS SEXUAL ATTACK AT KNIFEPOINT

NORTH PORT POLICE ARE ASKING FOR HELP IN AN INVESTIGATION OF A SEXUAL BATTERY CASE.  POLICE SAY THE ATTACK HAPPENED MONDAY MORNING JUST BEFORE 8:00 IN THE AREA OF PONCE DE LEON... Read More.

MAN HAS MEDICAL EPISODE IN ACCIDENT

AUTHORITIES SAY A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN SARASOTA MONDAY MORNING WAS CAUSED BY A DRIVER WHO HAD A MEDICAL EPISODE.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 64 YEAR OLD J GUADALUPE OLIVO-GUERRA OF SARASOTA WAS EASTBOUND... Read More.

PRISONER ACCUSED OF KILLING CELL MATE

A FORMER PRISONER AT THE CHARLOTTE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AND A CONVICTED KILLER HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO CHARLOTTE COUNTY TO FACE MURDER CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF HIS CELL MATE.  THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF... Read More.