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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.

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.

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.

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.

THE GRASSROOTS COALITION KNOWN AS THE FRIENDS OF CAPE HAZE HAS FILED SUIT AGAINST CHARLOTTE COUNTY AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS TO TRY AND STOP A PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.  ACCORDING TO... Read More.

TWO ENGLEWOOD BROTHERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN VENICE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 20 YEAR OLD DMITRIJS POLISCUKS WAS NORTHBOUND ON US 41 APPROACHING SEMINOLE DRIVE... Read More.

AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING IN ENGLEWOOD ON SUNDAY.  38 YEAR OLD DONALD COSTA OF PORT CHARLOTTE ALONG WITH 38 YEAR OLD DEREK HARRINGTON AND 37 YEAR OLD NICOLE LEDESMA,... Read More.

FOUR PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY FOLLOWING AN UNDERCOVER PURCHASE OF NARCOTICS IN A PLACIDA ROAD PARKING LOT.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE DRUG BUY WAS FOR OXYCODONE AND ALPRAZOLAM PILLS, AND ONCE... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING TWO SCAMS AGAINST ELDERLY WOMEN IN PORT CHARLOTTE.  DEPUTIES RECEIVED THE FIRST CALL WEDNESDAY FROM A 78 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO SAID SHE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A MAN... Read More.

AN ENGLEWOOD MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER GOING ON A CRIME SPREE EARLY THIS MORNING.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A RESIDENT CALLED THEM JUST BEFORE 12:30AM TO SAY HE SAW 24 YEAR OLD JOSHUA... Read More.