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TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN SARASOTA COUNTY, AND SHERIFF TOM KNIGHT REMINDS MOTORISTS TO USE EXTRA CAUTION AND OBEY SPEED LIMITS, PARTICULARLY IN SCHOOL ZONES, OR YOU WILL PAY.  DRIVERS SHOULD... Read More.

TWO 15 YEAR OLDS WERE ARRESTED SATURDAY IN CONNECTION WITH A STRING OF VEHICLE BREAK-INS IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.  DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND THE BOY AND GIRL AS THEY RODE BIKES IN THE AREA... Read More.

THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE BEGAN CLEANUP OF TWENTY HOMELESS CAMPS IN PORT CHARLOTTE ON SATURDAY.  THE CAMPS HIT ON SATURDAY WERE EAST OF US 41 AND SHERBOURNE STREET, AND DEPUTIES SPENT MUCH OF... Read More.

PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY CHARLOTTE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR DON ROOT WAS FIRED WEDNESDAY AFTER YELLING AT A MEMBER OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY DURING A COMMITTEE MEETING.  ROOT WAS APPARENTLY FRUSTRATED AT... Read More.

A NORTH PORT MAN TOLD POLICE DISPATCHERS THAT HE WOULD USE FORCE AGAINST THEM IF THEY TRIED TO ENTER HIS ABIGAIL AVENUE HOME TO SERVE A WARRANT.  POLICE SAY 31 YEAR OLD STEVE REAM... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES PURSUING A MOTORIST INVOLVED IN A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT IN THE OSPREY AREA CAUGHT UP WITH THE DRIVER NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CLARK AND BENEVA ROADS WHERE THE SUSPECT WAS SHOT AFTER... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE RELEASED MORE DETAILS IN THE TUESDAY NIGHT SHOOTING OF A MAN IN SARASOTA.  DEPUTIES SAY 19 YEAR OLD RUBEN RODERICK WAS IN A HOME AT 2704 25TH STREET WHEN TWO... Read More.

A FORT MYERS WOMAN DIED IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE IN NORTH PORT ON WEDNESDAY.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 77 YEAR OLD KAREN HAY WAS SOUTHBOUND ON I-75 NEAR MILE... Read More.

A VENICE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER ROBBING A CONVIENENCE STORE IN THE MORNING.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 45 YEAR OLD KAREN IBARRA ENTERED THE CIRCLE K AT 1883 SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL AT... Read More.

A MOTHER AND HER ADOPTED SON WERE BOTH ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER THEY WERE CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF BURGLARIZING A VACANT PORT CHARLOTTE HOME.  DEPUTIES SAY CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVE KEN ROGUSKA DROVE... Read More.