TRUCK DRIVER CHARGED IN ACCIDENT

A MIAMI TRUCK DRIVER WAS CITED BY THE HIGHWAY PATROL IN AN ACCIDENT MONDAY AFTERNOON.  TROOPERS SAY 48 YEAR OLD OSCAR RAMIREZ WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE INTERSTATE SOUTH OF FRUITVILLE ROAD AT AROUND... Read More.

MAN ACQUITTED OF VIDEOTAPING EMPLOYEES

A JURY ACQUITTED A RESTAURATEUR OF CHARGES THAT HE SECRETLY VIDEOTAPED FEMALE EMPLOYEES WHILE THEY CHANGED.  42 YEAR OLD THOMAS HARVEY, WHO OWNS GALILEO RISTORANTE, COULD HAVE SPENT A YEAR IN PRISON IF HE... Read More.

MAN FOUND DEAD IN CAR IN SARASOTA

A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS CAR EARLY THIS MORNING IN SARASOTA.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 70 YEAR OLD JAMES LOWE WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON RICHARDSON ROAD IN HIS HYUNDAI AT AROUND... Read More.

MAN CHARGED WITH BATTERY BY STRANGULATION

A ROTONDA WEST MAN WAS ARRESTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AFTER HAVING AN ARGUMENT WITH HIS WIFE.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 55 YEAR OLD STEPHEN LAMBERT BEGAN ARGUING WITH THE VICTIM AFTER SHE COMPLAINED SHE... Read More.

MAN FOUND RIDING BIKE WITH POT

A PORT CHARLOTTE TEEN WHO HAD A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST WAS FOUND RIDING HIS BICYCLE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  DEPUTIES SAY 18 YEAR OLD DERIK DAVIS HAD A WARRANT ON CHARGES OF FAILURE TO... Read More.

TRAFFIC STOP YIELDS HASH BROWNIES AND LSD

A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP ON BEACH ROAD IN ENGLEWOOD WAS ANYTHING BUT ROUTINE WEDNESDAY AS TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND THREE COOKIE TINS OF MARIJUANA BROWNIES WITH... Read More.

UNDERCOVER STING SENDS ROTONDA MAN TO JAIL

CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES WITH AN ASSIST BY THE STREET CRIMES UNIT CONDUCTED AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION WEDNESDAY WHICH NETTED ONE ARREST.  DEPUTIES SAY THE UNDERCOVER PURCHASE OF CRACK COCAINE WAS MADE IN THE WALMART... Read More.

OXYCODONE HOUSE RAIDED AND THREE ARRESTED

CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES RAIDED A PORT CHARLOTTE HOME THURSDAY MORNING AND MADE THREE ARRESTS.  AUTHORITIES STORMED THE HOME AT 484 BARGER DRIVE, UNIT-A JUST AFTER 7AM AFTER THEY MADE TWO PREVIOUS BUYS... Read More.

MAN BUSTED FOR POINTING GUN AT WORKING MEN

A DEEP CREEK MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER ALLEGEDLY POINTING A GUN AT TWO PEOPLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THEM TO MOVE THEIR TRUCK.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 32 YEAR OLD NATHANIEL ANDERSON... Read More.

ROAD IMPACT FEES CUT IN HALF

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY VOTED 4-1 TO REDUCE THE FEES ON BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED BEFORE FEBRUARY FIRST OF 2013.  COMMISSIONER JOHN THAXTON WAS THE LONE DISSENTER.  PROJECTS MUST BE BUILT AND HAVE A... Read More.