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SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY ARE INVESTIGATING YET ANOTHER DISTRACTION THEFT, THIS TIME ON SIESTA KEY.  DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE 2300 BLOCK OF SIESTA DRIVE AT AROUND 5:45PM FRIDAY, WHERE AN ELDERLY VICTIM ALLOWED... Read More.

THE JUVENILE OPERATIONS UNIT OF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SET OUT FRIDAY EVENING TO CHECK A DOZEN ENGLEWOOD BUSINESSES TO SEE IF THEY WERE SELLING TO UNDERAGE DRINKERS.  WHAT THEY FOUND WAS ON... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S ECONOMIC CRIMES UNIT DETECTIVES IN A JOINT OPERATION WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONCLUDED A TWO-DAY STING OPERATION FRIDAY IN EAST ENGLEWOOD WITH NINE ARRESTS.  THE OPERATION WAS SET UP TO IDENTIFY... Read More.

AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR THE MAN WHO ROBBED A SOUTH VENICE BANK.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAID THE HEIST OCCURRED JUST BEFORE 3:30 THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT THE WACHOVIA BANK AT 1301 SOUTH US 41 BYPASS. ... Read More.

A PUNTA GORDA MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY HE FORCED A MOTHER TO WATCH AS HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THREE TIMES.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED... Read More.

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTER TRYING TO BURGLARIZE A HOME WITH SOMEONE INSIDE.  DEPUTIES RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS AT 946 KENWOOD TERRACE FROM THE OWNER OF THE... Read More.

A HOMELESS MAN WAS ARRESTED IN LAKE COUNTY TUESDAY AND CHARGED WITH ATTACKING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND LAST MONTH.  NORTH PORT POLICE SAY THE WOMAN WHO LIVES IN NORTH PORT BELIEVED THE ATTACKER WAS 42 YEAR... Read More.

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF MOLESTING AN ELDERLY WOMAN.  VENICE POLICE SAY THE 85 YEAR OLD DISABLED WOMAN’S SON WAS THE FIRST TO NOTIFY THEM THAT THE INCIDENT... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE ASKING FOR HELP IN FINDING A MAN THAT HAS BEEN MISSING FOR A MONTH.  DEPUTIES SAY 42 YEAR OLD NEHEMIAH PITTMAN OF PORT CHARLOTTE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE DECEMBER... Read More.

VENICE CITY MANAGER ISSAC TURNER IS IN A FIGHT FOR HIS JOB.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY THAT TURNER CONFIRMED AT LEAST ONE CURRENT AND TWO FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ASKED FOR HIS RESIGNATION.  TURNER... Read More.