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CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES TASERED A PUNTA GORDA MAN AFTER HE FLED FROM THEM AND HIT A PATROL CAR YESTERDAY.  DEPUTIES ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER 34 YEAR OLD DANIEL WEGERT WHEN THEY SAW HIM SPEEDING... Read More.

THE PUNTA GORDA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL IN INVESTIGATING A CRASH INVOLVING PUNTA GORDA CITY COUNCILMAN CHARLES WALLACE’S CAR.  POLICE SPOKESWOMAN CHRISTY ARNOLD TOLD THE SUN IT WAS... Read More.

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER ALLEGEDLY POINTING A GUN AT TWO TEENS.  DEPUTIES GOT TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORIES FROM THE TEENS AND 48 YEAR OLD WILLIAM CRAWFORD.  CRAWFORD TOLD THEM HE... Read More.

PUNTA GORDA POLICE SAY THEY ARRESTED SEVEN PEOPLE INCLUDING SIX TEENS AFTER INVESTIGATING HOME BURGLARIES THERE.  POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN TUESDAY WHEN SOMEONE WHO WAS WATCHING A HOME REPORTED THAT IT WAS RANSACKED. ... Read More.

ONE MAN WAS KILLED, ANOTHER INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT IN SARASOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 42 YEAR OLD KEEFE FUGLEBERG OF SARASOTA WAS WESTBOUND ON BAHIA VISTA STREET IN THE OUTSIDE... Read More.

THE NORTH PORT CHIEF ENGINEER IS HEADING NORTH TO TAKE A SIMILAR POSITION.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY 52 YEAR OLD PAT COLLINS WILL BE THE NEW CHIEF ENGINEER OF VALDOSTA, GEORGIA AMIDST RUMORS OF... Read More.

A CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY HAS RESIGNED AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OVER THE WEEKEND.  45 YEAR OLD JEFFREY JUBENVILLE, WHO WAS A DETECTIVE IN THE ENGLEWOOD DISTRICT OFFICE, HAD A... Read More.

A PUNTA GORDA CITY COUNCILMAN COULD BE IN TROUBLE AFTER HIS CAR WAS FOUND BY POLICE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  ACCORDING TO THE SUN, OFFICERS WERE FOLLOWING UP ON A REPORT THAT A CAR HAD... Read More.

THE SARASOTA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS HIT WITH THE NEWS YESTERDAY THAT THEIR FIRE CHIEF OF A YEAR AND A HALF, KENNETH ELLERBE, IS HEADING BACK TO WHERE HE CAME FROM.  ELLERBE ACCEPTED A... Read More.

TWO FAMILIAR NAMES HAVE ALREADY SURFACED AS THE CITY OF VENICE HAS LAUNCHED A SEARCH FOR THEIR NEW POLICE CHIEF.  ACCORDING TO THE HERALD TRIBUNE, NORTH PORT INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND POLICE CHIEF TERRY... Read More.