After months of investigating, deputies have arrested a Sarasota man accused of stealing brand news appliances from construction sites and later selling them. Deputies began their investigation in November 2018 when they found multiple homes... Read More.

Deputies say a nanny admitted to getting drunk and then using a towel to whip an 8-month-old baby girl when the child wouldn’t stop crying. Sarai Rivera, 25 of Sarasota has been charged with... Read More.

The Sarasota County commission yesterday declined to wade into a controversial subject- immigration and so-called 'sanctuary city' policies. Commissioner Christian Ziegler had proposed a resolution saying the county would not release undocumented immigrants after... Read More.

Cyber security experts with the North Port Police are holding an informational session to help residents learn about, and help fight the dangers the internet can pose. Two of the police departments’ cyber experts... Read More.

Sarasota County commissioners say they are looking into redrawing commission district boundaries this year. They claim it's needed to "balance districts that have unequal populations." Critics, though, call it a scheme to protect those... Read More.

Already leading the nation with the highest number of concealed weapon permits, Florida is nearing a new threshold: granting authority to 2 million civilians who can lawfully carry guns tucked in waistbands, under jackets... Read More.

A man tried to kidnap two women in Cape Coral Tuesday night, after the women helped him move out of a hotel. Police said the women met Bryan Gibson at the Casa Loma Hotel... Read More.

Four teenagers are in custody after deputies say they used an online sale meetup to beat a man and rob him of $400 in the Starbucks parking lot in Sarasota. Around 12:30pm on Sunday, deputies... Read More.