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MAN FOUND DEAD IN A PUNTA GORDA PARK

Thursday, March 24

AUTHORITIES SAY A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD ON A BOAT RAMP AT HATHAWAY PARK IN PUNTA GORDA YESTERDAY. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE NAME OF THE 66 YEAR OLD MAN IS BEING WITHHELD PENDING NOTIFICATION OF THE NEXT OF KIN. DEPUTIES WERE CALLED JUST... Read More.

ARMED ROBBERY OF DOLLAR GENERAL STORE

Thursday, March 24

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR THREE PEOPLE THEY SAY WERE INVOLVED IN AN ARMED ROBBERY OF A DOLLAR GENERAL STORE IN SARASOTA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. DEPUTIES SAY TWO OF THE SUSPECTS ENTERED THE STORE JUST AFTER 3:30PM AND CONFRONTED THE CLERK WITH A HANDGUN. ... Read More.

FORMER BUSINESS OWNERS CHARGED WITH STEALING

Wednesday, March 23

TWO PEOPLE WHO OWNED A BOAT SALES BUSINESS IN ENGLEWOOD WERE ARRESTED FRIDAY ON WARRANTS FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. AUTHORITIES SAY 48 YEAR OLD BRETT HYDE OF NAPLES AND 24 YEAR OLD KATHRYN GRAVITT OF PORT CHARLOTTE WERE CO-OWNERS OF SUN HARBOR... Read More.

LAND SWAP A DONE DEAL

Wednesday, March 23

CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY VOTED 4-1 TO COMPLETE THE LAND SWAP WITH SOUTHWEST LAND DEVELOPERS. THE COMPANY WOULD GET 137 ACRES OF MURDOCK VILLAGE LAND, WHILE THE COUNTY WOULD GET 33 ACRES OWNED BY THE COMPANY AT THE ENTERPRISE CHARLOTTE AIRPORT PARK NEAR... Read More.

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VENICE MAN INJURED IN BRADENTON ACCIDENT

Tuesday, March 22

A VENICE MAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT IN BRADENTON. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 76 YEAR OLD ROCCO PACE WAS EASTBOUND ON STATE ROAD 70 IN THE LEFT LANE WEST OF 35TH STREET EAST JUST AFTER 4:30PM YESTERDAY WHEN FOR AN UNKNOWN... Read More.

FRIAR SUED FOR SEXUAL ABUSE

Tuesday, March 22

A CARMELITE FRIAR ARRESTED EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A NOKOMIS TEENAGE BOY HAS BEEN SUED. PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY 53 YEAR OLD WILLIAM WERT OF VENICE WAS PICKED UP IN FEBRUARY AFTER THE FATHER FOUND INAPPROPRIATE TEXT MESSAGES ON THE BOY’S... Read More.

FOUR ARRESTED IN TWO RAIDS

Tuesday, March 22

FOUR PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AS CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES RAIDED TWO HOMES IN PORT CHARLOTTE MONDAY MORNING. DEPUTIES SAY THE FIRST RAID WAS AT 168 DEERFIELD AVENUE, WHERE DETECTIVES FOUND FOUR 30 OUNCE PLASTIC BAGS OF MARIJUANA ALONG WITH VARIOUS PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS AND A... Read More.

AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR LEFT FOR CHIEF

Tuesday, March 22

THE SEARCH FOR A NEW POLICE CHIEF IN VENICE IS NOW DOWN TO FOUR. ACCORDING TO THE HERALD TRIBUNE, CURRENT POLICE CAPTAIN TOM MCNULTY AND FORMER NORTH PORT POLICE CHIEF AND CURRENT INTERIM CITY MANAGER TERRY LEWIS ARE AMONG THE FINALISTS FOR THE... Read More.

MOTORCYCLIST KILLED IN SARASOTA ON SATURDAY

Monday, March 21

A MOTORCYCLIST WAS KILLED AFTER HE CRASHED HIS BIKE INTO A CAR. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 26 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER FARR OF SARASOTA WAS WESTBOUND ON BEE RIDGE ROAD APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION OF WAKE AVENUE JUST BEFORE NOON SATURDAY WHEN HE... Read More.

MAN IDENTIFIED IN CAR SHOW ACCIDENT

Monday, March 21

AUTHORITIES HAVE OFFICIALLY IDENTIFIED THE MAN KILLED WHEN AN ANTIQUE CAR HIT HIM AT A CAR SHOW LAST WEEKEND. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 79 YEAR OLD GERALD NEUMAN WAS THE MAN STANDING NEXT TO HIS BICYCLE WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A 1965... Read More.