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BUSINESSES CHARGED IN STING OPERATION

Tuesday, April 26

THE SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECENTLY CONDUCTED A COUNTY WIDE STING OPERATION TO DETERMINE LEVELS OF COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE PAWN SHOP AND SECONDHAND DEALER INDUSTRIES. DEPUTIES SAY THE SARASOTA, VENICE, AND NORTH PORT POLICE DEPARTMENTS ASSISTED WITH THE UNDERCOVER OPERATION TO SELL GOLD... Read More.

ARMED ROBBERY AT OLDE WORLD RESTAURANT

Monday, April 25

ONE OF TWO MEN WHO ROBBED THE OLDE WORLD RESTAURANT ON TAMIAMI TRAIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT IS IN CUSTODY. POLICE SAY 22 YEAR OLD DENIS RUD OF NORTH PORT WAS ARRESTED MONDAY AFTERNOON ON CHARGES OF ARMED ROBBERY AND KIDNAPPING. THE MANAGER OF THE... Read More.

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MAN AND WOMAN CHARGED IN PUBLIX ROBBERY

Monday, April 25

TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ROBBERY OF A NOKOMIS SUPERMARKET. SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO PUBLIX ON NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL JUST AFTER 5:30PM FRIDAY WHERE BYSTANDERS SAID THE VICTIM WAS YELLING AFTER THE SUSPECT, 20 YEAR OLD DUSTIN WALKER, TOOK... Read More.

SECOND MAN CAPTURED IN JUSTICE CENTER INCIDENT

Monday, April 25

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED THE SECOND MAN INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE CENTER HAZMAT INCIDENT IN PUNTA GORDA LAST WEEK. DEPUTIES TOOK 60 YEAR OLD ROBERT CHAPMAN INTO CUSTODY FRIDAY MORNING WITHOUT INCIDENT. CHAPMAN, WHO HAD BEEN STAYING WITH 67 YEAR OLD JOHN EMERY III... Read More.

PASSERBY HELPS DETAIN KIDNAPPING SUSPECT

Monday, April 25

A FORT MYERS MAN IS BEHIND BARS TODAY THANKS IN PART TO A PASSERBY WHO STOPPED TO HELP DETAIN HIM ON THE HIGHWAY. SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO UNIVERSITY PARKWAY AND I-75 JUST BEFORE 11AM SATURDAY, AND WHEN THEY ARRIVED... Read More.

WARRANT ISSUED FOR SECOND MAN

Friday, April 22

CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAJOR CRIMES UNIT DETECTIVES HAVE ISSUED A WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF A SECOND MAN INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE CENTER HAZMAT EVACUATION INCIDENT IN PUNTA GORDA ON THURSDAY. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR 60 YEAR OLD ROBERT CHAPMAN, WHO HAS BEEN STAYING WITH... Read More.

ENGLEWOOD MAN CLEARS COURTHOUSE

Friday, April 22

AN ENGLEWOOD MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF HANDING A JUDGE A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE IN A PUNTA GORDA COURTROOM YESTERDAY. CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAJOR CRIMES DETECTIVES SAY 67 YEAR OLD JOHN EMERY III AND HIS WIFE WERE REPORTEDLY DRIVEN TO THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY... Read More.

WOMAN BILKS NOKOMIS COUPLE OUT OF THOUSANDS

Friday, April 22

A NORTH PORT WOMAN WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY AFTER A NOKOMIS COUPLE SAID SHE TOOK THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR AN INSURANCE POLICY THAT DOES NOT EXIST. DEPUTIES SAY ON APRIL 12TH A 79 YEAR OLD MAN FILED A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AFTER LEARNING HE DIDN’T HAVE... Read More.

WOMAN HID CRACK PIPE IN VAGINA

Friday, April 22

A PUNTA GORDA WOMAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER DETECTIVES SAW HER LEAVE A KNOWN DRUG HOUSE. NARCOTICS DETECTIVES SAY AS THEY APPROACHED 28 YEAR OLD ARLINA ROMERO, SHE TURNED AND BEGAN TO TAKE OFF AS IF SHE WAS GOING TO RUN. THE DEPUTY SAID... Read More.

CANINE TRACKS DOWN MISSING MAN

Friday, April 22

A PUNTA GORDA POLICE CANINE UNIT TRACKED DOWN AND LOCATED AN ELDERLY MAN WHO WALKED AWAY FROM HIS HOME WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE 89 YEAR OLD MAN WHO SUFFERS FROM ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE WAS NOT HURT. POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS REPORTED MISSING AROUND 9:45PM BY... Read More.