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FIVE ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES

Monday, February 21

CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES CONTINUE THEIR ROUNDUP OF ENGLEWOOD AND PORT CHARLOTTE AREA CRACK COCAINE, OXYCODONE, AND MARIJUANA DRUG DEALERS. DETECTIVES ARRESTED 18 YEAR OLD RICHARD HENSON OF ENGLEWOOD AND 18 YEAR OLD DAVID LIND OF ROTONDA WEST FOR UNDERCOVER DRUG BUYS IN DECEMBER... Read More.

WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN NORTH PORT

Friday, February 18

NORTH PORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY ARE CALLING A SUSPICIOUS DEATH. A WOMAN’S BODY WAS FOUND BY A NEIGHBOR WALKING HER DOG ON BEEVILLE AVENUE AT AROUND 9:15AM THURSDAY. SHE APPEARED TO HAVE DIED FROM AN APPARENT GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE... Read More.

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FOUR ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH SHOOTING

Friday, February 18

FOUR TEENAGERS WERE ARRESTED THURSDAY AS INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO PIECE TOGETHER FACTS IN THE SHOOTING OF ANOTHER PORT CHARLOTTE TEEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. DEPUTIES SAY 18 YEAR OLD MARIAH BYBERG WAS SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN IN A HOME AT 585 NORWOOD STREET AND WAS RUSHED... Read More.

EMBEZZLED MONEY RETURNED TO CHAMBER

Friday, February 18

A FORMER ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH THE NORTH PORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAD EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST HER AFTER SHE RETURNED THE MONEY SHE HAD TAKEN IN 2009. AN EMAIL FROM CHAMBER PRESIDENT BILL WERDELL SAID THEY RECEIVED A CHECK FOR OVER $22,000, THE AMOUNT... Read More.

WOMAN ACCUSED OF BITING EX-BOYFRIEND

Friday, February 18

A PUNTA GORDA WOMAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY EVENING AFTER ALLEGEDLY BREAKING INTO THE HOME OF AN EX-BOYFRIEND AND ATTACKING HIM AND HIS CURRENT GIRLFRIEND. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 48 YEAR OLD LYNNE BUREK OF PORT CHARLOTTE ENTERED THE HOME THROUGH A GARAGE DOOR AND... Read More.

PORT CHARLOTTE SHOOTING SENDS 1 TO HOSPITAL

Thursday, February 17

CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAJOR CRIMES UNIT DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING IN PORT CHARLOTTE. IT TOOK PLACE JUST BEFORE 4:30PM YESTERDAY IN A HOME AT 585 NORWOOD STREET, WHERE A WOMAN WAS REPORTEDLY SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN. A CALLER TO 911 TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT HER... Read More.

IMPAIRED DRIVER HAD TODDLER IN VEHICLE

Thursday, February 17

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER HE GOT INTO A WRECK WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 40 YEAR OLD SHANE FALSEN WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT AT A GAS STATION IN THE 2400 BLOCK OF TAMIAMI TRAIL JUST... Read More.

PLANE FROM SARASOTA CRASHES INTO ATLANTIC

Thursday, February 17

DIVERS WILL SWIM DOWN TO THE FUSELAGE OF A SMALL PLANE THAT CRASHED OFF OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH LAST NIGHT. THE COAST GUARD HAD RECEIVED A REPORT THAT A CESSNA 172 SKYHAWK WAS SEEN SPIRALING TOWARDS THE SEA ABOUT A HUNDRED AND FIFTY... Read More.

TWO LEE COUNTY MARIJUANA DEALERS BUSTED

Thursday, February 17

CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES ARRESTED TWO LEE COUNTY RESIDENTS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT WERE REPORTEDLY INVOLVED IN AN UNDERCOVER PURCHASE OF MARIJUANA AT A LOCATION SOUTH OF PUNTA GORDA. DEPUTIES SAY THE BUY WAS FOR 70 GRAMS OF POT, AND ONCE THE CASH WAS EXCHANGED,... Read More.

MAN ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL BATTERY OF TEEN BOYS

Wednesday, February 16

MAJOR CRIMES DETECTIVES OF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARRESTED A PUNTA GORDA MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY GAVE ALCOHOL AND DRUGS TO AT LEAST FOUR TEENAGE BOYS, THEN SEXUALLY BATTERED THEM IN HIS HOME. DEPUTIES SAY THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN WHEN THE STEP-FATHER OF ONE OF... Read More.