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MAN SHOT IDENTIFIED; TWO PEOPLE ARRESTED

Monday, January 24

AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE MAN SHOT AND KILLED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AT A PORT CHARLOTTE MOTEL AND HAVE ARRESTED TWO OF THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 40 YEAR OLD JOSEPH BENNETT OF NORTH PORT WAS GUNNED DOWN IN... Read More.

ANOTHER DISTRACTION THEFT ON SIESTA KEY

Monday, January 24

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY ARE INVESTIGATING YET ANOTHER DISTRACTION THEFT, THIS TIME ON SIESTA KEY. DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE 2300 BLOCK OF SIESTA DRIVE AT AROUND 5:45PM FRIDAY, WHERE AN ELDERLY VICTIM ALLOWED TWO MEN TO ENTER HER HOME. THEY TOLD HER THEY... Read More.

ENGLEWOOD ALCOHOL COMPLIANCE CHECK GOOD

Monday, January 24

THE JUVENILE OPERATIONS UNIT OF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SET OUT FRIDAY EVENING TO CHECK A DOZEN ENGLEWOOD BUSINESSES TO SEE IF THEY WERE SELLING TO UNDERAGE DRINKERS. WHAT THEY FOUND WAS ON THAT NIGHT, NONE WERE. THEY CHECKED A HALF DOZEN SERVICE... Read More.

9 ARRESTED IN EAST ENGLEWOOD STING

Monday, January 24

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S ECONOMIC CRIMES UNIT DETECTIVES IN A JOINT OPERATION WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONCLUDED A TWO-DAY STING OPERATION FRIDAY IN EAST ENGLEWOOD WITH NINE ARRESTS. THE OPERATION WAS SET UP TO IDENTIFY UNLICENSED CONTRACTORS AND THOSE CONTRACTING TO WORK OUTSIDE THE SCOPE... Read More.

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BANK ROBBER SOUGHT IN SOUTH VENICE

Friday, January 21

AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR THE MAN WHO ROBBED A SOUTH VENICE BANK. SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAID THE HEIST OCCURRED JUST BEFORE 3:30 THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT THE WACHOVIA BANK AT 1301 SOUTH US 41 BYPASS. WITNESSES SAY THE SUSPECT ENTERED THE BANK AND PASSED A... Read More.

MAN FORCED MOM TO WATCH RAPE OF DAUGHTER

Friday, January 21

A PUNTA GORDA MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY HE FORCED A MOTHER TO WATCH AS HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THREE TIMES. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED AT 8:30 WEDNESDAY MORNING BY THE CHILD’S GRANDFATHER. HE SAID... Read More.

BURGLAR CAUGHT THANKS IN PART TO NEIGHBOR

Friday, January 21

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTER TRYING TO BURGLARIZE A HOME WITH SOMEONE INSIDE. DEPUTIES RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS AT 946 KENWOOD TERRACE FROM THE OWNER OF THE HOME WHO SAID SHE HEARD A KNOCK ON HER FRONT... Read More.

MAN ACCUSED OF BRUTAL ATTACK ON EX

Thursday, January 20

A HOMELESS MAN WAS ARRESTED IN LAKE COUNTY TUESDAY AND CHARGED WITH ATTACKING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND LAST MONTH. NORTH PORT POLICE SAY THE WOMAN WHO LIVES IN NORTH PORT BELIEVED THE ATTACKER WAS 42 YEAR OLD ARTHUR LEWIS EVEN THOUGH HIS FACE WAS OBSCURED. THE... Read More.

ELDERLY PATIENT SAYS NURSE MOLESTED HER

Thursday, January 20

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF MOLESTING AN ELDERLY WOMAN. VENICE POLICE SAY THE 85 YEAR OLD DISABLED WOMAN’S SON WAS THE FIRST TO NOTIFY THEM THAT THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT THE VENICE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER... Read More.

MAN MISSING SINCE DECEMBER IS SOUGHT

Wednesday, January 19

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE ASKING FOR HELP IN FINDING A MAN THAT HAS BEEN MISSING FOR A MONTH. DEPUTIES SAY 42 YEAR OLD NEHEMIAH PITTMAN OF PORT CHARLOTTE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE DECEMBER 19TH. HE IS DRIVING A 2004 SILVER NISSAN TITAN PICKUP... Read More.