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SARASOTA COMMISSION ACTIONS ON WEDNESDAY

Friday, October 15

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY APPROVED MORE THAN $700,000 DOLLARS IN INCENTIVES FOR TWO COUNTY BUSINESSES. THEY APPROVED $350,000 DOLLARS FOR TERVIS TUMBLER, WHICH EXPECTS TO ADD OVER 200 JOBS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS AS THEY WILL EXPAND ITS 55,000 SQUARE FOOT... Read More.

THREE DEALERS BUSTED NEAR SCHOOL

Thursday, October 14

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S NARCOTICS DETECTIVES SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT AT A HOME NEAR KINGSWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUTHORITIES BURST INTO THE HOUSE AT 23276 ALTMAN AVENUE AT AROUND 6:45AM AND FOUND FIVE ADULTS, A SEVEN YEAR OLD AND A... Read More.

MAN SHOT WITH A PELLET GUN

Thursday, October 14

NORTH PORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE ON TUESDAY. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE 5300 BLOCK OF ALLEN ROAD WHERE THEY FOUND A MAN HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE STOMACH AREA. POLICE SAY THE WOUND APPEARED SMALL AND WAS POSSIBLY FROM A... Read More.

ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY IN SARASOTA

Wednesday, October 13

AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO TRIED TO ROB A WOMAN AS SHE USED AN ATM MACHINE IN SARASOTA LATE LAST NIGHT. SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 18 YEAR OLD DESTINY BARNES WAS BANKING AT THE BANK OF AMERICA ATM ON BEE RIDGE ROAD... Read More.

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THREE ARRESTED FOR DEALING OXYCODONE

Wednesday, October 13

THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AFTER MULTIPLE DRUG DEALS WITH UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY. DEPUTIES SAY 22 YEAR OLD MICHAEL COCHARA OF NORTH PORT AND 32 YEAR OLD JOHN LEMBACHNER OF ELLENTON WERE BOTH TAKEN IN AFTER UNDERCOVER AGENTS PURCHASED OXYCODONE PILLS... Read More.

SHOP WITH A COP NEEDS FUNDS

Tuesday, October 12

MEMBERS OF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RAISE FUNDS EVERY YEAR FOR 80-100 SECOND TO FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS TO GO SHOPPING WITH A DEPUTY DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, BUT THIS YEAR FUNDS ARE RUNNING A BIT SHORT. THE SHOP WITH A COP PROGRAM WILL... Read More.

JONES LOOKS TO HAVE CHARGES DISMISSED

Friday, October 8

THE ATTORNEY FOR THE WOMAN CHARGED IN THE 1999 DISAPPEARANCE AND DEATH OF A 4 YEAR OLD GIRL HAS ASKED FOR A HEARING TO HAVE THE CHARGES DISMISSED. ATTORNEY ROBERT BARRAR SAYS THAT 33 YEAR OLD MELISSA HARDING-JONES, FORMERLY MELISSA COOPER, CANNOT BE CHARGED... Read More.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE RAID NETS ONE ARREST

Friday, October 8

NARCOTICS DETECTIVES OF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RAIDED A TROPICAL GULF ACRES HOME EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING AND GOT WHAT THEY SUSPECTED WAS THERE. TWO PEOPLE WERE IN THE HOME AT THE TIME, AS WELL AS CRYSTAL METH, PLASTIC STRAWS, SEVERAL SMOKING PIPES AND... Read More.

MAN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY

Wednesday, October 6

A VENICE MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY HIT ANOTHER WITH A CLUB. SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE VICTIM RECEIVED A CALL FROM 20 YEAR OLD RYAN CLARKE OF VENICE SAYING HE WANTED THE VICTIM TO COME OUT OF HIS HOUSE AND TALK TO... Read More.

YACHT CAPTAIN CAUGHT WITH CHILD PORN

Wednesday, October 6

A SARASOTA MAN WHO WORKS AS A YACHT CAPTAIN WAS ARRESTED BY FEDERAL OFFICIALS WHO SAID HE POSSESSED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND WAS TRANSFERRING IT ON HIS COMPUTER. 52 YEAR OLD MARK BROWN WAS ARRESTED LAST THURSDAY ON THE BOAT HE WORKS ON WHICH IS... Read More.