SARASOTA COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS FOUND IN THE WATERS ON SIESTA KEY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 81 YEAR OLD ROBIN POGREBINSKY OF NEW YORK WAS PART OF A TRAVELING TOURIST GROUP WHO WAS VISITING THE BEACH AS PART OF A TOUR WHEN HE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN THE WATER ABOUT FIFTEEN FEET FROM THE SHORELINE. NO ONE ELSE WAS AROUND HIM AT THE TIME AND HE WAS TAKEN TO SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD A SHORT TIME LATER. SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S SPOKESPERSON WENDY ROSE SAID THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DETERMINED POGREBINSKY DIED FROM MEDICAL ISSUES AND NOT FROM DROWNING.
