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Pick Up Truck Kills 12 Year Old Boy In Arcadia

A 12 year old Arcadia child was killed on Saturday afternoon. Florida Highway Patrol said the boy and two others were injured after they were hit by a pickup truck while crossing the street.Authorities say the truck stopped on West Pine Street at the... Read More.

DeSoto County Needs Help In Solving 40 Year Old Murder

DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. – South West Florida Crime Stoppers are still searching for the person who killed of a 36-year-old man who was found dead in a DeSoto County creek in 1980.According to authorities, Merritt Wheeler Sr. was found on October 8, 1980, in... Read More.

MISSING 92 YEAR OLD

THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ISSUED A MISSING/ENDANGERED ADULT BOLO FOR 92 YEAR OLD GEORGE SUTHERLAND OF SPORTSMAN ROAD IN ROTONDA WEST. A REPORT FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS SUTHERLAND’S FAMILY CALLED THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE ABOUT 5:45 THIS MORNING AND THAT HE TOOK... Read More.

SIX YEAR OLD SHOT

NORTH PORT POLICE WERE CALLED TO A NORTH PORT EMERGENCY ROOM SATURDAY REGARDING A SIX YEAR OLD BEING SHOT. THE INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED INSIDE A HOUSE IN THE 2600 BLOCK OF YAMADA LANE AT AROUND 5PM SATURDAY.  THE CHILD’S INJURIES WERE DETERMINED TO BE... Read More.

SEX OFFENDER CAUGHT SEXTING WITH A 13 YEAR OLD

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WHO IS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER WAS ARRESTED MONDAY FOR HAVING SEX WITH A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL AS A RESULT OF SEXTING TEXT MESSAGES.  DEPUTIES SAY THE MOTHER OF THE GIRL FOUND MESSAGES ON HER CELL PHONE FROM ANOTHER... Read More.

PARENTS SAY 6 YEAR OLD ABUSED AT SUMMER CAMP

CHARLOTTE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW A SIX YEAR OLD WAS ALLEGEDLY MOLESTED AT A SUMMER CAMP LAST WEEK.  WBBH TV SAYS THE BOY’S MOTHER FILED AN INCIDENT REPORT WITH THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AFTER HER SON SAID A 15 YEAR... Read More.

WOMAN HAD SEX WITH 17 YEAR OLD BOY

A PORT CHARLOTTE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTER ALLEGEDLY HAVING SEX WITH A 17 YEAR OLD BOY.  THE MOTHER OF THE BOY CALLED THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE MAY 23RD AND REPORTED SHE SAW MESSAGES AND A PHOTO ON HER SON’S FACEBOOK PAGE THAT LED HER... Read More.

BAY HAVEN TEACHER NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR

MELISSA OWENS, A THIRD GRADE TEACHER AT BAY HAVEN SCHOOL OF BASICS PLUS IN SARASOTA HAS BEEN NAMED THE SARASOTA COUNTY TEACHER OF THE YEAR.  SHE WAS PRESENTED THE AWARD AT THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR LUNCHEON AT MICHAEL’S ON EAST WEDNESDAY.  IN HER... Read More.