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LEE INDICTED ON FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES

Wednesday, March 9

A GRAND JURY IN SARASOTA COUNTY HAS BROUGHT BACK A FIRST DEGREE MURDER INDICTMENT AGAINST 47 YEAR OLD JOHN LEE, WHO IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND AND HER FRIEND INSIDE HIS SOUTH VENICE HOME. INVESTIGATORS SAY LEE BROKE INTO THE PARK ROAD... Read More.

NEW ELDERLY SCAM HITTING THE AREA

Wednesday, March 9

CHARLOTTE COUNTY ECONOMIC CRIMES DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING A NEW SCAM THAT INVOLVES WINNING A LOTTERY AND A NEW CAR. SO FAR TWO CASES ARE BEING INVESTIGATED WHERE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SENT TO A SCAMMER. DEPUTIES RECEIVED A CALL MONDAY FROM OFFICIALS AT... Read More.

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TWO ARRESTED FOR TRAFFICKING POT

Wednesday, March 9

TWO SARASOTA MEN ARE BEHIND BARS AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE INTERSTATE MONDAY NIGHT. SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY PULLED OVER 29 YEAR OLD LASHAUN SMITH JUST SOUTH OF THE UNIVERSITY PARKWAY EXIT AND A CANINE ALERTED DEPUTIES TO A HIT ON HIS... Read More.

VENICE BEACH STILL CLOSED TO SWIMMING

Wednesday, March 9

TEST RESULTS RELEASED ON TUESDAY CONTINUE TO SHOW ELEVATED LEVELS OF BACTERIA ON VENICE BEACH KEEPING THE BEACH WATERS CLOSED TO SWIMMING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. IT’S BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE HIGH LEVELS OF FECAL COLIFORM WERE DISCOVERED IN WEEKLY TESTING AT THE BEACH,... Read More.

WOMAN GETS IN FIGHT AT TACO BELL

Monday, March 7

AN ENGLEWOOD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER SHE TOOK EXCEPTION TO BEING BUMPED BY A CAR IN A DRIVE-THRU. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 54 YEAR OLD SUSAN VIEAUX WAS IN THE DRIVE-THRU LINE AT TACO BELL WHEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF... Read More.

ONE ARRESTED, TWO ON THE LAMB AFTER ROBBERY

Monday, March 7

A WOMAN WAS ARRESTED BUT TWO MEN ARE STILL ON THE LOOSE AFTER A ROBBERY IN SARASOTA YESTERDAY. SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO NEW ENGLAND STREET AND ROCKEFELLER AVENUE AT AROUND 5PM WHERE THE VICTIMS TOLD THEM TWO MEN... Read More.

TWO FROM P C CHARGED WITH STEALING COPPER

Monday, March 7

TWO PORT CHARLOTTE RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED FRIDAY IN CONNECTION WITH THE THEFT OF NEARLY 3300 FEET OF COPPER WIRING FROM NEW STREET LIGHT POLES LAST WEDNESDAY. DEPUTIES SAY WARRANT SQUAD DETECTIVES CAUGHT UP WITH 28 YEAR OLD THOMAS RADELL LEAVING A RESIDENCE ON BERSELL... Read More.

OGILVIE NEW LEMON BAY FOOTBALL COACH

Friday, March 4

LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DAN JEFFERS ANNOUNCED THURSDAY THE HIRING OF DAVID (D J) OGILVIE AS THE NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT THE SCHOOL. OGILVIE HAS BEEN THE COACH AT YOUNGSTOWN BOARDMAN HIGH SCHOOL, HIS ALMA MATER, SINCE 2006, COMPILING A 29-24 RECORD... Read More.

CATHOLIC PRIEST HAS BAIL REDUCED

Friday, March 4

A CATHOLIC PRIEST ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY BATTERY ON A NOKOMIS TEENAGE BOY HAD HIS BAIL REDUCED AT A HEARING YESTERDAY. PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY 54 YEAR OLD WILLIAM WERT HAS BEEN IN JAIL WITHOUT BAIL SINCE FEBRUARY 4TH, AND HIS ATTORNEY AND THE PROSECUTOR WENT... Read More.

SEWER EXPANSION OPPOSED BY MOST

Friday, March 4

ABOUT 70 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT THE WEST COAST CHURCH ASSEMBLY OF GOD TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS ON THE PROPOSED SEWER EXPANSION IN THE MANASOTA BEACH ROAD AREA. ACCORDING TO THE SUN, THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ENGLEWOOD WATER DISTRICT MIKE RAY PROPOSED TO SUPERVISORS... Read More.