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ROAD IMPACT FEES CUT IN HALF

Thursday, January 27

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY VOTED 4-1 TO REDUCE THE FEES ON BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED BEFORE FEBRUARY FIRST OF 2013. COMMISSIONER JOHN THAXTON WAS THE LONE DISSENTER. PROJECTS MUST BE BUILT AND HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BY THE FOLLOWING FEBRUARY FIRST TO REMAIN... Read More.

PERSON OF INTEREST IN CUSTODY IN DOUBLE MURDER

Wednesday, January 26

THE SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS NAMED 47 YEAR OLD JOHN LEE AS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE DOUBLE MURDER THAT OCCURRED MONDAY NIGHT. DEPUTIES ARRESTED LEE AT A HOME IN THE 800 BLOCK OF EAST 7TH AVENUE IN ENGLEWOOD WITH... Read More.

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SARASOTA HOME INVASION ROBBERY

Wednesday, January 26

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT IN A HOME INVASION ROBBERY. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A HOME IN THE 2000 BLOCK OF TERRY LANE IN SARASOTA JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING BY THE ELDERLY VICTIM, WHO TOLD THEM SHE RETURNED... Read More.

TURNER STILL HAS HIS JOB…FOR NOW

Wednesday, January 26

THE VENICE CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY VOTED TO POSTPONE DISCUSSING CITY MANAGER ISSAC TURNER’S PERFORMANCE UNTIL THEIR NEXT MEETING ON FEBRUARY 8TH. IN ADDITION, CITY MAYOR JOHN HOLIC PUBLICLY SCOLDED COUNCIL MEMBER BOB DANIELS FOR TRYING TO PRIVATELY BROKER TURNER’S RESIGNATION, SAYING “NONE... Read More.

TWO FOUND DEAD IN SOUTH VENICE HOME

Tuesday, January 25

THE SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A DOUBLE HOMICIDE IN SOUTH VENICE. EMS WAS CALLED TO A HOME IN THE 2100 BLOCK OF PARK ROAD JUST AFTER 8PM LAST NIGHT AND THEY FOUND THE VICTIMS AND ALERTED DEPUTIES. THEY HAVE BEEN... Read More.

NORTH PORT COMMISSION DOES NOT VISIT ATV ISSUE

Tuesday, January 25

NORTH PORT CITY COMMISSIONERS VOTED 4-1 MONDAY NIGHT TO NOT RE-VISIT THE CITY’S RULES ON ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES DESPITE ONE COMMISSIONER’S ATTEMPT TO GET DIALOGUE STARTED. COMMISSIONER JIM BLUCHER THINKS THE CITY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THE RULES FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A 12... Read More.

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.