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BANK ROBBER SOUGHT IN SOUTH VENICE

Friday, January 21

AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR THE MAN WHO ROBBED A SOUTH VENICE BANK. SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAID THE HEIST OCCURRED JUST BEFORE 3:30 THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT THE WACHOVIA BANK AT 1301 SOUTH US 41 BYPASS. WITNESSES SAY THE SUSPECT ENTERED THE BANK AND PASSED A... Read More.

MAN FORCED MOM TO WATCH RAPE OF DAUGHTER

Friday, January 21

A PUNTA GORDA MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY HE FORCED A MOTHER TO WATCH AS HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THREE TIMES. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED AT 8:30 WEDNESDAY MORNING BY THE CHILD’S GRANDFATHER. HE SAID... Read More.

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BURGLAR CAUGHT THANKS IN PART TO NEIGHBOR

Friday, January 21

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTER TRYING TO BURGLARIZE A HOME WITH SOMEONE INSIDE. DEPUTIES RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS AT 946 KENWOOD TERRACE FROM THE OWNER OF THE HOME WHO SAID SHE HEARD A KNOCK ON HER FRONT... Read More.

MAN ACCUSED OF BRUTAL ATTACK ON EX

Thursday, January 20

A HOMELESS MAN WAS ARRESTED IN LAKE COUNTY TUESDAY AND CHARGED WITH ATTACKING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND LAST MONTH. NORTH PORT POLICE SAY THE WOMAN WHO LIVES IN NORTH PORT BELIEVED THE ATTACKER WAS 42 YEAR OLD ARTHUR LEWIS EVEN THOUGH HIS FACE WAS OBSCURED. THE... Read More.

ELDERLY PATIENT SAYS NURSE MOLESTED HER

Thursday, January 20

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF MOLESTING AN ELDERLY WOMAN. VENICE POLICE SAY THE 85 YEAR OLD DISABLED WOMAN’S SON WAS THE FIRST TO NOTIFY THEM THAT THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT THE VENICE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER... Read More.

MAN MISSING SINCE DECEMBER IS SOUGHT

Wednesday, January 19

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE ASKING FOR HELP IN FINDING A MAN THAT HAS BEEN MISSING FOR A MONTH. DEPUTIES SAY 42 YEAR OLD NEHEMIAH PITTMAN OF PORT CHARLOTTE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE DECEMBER 19TH. HE IS DRIVING A 2004 SILVER NISSAN TITAN PICKUP... Read More.

REPORTS SAY TURNER IS FIGHTING FOR HIS JOB

Wednesday, January 19

VENICE CITY MANAGER ISSAC TURNER IS IN A FIGHT FOR HIS JOB. PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY THAT TURNER CONFIRMED AT LEAST ONE CURRENT AND TWO FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ASKED FOR HIS RESIGNATION. TURNER ALSO SAID THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BOB DANIELS HANDED HIM AN... Read More.

BLOODHOUND FINDS CAR HOPPER IN DEEP CREEK

Wednesday, January 19

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED A DEEP CREEK MAN SUNDAY AFTER A CANINE TRACKED RIGHT TO HIS APARTMENT DOOR. DEPUTIES SAY THE OWNER OF A RED JEEP PATRIOT CALLED AROUND 7:30PM SUNDAY AFTER HE SAW A WHITE MALE LEANING INSIDE HIS VEHICLE WITH THE DOOR... Read More.

SCHOOL BOARD SETTLES IN LAWSUIT

Friday, January 14

THE SARASOTA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS REPORTEDLY AGREED TO PAY MORE THAN $52,000 TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT A FORMER TEACHER MISTREATED A DISABLED GIRL. ACCORDING TO THE HERALD TRIBUNE, THE TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT SAY THE PARENTS OF THE GIRL WOULD... Read More.

FIRE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL IN MINUTES

Friday, January 14

A STRUCTURE FIRE AT AN ENGLEWOOD HOME WEDNESDAY EVENING WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL QUICKLY. ENGLEWOOD FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE HOME AT 1435 DEER CREEK DRIVE JUST AFTER 6:20PM AND DECLARED THE BLAZE UNDER CONTROL SIX MINUTES LATER. IT WAS COMPLETELY OUT WITHIN... Read More.