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FOUR ARRESTED FOR DOOR-TO-DOOR SCAMMING

Friday, January 14

FOUR PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER BEING WARNED THE DAY BEFORE ABOUT TRYING TO SELL PRODUCTS DOOR-TO-DOOR WITHOUT A PERMIT. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY SIX PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT IN THE GARDENS OF GULF COVE WEDNESDAY TRYING TO PUSH AN ECO-FRIENDLY CLEANING LIQUID ON RESIDENTS... Read More.

KELLY RESIGNS AS THEATER DIRECTOR

Thursday, January 13

JENNIFER KELLY, WHO HAS LED THE LEMON BAY DRAMA DEPARTMENT SINCE 2000, HAS RESIGNED HER POSITION. SCHOOL SPOKESMAN MIKE REILLY TOLD WFLN NEWS THAT SHE TENDERED HER RESIGNATION AT HER DISCIPLINARY MEETING WITH SUPERINTENDENT DOUG WHITTAKER ON WEDNESDAY. REILLY DID NOT KNOW THE TERMS... Read More.

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MAN BEATS UP WOMAN AND HER DOG

Thursday, January 13

AN ENGLEWOOD MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING A WOMAN AND HER SICK DOG. SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE VICTIM TOLD THEM THAT 27 YEAR OLD JASON RITENOUR BECAME ANGRY WITH THE DOG AS HE WAS DRINKING LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. RITENOUR REPORTEDLY PUNCHED... Read More.

TWO JUVENILES ARRESTED IN STABBING

Thursday, January 13

CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAJOR CRIMES DETECTIVES ARRESTED TWO JUVENILES IN CONNECTION WITH A STABBING IN A DEEP CREEK APARTMENT WEDNESDAY MORNING. DEPUTIES SAY 20 YEAR OLD ISRAEL ORTIZ WAS ATTACKED IN HIS SANDHILL VILLAS APARTMENT JUST AFTER 11AM AND WAS FLOWN TO LEE MEMORIAL ... Read More.

SECOND DEGREE MURDER IS OFFICIAL CHARGE

Wednesday, January 12

STATE PROSECUTORS HAVE FORMALLY CHARGED A DRIFTER WHO KILLED AN ENGLEWOOD ANTIQUES SHOPPE OWNER TWO WEEKS AGO. 33 YEAR OLD JAMES BESAW WAS CHARGED LAST THURSDAY WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND ROBBERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON AFTER HE CONFESSED TO ATTACKING 64 YEAR OLD... Read More.

THREE KILLED IN ARCADIA ACCIDENT

Wednesday, January 12

THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED, INCLUDING A CHILD, IN AN ACCIDENT IN ARCADIA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 33 YEAR OLD KAREN BARRETT OF ARCADIA WAS NORTHBOUND ON US 17 NEAR FUGATE STREET AT AROUND 4:30PM WHEN HER DODGE RAM TRUCK DRIFTED INTO... Read More.

VENICE MAN FOUND DEAD IN BURNED OUT UNIT

Wednesday, January 12

A VENICE MAN WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE A BURNED OUT STORAGE UNIT. THE VENICE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A STRUCTURE FIRE AT THE VENICE WAREHOUSE COMPLEX ON SEABOARD AVENUE AT AROUND 9:30 TUESDAY MORNING. WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY FOUND A SMALL FIRE HAD ALREADY... Read More.

CHARLOTTE LOOKS TO END STREET SOLICITATION

Wednesday, January 12

CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY BEGAN WORK ON AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT SOLICITATION ON ALL PUBLIC ROADS. THE MEASURE WAS BORN OF COMPLAINTS BY RESIDENTS OF OUT-OF-TOWN PANHANDLERS WHO TRICK MOTORISTS INTO BELIEVING THEIR DONATIONS ARE HELPING AREA VETERANS WHEN IN FACT THEY’RE... Read More.

MEALS TABBED TO REPLACE ROBINSON

Wednesday, January 12

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY APPOINTED TAYLOR MEALS OF ENGLEWOOD TO FILL THE VACANCY ON THE SARASOTA PLANNING COMMISSION CREATED BY THE RESIGNATION OF CHRISTINE ROBINSON, WHO WAS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR CHARLIE CRIST TO REPLACE THE RETIRING SHANNON STAUB ON THE COMMISSION. MEALS WAS... Read More.

DEPUTIES FIND MISSING PORT CHARLOTTE ADULT

Tuesday, January 11

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE FOUND THE MAN REPORTED MISSING BY DEPUTIES LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. DEPUTIES SAY 26 YEAR OLD ANDREW DYKEMAN SHOWED UP AT HIS PARENT’S HOME JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT MONDAY IN THE SATURN HE HAD DRIVEN AWAY IN. A FRIEND IN NORTH CAROLINA... Read More.