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CHARLOTTE COMMISSIONERS REVISITING SEWERS

Wednesday, October 20

CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE GETTING READ TO EXPLORE OPTIONS TO DEAL WITH FAILING SEPTIC SYSTEMS THAT ARE SENDING POLLUTION INTO WATERWAYS. COMMISSIONERS SCRAPPED PLANS FOR A $400 MILLION DOLLAR SEWER EXPANSION FOR 18,000 LOTS IN A PART OF PORT CHARLOTTE BACK IN APRIL, BUT... Read More.

MAN ARRESTED LAST WEEK FOUND DEAD

Tuesday, October 19

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WHO TURNED HIMSELF IN LAST WEEK IN CONNECTION WITH MOLESTING A YOUNG BOY WAS FOUND DEAD SATURDAY MORNING. MAJOR CRIMES DETECTIVES SAY 46 YEAR OLD GREGORY PACHECO’S BODY WAS DISCOVERED ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIS ELKCAM BOULEVARD HOME NEXT TO... Read More.

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WOMAN CHARGED WITH PROSTITUTION

Tuesday, October 19

AFTER RECEIVING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT DRUGS AND PROSTITUTION AT A PORT CHARLOTTE BUSINESS, CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED A PORT CHARLOTTE WOMAN ON MONDAY AFTER SHE OFFERED SEX FOR MONEY. A NARCOTICS DETECTIVE CALLED A PHONE NUMBER FOUND ON THE INTERNET AND SPOKE TO A... Read More.

THREE CAR PILE UP SENDS TWO TO THE HOSPITAL

Monday, October 18

THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT IN SARASOTA SUNDAY MORNING. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 49 YEAR OLD RALPH MCCALLISTER OF SARASOTA AND 55 YEAR OLD ROIN RYDER OF SARASOTA WERE BOTH NORTHBOUND ON BENEVA ROAD IN THE RIGHT LANE, WHILE 74 YEAR... Read More.

BAR OWNERS WANTS EARLIER SALES ON SUNDAYS

Friday, October 15

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE GOING TO CONSIDER ENDING BLUE LAWS THAT PROHIBIT SALES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON SUNDAYS BEFORE NOON. JUST LAST MONTH, CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ENDED BLUE LAWS THERE, ALLOWING ALCOHOL SALES ON SUNDAYS FROM 6AM-2AM AS ON ANY OTHER DAY OF THE... Read More.

PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR RED LIGHT CAMERAS

Friday, October 15

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL HOLD THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON MONDAY TO DISCUSS INSTALLING CAMERAS AT INTERSECTIONS TO CATCH RED LIGHT RUNNERS. THE STATE PASSED A LAW BACK IN MAY ALLOWING RED LIGHT CAMERAS TO BE USED TO CITE DRIVERS WHO CHOOSE... Read More.

SARASOTA COMMISSION ACTIONS ON WEDNESDAY

Friday, October 15

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY APPROVED MORE THAN $700,000 DOLLARS IN INCENTIVES FOR TWO COUNTY BUSINESSES. THEY APPROVED $350,000 DOLLARS FOR TERVIS TUMBLER, WHICH EXPECTS TO ADD OVER 200 JOBS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS AS THEY WILL EXPAND ITS 55,000 SQUARE FOOT... Read More.

THREE DEALERS BUSTED NEAR SCHOOL

Thursday, October 14

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S NARCOTICS DETECTIVES SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT AT A HOME NEAR KINGSWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUTHORITIES BURST INTO THE HOUSE AT 23276 ALTMAN AVENUE AT AROUND 6:45AM AND FOUND FIVE ADULTS, A SEVEN YEAR OLD AND A... Read More.

MAN SHOT WITH A PELLET GUN

Thursday, October 14

NORTH PORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE ON TUESDAY. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE 5300 BLOCK OF ALLEN ROAD WHERE THEY FOUND A MAN HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE STOMACH AREA. POLICE SAY THE WOUND APPEARED SMALL AND WAS POSSIBLY FROM A... Read More.

ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY IN SARASOTA

Wednesday, October 13

AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO TRIED TO ROB A WOMAN AS SHE USED AN ATM MACHINE IN SARASOTA LATE LAST NIGHT. SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 18 YEAR OLD DESTINY BARNES WAS BANKING AT THE BANK OF AMERICA ATM ON BEE RIDGE ROAD... Read More.