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DEPUTIES LOOKING FOR HELP IN IDENTIFYING SUSPECT

Monday, August 16

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES ARE LOOKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING A SUSPECT IN A BUSINESS BURGLARY. DEPUTIES SAY THE MOOSE LODGE #1693 AT 27590 DISSTON AVENUE IN PUNTA GORDA WAS ROBBED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. DURING THE BURGLARY THE SUSPECT TRIGGERED A SECURITY... Read More.

BOVELL ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

Thursday, August 12

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DIRECTOR OF TOURISM BECKY BOVELL ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1ST. SHE ACTUALLY TENDERED HER LETTER OF RESIGNATION LAST THURSDAY TO NOW FORMER CHARLOTTE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ROGER BALTZ. BOVELL’S CAREER INCLUDES A QUARTER CENTURY OF LEADERSHIP IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY,... Read More.

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AREA HOME SALES FIGURES MIXED

Thursday, August 12

FUELED BY THE END OF THE FEDERAL TAX CREDIT AND THE SLOW SUMMER SEASON, HOME SALES FELL IN JULY IN THE SOUTHWEST PLEX BUT WERE UP FOR THE QUARTER THAT ENDED IN JUNE. ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED BY FLORIDA REALTORS, JULY HOME SALES... Read More.

SEVEN ARRESTED AT NOKOMIS DRUG HOUSE

Wednesday, August 11

SEVEN PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER A MONDAY AFTERNOON RAID OF A KNOWN NOKOMIS DRUG HOUSE. SARASOTA COUNTY UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT 205 POMPANO LANE AND FOUND TEN PEOPLE INSIDE AND THREE MORE OUTSIDE. THEY ALSO FOUND EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS USED TO... Read More.

ANOTHER OXYCODONE DEALER OFF THE STREET

Wednesday, August 11

CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES CONTINUED THEIR CRACKDOWN ON AREA DRUG DEALERS MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE ARREST OF A DEEP CREEK MAN AFTER AN UNDERCOVER PURCHASE OF OXYCODONE PILLS. DETECTIVES SAY 21 YEAR OLD ADAM JACOBS ALSO SOLD OXYCODONE TO AN UNDERCOVER OPERATIVE ON AUGUST... Read More.

BALTZ RESIGNS AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR

Tuesday, August 10

CHARLOTTE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ROGER BALTZ BEGAN THE COMMISSION MEETING ON TUESDAY WITH A SURPRISE DISCUSSION ABOUT HIS STATUS AS ADMINISTRATOR THAT ENDED UP WITH HIM TENDERING HIS RESIGNATION. WE BROKE THE STORY ON THE MORNING MAGAZINE PROGRAM THANKS TO MARK CHAPMAN OF THE ENGLEWOOD... Read More.

ELDERLY WOMAN ROBBED AT GUNPOINT

Tuesday, August 10

AN ELDERLY NORTH PORT WOMAN WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT AFTER DRIVING HOME FROM A BINGO GAME SUNDAY NIGHT. NORTH PORT POLICE SAID THE WOMAN WAS BACKING HER CAR INTO THE GARAGE AT HER BARLOW TERRACE HOME WHEN A YOUNGER WHITE MAN SNUCK UNDER THE... Read More.

COPPER COWBOY ON THE LOOSE

Tuesday, August 10

AN ENGLEWOOD MAN WITH A REPUTATION AS THE COPPER COWBOY IS BEING SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH A SUNDAY MORNING INCIDENT. DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO SUNRISE PARK ON EDGEWATER DRIVE JUST AFTER 8AM WHERE THEY FOUND A 1996 GREEN CHEVY BARETTA STUCK IN... Read More.

WOMAN KILLED TRYING TO CROSS EL JOBEAN ROAD

Monday, August 9

A PORT CHARLOTTE WOMAN DIED SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER SHE WAS HIT BY A VAN WHILE TRYING TO CROSS EL JOBEAN ROAD. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 67 YEAR OLD GEORGE FERL OF PORT CHARLOTTE WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON STATE ROAD 776 APPROACHING... Read More.

TWO PEDESTRIANS VICTIMS OF HIT AND RUN

Monday, August 9

TWO TOURISTS FROM ENGLAND ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER BEING HIT BY A VEHICLE ON SIESTA KEY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 43 YEAR OLD JAMES INCE AND 64 YEAR OLD FRANK MALCOM, BOTH OF NEW CASTLE, WERE WALKING... Read More.