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APPARENT SUICIDE AT CHURCH

Monday, July 25

THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S MAJOR CRIMES UNIT IS INVESTIGATING A POSSIBLE SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF TWO PEOPLE FOUND BEHIND A CHURCH AROUND 7:30 SUNDAY MORNING. A REPORT FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE PASTOR OF FRIENDSHIP UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON PARAMOUNT DRIVE IN... Read More.

TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT

Monday, July 25

THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WILL BE STEPPING UP TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS THIS WEEK. SPEED LIMITS WILL BE ENFORCED ON THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF GULFSTREAM BLVD IN EAST ENGLEWOOD AND THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF EDGEWATER DRIVE IN PORT CHARLOTTE.... Read More.

CITY VEHICLE HITS GRANDMOTHER, GRANDSON

Friday, July 22

NORTH PORT POLICE SAY A GRANDMOTHER AND HER TODDLER GRANDSON WERE INJURED WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY A CITY VEHICLE YESTERDAY. POLICE SAY 39 YEAR OLD MICHAEL JUGENHEIMER OF NORTH PORT WAS NORTHBOUND ON NIMBUS DRIVE NEAR TOOLEY STREET AT AROUND 10AM WHEN HE... Read More.

THREE MIAMI MEN TRY TO PASS FAKE BILLS

Friday, July 22

THREE MIAMI MEN WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO PASS FAKE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS IN PORT CHARLOTTE. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE CVS ON TAMIAMI TRAIL AT 3:15PM WEDNESDAY ADVISING A HISPANIC MAN TRIED TO BUY A BOX... Read More.

TIRE BLOW-OUT CAUSES ACCIDENT

Friday, July 22

A TIRE BLOW-OUT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE AT THE END OF THE EVENING RUSH LAST NIGHT. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 47 YEAR OLD ALFRED MARTIN OF DADE CITY WAS NORTHBOUND ON I-75 NEAR MILE MARKER 173 JUST AFTER 6PM WHEN THE... Read More.

SIESTA KEY RESIDENTS BOILING THEIR WATER

Friday, July 22

A PRECAUTIONARY BOIL WATER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOME SIESTA KEY RESIDENTS AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE TO A WATER VALVE AT THE INTERSECTION OF MIDNIGHT PASS ROAD AND SARASEA CIRCLE. ACCORDING TO SARASOTA COUNTY OFFICIALS, THE WATER WAS TURNED OFF AROUND 11:30 YESTERDAY... Read More.

PEDESTRIAN FATALLY INJURED

Monday, July 18

THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS REPORTED A PEDESTRIAN WAS FATALLY INJURED IN SARASOTA COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 2 AM SATURDAY. TWENTY TWO YEAR OLD KELLIAN BASCONE WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON UNIVERSITY PARKWAY WEST OF SARASOTA LAKES BLVD WHEN 32 YEAR... Read More.

SIX YEAR OLD SHOT

Monday, July 18

NORTH PORT POLICE WERE CALLED TO A NORTH PORT EMERGENCY ROOM SATURDAY REGARDING A SIX YEAR OLD BEING SHOT. THE INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED INSIDE A HOUSE IN THE 2600 BLOCK OF YAMADA LANE AT AROUND 5PM SATURDAY. THE CHILD’S INJURIES WERE DETERMINED TO BE... Read More.

FATHER AND SON HEAD TO JAIL AFTER RAID

Monday, July 18

A PUNTA GORDA HOME WAS RAIDED FRIDAY MORNING AND THE FATHER AND SON WHO LIVE THERE HAD A NEW ADDRESS FOR A TIME…THE COUNTY LOCK UP. DEPUTIES SAY THEY HAD TO FORCE THEIR WAY INTO THE HOME ON ROMA COURT JUST BEFORE 6:30AM WITH... Read More.