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| NORTH PORT MAN ARRESTED ON 56 CHARGES |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED A NORTH PORT MAN ON 56 FELONY CHARGES CONCERNING FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION DRUG CHARGES FOLLOWING A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION. DEPUTIES SAY 36 YEAR OLD ROGER SWORE TURNED HIMSELF THURSDAY. BACK IN LATE JANUARY, A PUBLIX PHARMACIST CONTACTED THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN REFERENCE TO 28 FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTIONS THAT WERE ISSUED SINCE NOVEMBER 16TH. AN UNKNOWN WOMAN CALLED IN THE BOGUS PRESCRIPTIONS SAYING SHE WAS FROM A PORT CHARLOTTE DOCTOR’S OFFICE. THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE SAID THEY DIDN’T ISSUE THE PRESCRIPTIONS, WHICH WERE IN ANOTHER NAME. SWORE THEN HAD HIS MOTHER PICK UP THE BOGUS PRESCRIPTION BACK IN JANUARY. SHE TOLD DETECTIVES THAT HER SON HAD DEVELOPED A DRUG PROBLEM FROM PRIOR INJURIES, AND SHE TOOK HIM TO A REHAB CENTER IN SARASOTA. DETECTIVES DEVELOPED A PHOTO LINE-UP FOR PHARMACY EMPLOYEES, WHO IDENTIFIED SWORE AS THE MAN WHO PICKED UP THE ILLEGAL PRESCRIPTIONS. SWORE WAS CHARGED WITH 28 COUNTS EACH OF OBTAINING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY FRAUD AND POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION. HE IS BEING HELD IN THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL ON $140,000 BOND."
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Posted on Apr 18, 2008 10:22am.
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| PUNTA GORDA BLOCK PARTY MEANS MORE PATROLS |
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WENGNews writes, "THE 22ND ANNUAL PUNTA GORDA BLOCK PARTY IS THIS WEEKEND, BRINGING HIGH SCHOOL BANDS, PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS, AND MANY FOOD AND CRAFT VENDORS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA…AND WITH THAT WILL COME EXTRA PATROLS FROM PUNTA GORDA POLICE. POLICE SAY THEY ALREADY HAVE MARKED AND UNMARKED CARS RUNNING RADAR AND LASER PATROLS IN THE AREA, SAYING THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC ENTERING THE CITY AND INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE TRAFFIC HAZARDS OF AGGRESSIVE DRIVING. THEY WILL BE CONCENTRATING THEIR EFFORTS ON THE GILCREST BRIDGE, CROSS STREET (WHICH IS US 41 SOUTHBOUND0, AND US 41 NORTHBOUND FROM VIRGINIA AVENUE TO THE BARON COLLIER BRIDGE. POLICE REMIND YOU THAT THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT ON THE GILCREST BRIDGE IS 45 MILES PER HOUR, WHICH REDUCES TO 35 UPON EXITING THE BRIDGE AND ENTERING THE DOWNTOWN PUNTA GORDA AREA. THEY SAY SPEEDING FINES RANGE FROM $83.50 FOR GOING 6-9 MILES PER HOUR OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, TO MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCES FOR SPEEDS OVER 30 MILES PER HOUR OVER THE LIMIT."
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Posted on Apr 18, 2008 05:28am.
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| OPENING OF ENGLEWOOD FARMERS MARKET |
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WENGNews writes, "AS PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF EARTH DAY THIS WEEKEND, THE ENGLEWOOD FARMERS MARKET WILL OPEN THIS WEEKEND. IT WILL BE LOCATED AT 520 WEST GREEN STREET IN OLDE ENGLEWOOD VILLAGE, AND IT WILL INCLUDE VENDORS OF FRESH PRODUCE AND SEAFOOD, ALONG WITH FRESH CUT FLOWERS, BASED GOODS, HANDMADE CRAFTS, AND SPECIALTY PRODUCTS. AMONG THE KIDS ACTIVITIES ARE PLANTING A SEEDLING, ECO PENCIL CUPS, AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN SOLAR ENERGY KITS. THE MARKET WILL CELEBRATE THEIR GRAND OPENING FROM 8AM UNTIL NOON BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND THEY STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS AND VENDORS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP OUT, YOU CAN CALL JANICE AT 223-5500, OR YOU CAN REACH HER AT HER EMAIL ADDRESS, WHICH IS JANICE@GILER.NET. "
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Posted on Apr 18, 2008 05:01am.
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| SWIFTMUD EXTENDS WATER EMERGENCY |
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WENGNews writes, "THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT HAS EXTENDED THE WATER SHORTAGE EMERGENCY ORDER FOR MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A MILLION RESIDENTS OF THE PEACE RIVER/MANASOTA REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY AUTHORITY TO PROTECT THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY. THE ORDER WAS TO EXPIRE ON SATURDAY, BUT IT WILL NOT CONTINUE UNTIL JUNE 25TH. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT RAINS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN OUR RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE YEAR TO NORMAL LEVELS, THE ONGOING TWO YEAR DROUGHT STILL HAS OUR WATER SUPPLY AT A DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVEL. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, WHICH WAS SIGNED WEDNESDAY, WILL ALLOW THE AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE TEMPORARILY WITHDRAWALS FROM THE PEACE RIVER TO STORE ADDITIONAL WATER IN ITS EXISTING RESERVOIR AND TWO AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY WELLFIELDS. THE AUTHORITY’S SERVICE AREA INCLUDES THE CITY OF NORTH PORT AND PORTIONS OF CHARLOTTE AND SARASOTA COUNTIES. "
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Posted on Apr 18, 2008 04:41am.
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| SECOND ALCOHOL STING THIS YEAR IN PUNTA GORDA |
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WENGNews writes, "PUNTA GORDA POLICE AND THE STATE DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO BUREAU OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SET OUT WEDNESDAY FOR THEIR SECOND ENFORCEMENT SWEEP IN THE CITY TARGETING THE SALE OF ALCOHOL TO MINORS. POLICE SAY 21 LOCAL COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS WERE CHECKED, WITH TWO BEING FOUND IN VIOLATION…BOTH REPEAT OFFENDERS. DETECTIVES ARRESTED 55 YEAR OLD BONNIE MUNOZ OF PUNTA GORDA, A CLERK AT THE BURNT STORE BP ON TAMIAMI TRAIL, AND 20 YEAR OLD JONATHON MILLIGAN OF PORT CHARLOTTE, A WAITER AT BENEDETTO’S AT THE BEST WESTERN. THEY WERE BOTH CHARGED WITH SELLING ALCOHOL TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 21, AND THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL, WHERE THEY WERE HELD ON $500 DOLLARS BOND EACH. THIS WAS THE THIRD VIOLATION IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AT BENEDETTO’S, AND THE FIFTH AT THE BURNT STORE BP. POLICE SAY THE SWEEP WILL CONTINUE TO CURTAIL SALES OF ALCOHOL TO MINORS IN THE CITY."
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Posted on Apr 17, 2008 10:08am.
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| MAN ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY AGAIN |
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WENGNews writes, "VENICE POLICE ARRESTED A MAN WHO THEY SAY ROBBED A DOLLAR GENERAL STORE ON PINEBROOK ROAD IN VENICE LAST MONTH. POLICE SAY 60 YEAR OLD PATRICK MAGGAZINO OF VENICE WAS PICKED UP BY THE SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR THE ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF SMITH’S BEAUTY SALON IN SOUTH VENICE. POLICE THEN WENT BACK TO THE CLERK AND MANAGER OF DOLLAR GENERAL AND PRESENTED A PHOTO LINE-UP TO THEM. THEY BOTH PICKED MAGGAZINO OUT, AND POLICE ARRESTED HIM WEDNESDAY AT HIS MAX ROAD HOME. THEY RECOVERED A TOY GUN DETECTIVES SAY MAGGAZINO USED IN THE ROBBERY. HE WAS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY WITH A FIREARM AND TAKEN TO THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL, WHERE HIS IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND PENDING A MAY 16TH ARRAIGNMENT HEARING."
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Posted on Apr 17, 2008 09:53am.
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| ANOTHER CHARLOTTE COUNTY OFFICIAL RESIGNS |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TOM O’KANE ANNOUNCED WEDENSDAY THAT HE HAS RESIGNED HIS POSITION TO TAKE A SIMILAR JOB IN CALIFORNIA. ACCORDING TO THE SUN, THE 60 YEAR OLD O’KANE’S SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW LIVE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA, AND HE RECENTLY APPLIED FOR THE SONOMA COUNTY DEPUTY TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR POSITION, FOR WHICH HE WAS PICKED. O’KANE HAS BEEN WITH THE COUNTY SINCE 1999, AND HIS DEPARTMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLEARING OF THE ROADWAYS OF DEBRIS AND GETTING TRAFFIC LIGHTS OPERATING AGAIN AFTER HURRICANE CHARLEY BACK IN 2004. HIS FINAL DAY IS MAY 27TH, AND INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ROGER BALTZ TOLD THE PAPER THAT THE COUNTY APPRECIATED O’KANE’S SERVICE TO THE COUNTY AND THEY WISH HIM ALL THE BEST."
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Posted on Apr 17, 2008 06:10am.
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