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| WOMAN DIES AS RESULT OF INJURIES IN CRASH |
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WENGNews writes, "A WOMAN WHO WAS THROWN FROM HER VEHICLE DURING AN EARLY MORNING CRASH LAST WEEK HAS DIED FROM HER INJURIES. TROOPERS SAY 40 YEAR OLD STACEY MILLER OF SARASOTA WAS A PASSANGER IN A MERCURY MOUNTAINEER THAT WAS DRIVEN BY 39 YEAR OLD ADAM RUSH OF GALENA, OHIO LAST THURSDAY MORNING WHEN RUSH DID NOT NAVIGATE THE ROUNDABOUT AT BEACH ROAD AND GULF DRIVE ON ENGLEWOOD BEACH. THE VEHICLE THEN ENTERED A PARKING LOT, HITTING SEVERAL PARKING POSTS AND TREES BEFORE OVERTURNING. RUSH DIED AT THE SCENE, AND TROOPERS SAY MILLER DIED MONDAY NIGHT AT LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. TROOPERS SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT SPEED AND ALCOHOL MAY HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN THE 1:30AM ACCIDENT, AND NEITHER RUSH NOR MILLER WERE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS. "
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Posted on Mar 19, 2008 06:54am.
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| EARLY MORNING BURGLARY IN ENGLEWOOD |
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WENGNews writes, "TWO MEN WERE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ARMED ROBBERY IN ENGLEWOOD EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 23 YEAR OLD IAN ROCHEK AND 37 YEAR OLD JAMES AVELLA WERE BOTH TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER AUTHORITIES WERE CALLED OUT TO DENNY’S ON SOUTH McCALL ROAD JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. TWO MEN SAID AN ARMED ROBBERY TOOK PLACE ON MANOR COURT, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE CAR AND PEOPLE INVOLVED. SARASOTA DEPUTIES STOPPED THE CAR JUST BEFORE 1AM, WHERE THE TWO MEN AND ANOTHER WOMAN WERE INSIDE. THE WOMAN, 20 YEAR OLD KRISTEN HANKINSON, GAVE ONE STORY WHILE THE TWO MEN GAVE ANOTHER. THE MEN CLAIMED THEY WERE BUYING THE WOMAN’S CAR WHEN AVELLA PULLED A GUN ON THEM AND TOOK THEIR MONEY. HANKINSON TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT SHE PICKED UP THE TWO MEN TO BUY DRUGS, AND WHEN SHE CAME INTO A ROOM AVELLA HAD PULLED A GUN ON ONE OF THE MEN. DETECTIVES DETERMINED AFTER TALKING TO ALL INVOLVED TO ARREST ROCHEK AND AVELLA, AND THEY CHARGED THEM WITH ROBBERY WITH A FIREARM. THEY WERE BOTH TAKEN TO THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL, AND DEPUTIES SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS NOT OVER, WITH MORE CHARGES TO COME. "
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Posted on Mar 19, 2008 06:13am.
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| BRUSH FIRE CLOSE TO HOME #2 |
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WENGNews writes, "A DOWNED POWER LINE CAUSED THE BRUSH FIRE THAT CONSUMED OVER 100 ACRES IN THE ENGLEWOOD FARM ACRES AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON, BUT FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS INJURED. FIREFIGHTERS FROM VENICE, NORTH PORT, NOKOMIS, BOCA GRANDE, SARASOTA AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES, AND ENGLEWOOD ALONG WITH THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY BATTLED THE FAST MOVING BLAZE THAT STARTED JUST AFTER 3:15PM. THE FIRE STARTED IN ENGLEWOOD FARM ACRES, BUT WINDS GUSTING OVER TWENTY MILES PER HOUR QUICKLY ALLOWED THE FLAMES TO JUMP RIVER ROAD, WHICH WAS CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ALONG WITH WINCHESTER BOULEVARD. FIRE LINES ARE STILL BURNING TODAY, AND ENGLEWOOD FIRE DISTRICT BATALLION CHIEF RUSTY MCCORD TOLD US THERE IS SOME CONCERN ABOUT FLARE-UPS. WHILE FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON THE FRONT LINES BATTLING THE FIRE FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS, A FAMILIAR SIGHT FOR SORE EYES ARRIVED ON SCENE, AND MCCORD WAS VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. MOST OF THE ENGINES FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WERE RELEASED AT AROUND 7PM, BUT THE BRUSH TRUCK REMAINED TO HELP WITH ANY HOT SPOTS. "
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Posted on Mar 19, 2008 06:11am.
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| SOUTH VENICE VEHICLE BURGLARIES UP |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SAY THEY RESPONDED TO SEVENTEEN REPORT VEHICLE BURGLARIES IN THE SOUTH VENICE AREA MONDAY NIGHT ALONE, AND THEY SAY THIS IS PART OF AN ALARMING TREND THIS YEAR. DEPUTIES SAY THERE HAVE BEEN 237 VEHICLE BURGLARIES SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, COMPARED TO ONLY 132 OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, AND THEY SAY PART OF THE PROBLEM IS US. 85% OF THE BURGLARIES OCCURRED IN UNLOCKED VEHICLES, WITH MANY HAVING VALUABLES IN PLAIN SIGHT, AND SEVERAL HAD THE KEYS IN THE VEHICLE. DEPUTIES SAY YOU CAN HELP KEEP YOUR CAR FROM BEING BROKEN INTO BY FOLLOWING SOME EASY STEPS, INCLUDING CLOSING ALL OF YOUR WINDOWS AND LOCKING THE DOORS, EVEN IN YOUR OWN DRIVEWAY…REMOVING VALUABLE FROM INSIDE YOUR VEHICLE, INCLUDING GPS EQUIPMENT AND SATELLITE RADIOS…AND USING CAR ALARMS. REPORT ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY OR PERSONS IMMEDIATELY, AND IF YOU SEE A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS, DO NOT RISK PHYSICAL HARM…JUST CALL AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY. "
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Posted on Mar 19, 2008 05:10am.
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| FIRE IN ENGLEWOOD FARM ACRES |
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WENGNews writes, "FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL FIGHTING A BRUSH FIRE THAT STARTED JUST AFTER 3:15PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN ENGLEWOOD FARM ACRES OFF OF RIVER ROAD. A DOWNED POWER LINE STARTED THE FIRE, WHICH QUICKLY JUMPED ACROSS RIVER ROAD INTO SWAMP LAND SOUTH OF THOMAS RANCH NEAR THE NORTH PORT BORDER. RESIDENTS IN ENGLEWOOD FARM ACRES WERE EVACUATED, BUT THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN ABLE TO RETURN HOME. MORE THAN FIFTY FIREFIGHTERS FROM A TASK FORCE MADE UP OF SARASOTA AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES, AS WELL AS NORTH PORT, VENICE, NOKOMIS, BOCA GRANDE, AND ENGLEWOOD, PLUS THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY BATTLED THE BLAZE AS GUSTY WINDS OVER 20 MILES PER HOUR BLEW THE FIRE QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST. AS OF 8PM, THE FIRE WAS STILL NOT DECARED TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL, AS THERE WERE STILL SEVERAL HOT SPOTS ALONG BOTH SIDES OF RIVER ROAD. BATALLION CHIEF RUSTY McCORD TOLD US THEY EXPECT TO HAVE CREWS ON SCENE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 24 HOURS, AS WEDNESDAY PROMISES TO BE WINDY ONCE AGAIN, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLARE UPS WILL BE HIGH. RIVER ROAD AND WINCHESTER BOULEVARD WERE REOPENED SHORTLY AFTER 7PM TUESDAY AFTER BEING CLOSED THRU THE RUSH HOUR, BUT SECTIONS OF RIVER ROAD STILL HAD LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE SMOKE AND HOT SPOTS. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS ARRIVED ON SCENE AT AROUND 6PM TO PROVIDE REFRESHMENTS, SNACKS, AND MEALS TO FIREFIGHTERS AND RESCUE PERSONNEL. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES AND AS OF 8PM, THERE WERE NO STRUCTURES IN ANY DANGER."
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Posted on Mar 18, 2008 19:28pm.
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| HEALTH IN MOTION IN VENICE TODAY |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY’S FORTY FOOT MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT HEALTH IN MOTION WILL BE BACK IN THE AREA TODAY, DISPENSING FREE OR LOST COST HEALTH CARE TO RESIDENTS WITH MEDICAID, WITHOUT HEALTH CARE, OR WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. THE BIG BUS WILL BE AT THE GOODWILL CENTER RIALTO, 650 SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, FROM 9:30AM UNTIL NOON THIS MORNING, THEN THEY WILL PACK UP AND HEAD TO GROVE TERRACE, AT 201 GROVE STREET NORTH, FROM 1-3PM THIS AFTERNOON. NO APPOINTMENT IS NEEDED, BUT SOME PATIENCE IS, AS THE SERVICE, WHICH IS ENTERING ITS SECOND YEAR, IS AS POPULAR AS EVER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THE DATES, ROUTES, AND SERVICES OFFERED BY HEALTH IN MOTION, YOU CAN EITHER CALL THE SARASOTA COUNTY CALL CENTER AT 861-5000, OR YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.SARASOTAHEALTH.ORG. TOMORROW HEALTH IN MOTION WILL HAVE A ONE YEAR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT THE SANDRA SIMS TERRY CENTER IN LAUREL FROM 3-5PM."
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Posted on Mar 18, 2008 06:30am.
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| CONE ZONE INFORMATION FOR WEEK OF MARCH 17TH |
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WENGNews writes, "HERE ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT MIGHT SLOW YOU DOWN THIS WEEK AS ROAD CONSTRUCTION CREW DO THEIR THING. IN NOKOMIS, CREWS WILL CONTINUE WORKING IN THE AREAS OF COLONIA LANE BETWEEN CENTRAL AVENUE AND ALBEE FARM ROAD, AND EAST OF ALBEE FARM ROAD BETWEEN COLONIA LANE AND KILPATRICK ROAD AS PART OF THE NOKOMIS WATER LINE PROJECT. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION IN THESE AREAS. WORK SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN THESE AREAS BY THE SPRINGTIME. IN VENICE, THERE WILL BE ONE-LANE CLOSURES, ALTERNATING BETWEEN EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND LANES OF JACARANDA BOULEVARD THIS WEEK WHILE WORK IS DONE ON THE MEDIANS. THAT SHOULD LAST THRU THE END OF THE MONTH. AND THERE ARE TWO AREAS IN ENGLEWOOD TO WATCH OUT FOR. CONSTRUCTION BEGINS THIS WEEK ON REPLACEMENT OF THE OVERBROOK ROAD BRIDGE. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT MINOR DELAYS AND POSSIBLE DAILY LANE CLOSURES, AS NEEDED. THE OVERBROOK BRIDGE IS SLATED TO CLOSE TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON MARCH 29TH AND REOPEN ON APRIL 11TH. TRAFFIC WILL BE DETOURED TO MANASOTA BEACH ROAD, WITH ACCESS TO OVERBROOK ROAD EAST OF THE BRIDGE. THE ENTIRE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES INSTALLATION OF SIDEWALKS AND REPLACEMENT OF SEA WALLS, IS EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL AUGUST. AND YOU CAN EXPECT LANE CLOSURES IN THE AREA OF THE DEARBORN STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WHILE BRICK PAVERS ARE INSTALLED. OTHER ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRAFFIC RAILING ON THE DEARBORN STREET BRIDGE AND THE ROADWAY ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE BRIDGE AND INSTALLATION OF LIGHT POLE BASES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAWAY. CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY JULY. "
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Posted on Mar 18, 2008 06:18am.
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