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| BOYS ROB HOME, DO SERIOUS DAMAGE TO IT |
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WENGNews writes, "THREE CHAROTTE COUNTY JUVENILES WERE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A WEEKEND BURGLARY AT A PORT CHARLOTTE HOME. DEPUTIES SAY A COUPLE RETURNED TO THEIR AYRSHIRE CIRCLE HOME JUST BEFORE 1PM SATURDAY TO HEAR PEOPLE RUNNING FROM THEIR REAR PORCH. WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED, VARIOUS NEIGHBORS SAID THEY SAW THREE BOYS IN AND AROUND THE HOME, AND ANOTHER COUPLE SAID THEY SAW THREE YOUNG MEN RUN FROM THE HOME ACROSS THEIR BACK YARD. ANOTHER DEPUTY SAW THREE BOYS WALKING DOWN O’HARA DRIVE AND DETAINED THEM UNTIL WITNESSES POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED ALL THREE OF THEM. DEPUTIES SAID THE BOYS ENTERED THE HOME AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, INCLUDING SQUIRTING CHOCOLATE SYRUP AND BEER ALL OVER THE WALLS OF EVERY ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR. THERE WERE ALSO ABOUT TWO DOZEN HOLES IN THE WALLS, AND UPSTAIRS ONE OF THE BOYS DEFECATED ON THE FLOOR. THE THREE BOYS, 15 YEAR OLD BRIAN EGBERT, 16 YEAR OLD DAVID GRAMBLING-JORDAN, AND 17 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS ORTIZ, WERE ALL BOOKED ON BURGLARY OF AN UNOCCUPIED DWELLING AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF CHARGES. ALL THREE WERE RELEASED TO THEIR PARENTS WITH AN ORDER TO APPEAR IN COURT. "
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Posted on Mar 18, 2008 05:44am.
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| SARASOTA MAN ACCUSED OF MOLESTING CHILDREN |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA POLICE ARRESTED 39 YEAR OLD HUSSAIN ALSAAD OF SARASOTA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ON A WARRANT FROM THE SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR LEWD LASCIVIOUS ACTS AGAINST SEVERAL CHILDREN. REPORTS SAY ALSAAD COMMITTED THE ACTS IN NOVEMBER AGAINST THREE CHILDREN, INCLUDNIG A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL, WHO TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT HE TOUCHED HER IN HER PRIVATE AREAS AS SHE SLEPT. THE GIRL RAN OUT OF THE HOME, AND A GOOD SAMARITAN FOUND HER WANDERING THE STREETS ALONE IN THE AREA OF SIESTA DRIVE AND OSPREY AVENUE. DETECTIVES FOUND THE GIRL CRYING, AND SAID SHE WAS UNFOCUSED AND VERY SLEEPY, AS IF SHE HAD BEEN DRUGGED. TWO OTHER CHILDREN WERE ALSO INTERVIEW BY DETECTIVES, AND ACCUSED ALSAAD OF TOUCHING THEM AS WELL. ALSAAD WAS CONTACTED BY AUTHORITIES AND DENIED ALL OF THE ALLEGATIONS, BUT HE FAILED A POLYGRAPH TEST. ALSAAD WAS CHARGED WITH LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS MOLESTATION AND TAKEN TO THE SARASOTA JAIL, WHERE HE IS BEING HELD ON $200,000 BAIL."
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Posted on Mar 18, 2008 05:43am.
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| FIRE DESTROYS HOME IN PUNTA GORDA |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE FIRE AND EMS RESPONDED TO A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT A HOME ON TAYLOR ROAD IN PUNTA GORDA. WHEN THEY ARRIVED JUST AFTER 1:20PM, THE FOUND A SINGLE STORY, WOOD FRAMED STRUCTURE WITH THE GARAGE FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. FIREFIGHTERS WERE TOLD AT FIRST THAT SOMEONE MAY HAVE BEEN INSIDE, BUT WERE LATER TOLD THAT THE HOME WAS EMPTY. WITH THE HELP OF A LADDER TRUCK FROM THE PUNTA GORDA FIRE DEPARTMENT, CREWS KNOCKED THE FIRE DOWN IN TEN MINUTES. A DOG WAS INJURED IN THE BLAZE, AND ANIMAL CONTROL WAS CALLED IN TO HELP. THE GARAGE AREA SUSTAINED HEAVY FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE, WHILE A UTILITY AREA BETWEEN THE GARAGE AND LIVING AREA HAD SOME SMOKE AND FIRE DAMAGE. THE LIVING AREA SUSTAINED HEAVY SMOKE DAMAGE AS WELL, BUT NO DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS ESTIMATED. THE RED CROSS WAS ON SCENE TO ASSIST THE RESIDENTS OF THE HOME, AND THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE."
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Posted on Mar 18, 2008 05:08am.
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| ENGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY NOT TO CLOSE |
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WENGNews writes, "RUMORS HAVE BEEN RUNNING RAMMPED THAT ENGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL CLOSE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THE SARASOTA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ON MONDAY SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE THAT THOSE RUMORS ARE UNFOUNDED. SCHOOL BOARD COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST SCOTT FERGUSON TOLD WENG NEWS THAT THE RUMORS STARTED AFTER A MARCH 11TH DISCUSSION, IN WHICH THE BOARD WAS TRYING TO ADJUST THE ATTENDANCE AREA BOUNDARY WITH TAYLOR RANCH SCHOOL IN VENICE. THE SCHOOL BOARD REJECTED THAT PROPOSAL, WHICH APPARENTLY STARTED THE FIRESTORM. FERGUSON SAID THE SCHOOL BOARD REGULARLY REVIEWS BOUNDARIES AND ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AS PART OF ITS LONG-RANGE PLANNING PROCESS. SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRWOMAN KATHY KLEINLEIN SAID THE SCHOOL BOARD VERY MUCH APPRECIATES THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE ENGLEWOOD COMMUNITY. ATTENDANCE AT THE SCHOOL IS DOWN BY NEARLY 300 STUDENTS SINCE 1994, AN ANOMOLY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA."
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Posted on Mar 18, 2008 04:51am.
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| WOMAN KILLED IN PORT CHALROTTE HOUSE FIRE |
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WENGNews writes, "A WOMAN DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN PORT CHARLOTTE FRIDAY NIGHT. REPORTS FROM CHARLOTTE FIRE AND EMS AND THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAY THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE JUST BEFORE 9PM FRIDAY AND FOUND THE HOUSE FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. ONE OF THE WOMEN WHO LIVED IN THE HOUSE, 50 YEAR OLD VENICA ROGERS, TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT SHE BELIEVED HER SISTER WAS STILL INSIDE. ROGERS TOLD DEPUTIES THAT SHE WAS IN HER BEDROOM WHEN THE SMOKE DETECTORS WENT OFF. WHEN SHE CAME OUT OF HER ROOM, SHE FOUND SMOKE IN THE KITCHEN AND COULD SEE IT WAS COMING FROM THE GARAGE, WHERE HER SISTER, 53 YEAR OLD DEBORAH REED, WAS LISTENING TO THE STEREO. SHE TRIED TO OPEN THE GARAGE DOOR, BUT COULD NOT BECAUSE FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH AND THE DOOR WAS MELTING. FIREFIGHTERS FOUND REED IN THE GARAGE DURING A SECONDARY SEARCH OF THE HOME. REED WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. INVESTIGATORS DON’T SUSPECT FOUL PLAY, BUT HAVE NOT COMPLETED THEIR INVESTIGATION."
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Posted on Mar 17, 2008 06:31am.
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| TEXAS MAN SHEMED TO DEFRAUD SUB SHOPS |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES ARRESTED A DALLAS, TEXAS MAN THURSDAY IN CONNECTION WITH A COUNTERFEIT CHECK SCHEME TO DEFRAUD WHICH OCCURRED IN SARASOTA AND MANATEE COUNTIES IN FEBRUARY. DEPUTIES CHARGED 44 YEAR OLD RICHARD WRIGHT WITH TWO COUNTS OF UTTERING A CONTERFEIT NOTE, TWO COUNTS OF PETIT THEFT, AND TWO COUNTS OF FORGERY FOR THE SARASOTA COUNTY INCIDENTS, AND HE’S WANTED IN MANATEE COUNTY AND IN TEXAS, WHERE HE IS A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE. WRIGHT GAVE STATEMENTS TO DETECTIVES THAT HE HAS BEEN LIVING UNDER AN ASSUMED NAME SINCE 2005 TO AVOID DETECTION ON OUTSTANDING CHARGES IN TEXAS. WRIGHT IS ACCUSED OF GOING INTO LOCAL SANDWICH AND SUB SHOPS AND PLACING LARGE CATERING ORDERS, BETWEEN $1500 AND $2000 DOLLARS, REPRESENTING HIMSELF AS WORKING FOR AFLAC, SAYING THE ORDER WAS FOR THE COMPANY. HE THEN USED COUNTERFEIT BANK OF AMERICA’S CASHIER’S CHECKS TO PAY FOR THE ORDER, TAKING BACK THE CASH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COST OF THE ORDER AND THE CHECK. WRIGHT IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE LEE COUNTY JAIL PENDING EXTRADITION BACK TO TEXAS. "
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Posted on Mar 17, 2008 06:15am.
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| NOKOMIS MAN KILLED IN MANATEE WRECK |
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WENGNews writes, "A NOKOMIS MAN WAS KILLED SOMETIME ON FRIDAY AFTER HE WAS FOUND BY THE MANAGER OF THE PROPERTY HE CRASHED HIS CAR ON. TROOPERS SAY 60 YEAR OLD DENNIS MINTZ WAS NORTHBOUND ON RYE ROAD WHEN HE APPARENTLY RAN THE STOP SIGN AT COUNTY ROAD 675. MINTZ CONTINUED ONTO HOWLING WOLF RUN AND FAILED TO NEGOTIATE THE RIGHT HAND CURVE IN THE ROADWAY, RUNNING OFF THE ROADWAY AND THRU THE BARB WIRE FENCE, HITTING SEVERAL SMALL PINE TREES. MINTZ’S PORCHE THEN WENT THRU A DITCH, OVERTURNED SEVERAL TIMES, AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN IN PALMETTO BUSHES. TROOPERS SAY THE MANAGER OF THE PROPERTY FOUND MINTZ AND THE CAR AS HE CAME OUT TO REPAIR THE FENCE. THE EXACT TIME OF THE ACCIDENT IS NOT KNOWN, AND TROOPERS ARE LOOKING FOR HELP IN THEIR INVESTIGATION. IF ANYONE HEARD OR SAW A CRASH IN THE AREA OF COUNTY ROAD 675 AND RYE ROAD, THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL AT 941-751-7647 EXT 131. THEY SAY ALCOHOL MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN THE WRECK. "
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Posted on Mar 17, 2008 05:55am.
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