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| BODY IDENTIFIED AS LOVELY |
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WENGNews writes, "THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS IDENTIFIED THE BODY FOUND IN A PICK-UP TRUCK IN THE WOODS IN ROTONDA WEST LAST WEEK AS THAT OF 30 YEAR OLD DONALD LOVELY OF ENGLEWOOD. LOVELY HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE LATE FEBRUARY, AND HIS FAMILY HAD FEARED THE WORSED SINCE HE WAS ON ANTI-DEPRESSANTS. SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S SPOKESMAN CHUCK LESALTATO HAD TOLD ME LAST WEEK THAT THEY DID NOT CONSIDER HIM A MISSING PERSON SINCE HE LEFT HIS HOME ON HIS OWN AND WAS TOO OLD TO BE A RUNAWAY. LOVELY WAS FIRST REPORTED MISSING BACK ON FEBRUARY 22ND BY HIS FAMILY, BUT REPORTS SAID HE WAS LAST SEEN AT JUNIOR’S LOUNGE IN GROVE CITY IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MARCH 1ST. LOVELY’S BADLY DECOMPOSED BODY WAS FOUND LAST TUESDAY EVENING BY A PASSERBY WHO NOTICED A FOUL ODOR COMING FROM THE PICK-UP. THE CAUSE OF LOVELY’S DEATH IS STILL UNKNOWN PENDING THE RESULTS OF TOXICOLOGY REPORTS, BUT DEPUTIES SAY NO FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED. "
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Posted on Mar 17, 2008 05:23am.
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| WOMAN KILLED AT CURRY CREEK BRIDGE |
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WENGNews writes, "AN ILLINOIS WOMAN WAS KILLED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WHEN SHE CRASHED INTO A BRIDGE WALL IN VENICE. TROOPERS SAY 21 YEAR OLD THERESA BELL WAS SOUTHBOUND ON I-75 JUST PAST THE JACARANDA BOULEVARD EXIT AT AROUND 1:30AM WHEN SHE VEERED ONTO THE LEFT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, HITTING THE CURRY CREEK BRIDGE WALL. HER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE SPUN OUT AND CAME TO REST AGAINST THE WALL, WHILE BELL WAS EJECTED ONTO THE HIGHWAY. SHE WAS RUN OVER AND KILLED INSTANTLY. NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED, AND TROOPERS SAY ALCOHOL WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT. "
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Posted on Mar 17, 2008 05:09am.
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| MAN SWIPES PATROL CAR, KILLED |
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WENGNews writes, "A 26 YEAR OLD MAN WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT WHEN HE SIDE-SWIPPED A CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S PATROL CAR STOPPED FOR ANOTHER WRECK. TROOPERS SAY A FORD F150 WAS NORTHBOUND ON I-75 JUST NORTH OF THE JONES LOOP ROAD EXIT AT AROUND 9:30PM WHEN THE DRIVER DRIFTED OFF OF THE ROADWAY INTO THE MEDIAN, HITTING THE REAR OF THE PATROL CAR. THE PICK-UP THEN APPROACHED ANOTHER VEHICLE AS IT DRIFTED BACK INTO THE LEFT LANE OF THE INTERSTATE. THE DRIVER OF THAT VEHICLE DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT, WHILE THE DRIVER OF THE PICK-UP VEERED LEFT, AND HE CLIPPED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM, WHICH FORCED HIM TO SPIN OUT AND OVERTURN. THE DRIVER OF THE PICK-UP WAS EJECTED AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. HIS IDENTITY IS BEING WITHHELD PENDING NOTIFICATION OF THE NEXT OF KIN. 44 YEAR OLD DEPUTY TIMMOTHY POOLE WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED, AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CHARLOTTE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. THE DRIVER OF THE THIRD VEHICLE WAS NOT INJURED. TROOPERS SAY ALCOHOL MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT. "
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Posted on Mar 17, 2008 04:53am.
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| SARASOTA LOOKING FOR VEHICLE BURGLAR |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO STOLE A WALLET OUT OF A CAR LATE LAST MONTH. DEPUTIES SAY THE VICTIM’S WALLET WAS TAKEN FROM HER WHITE CADILLAC THAT WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF 233 AVANT AVENUE IN SARASOTA BACK ON FEBRUARY 28TH. THEN, IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MARCH 4TH, THE SUSPECT USED THE VICTIM’S CREDIT CARD TO MAKE PURCHASES AT THE BP GAS STATION AT 5100 FRUITVILLE ROAD. THE SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE, BETWEEN 20 AND 30 YEARS OF AGE, BETWEEN 5’9” AND 6’ TALL WITH BROWN HAIR. HE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A LIGHT COLORED POLO STYLE SHIRT WITH DARK HORIZONTAL STRIPES, KHAKI COLORED CARGO SHORTS AND WHITE SNEAKERS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE THEFT IS ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU AT 861-4938, OR YOU CAN LEAVE ANONYMOUS INFO WITH CRIME STOPPERS, EITHER BY PHONE AT 366-TIPS, OR ONLINE AT WWW.SARASOTACRIMESTOPPERS.COM. "
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Posted on Mar 14, 2008 05:10am.
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| MEMORIAL FOR HALL EMOTIONAL |
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WENGNews writes, "SOME 200 PEOPLE GATHERED YESTERDAY AT THE FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN PUNTA GORDA TO PAY THEIR LAST RESPECTS TO ERIC HALL, THE EX-MARINE WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN A DRAINAGE PIPE LAST WEEKEND IN DEEP CREEK, NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE HE MOVED LATE LAST YEAR. AMONG THE MOURNERS WERE HALL’S FAMILY, VOLUNTEERS AND VETERANS WHO SEARCHED FOR HIM SINCE HE DISAPPEARED ON FEBRUARY 3RD, AND STRANGERS WHO WERE TOUCHED BY HIS STORY. HALL WAS INJURED IN COMBAT BACK IN 2005, AND HIS FAMILY BELIEVES HE SUFFERED FROM POST TRAMATIC STRESS DISORDER. HALL BELIEVED HE WAS UNDER ATTACK WHEN HE STORMED OUT OF HIS HOME ON HIS MOTORCYCLE BACK IN FEBRUARY, AND SOME BELIEVE HE THREW A CIGARETTE TO THE GROUND, WHICH STARTED A SMALL BRUSH FIRE, AND HALL CRAWLED INTO THE PIPE FOR SAFETY. ANOTHER MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD IN HIS HOMETOWN IN INDIANA, AND THE FAMILY HOPES HE CAN BE BURIED IN THE ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY. HALL WAS JUST 24 YEARS OLD. "
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Posted on Mar 14, 2008 04:54am.
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| DOYLE CONDITION UPGRADED TO FAIR |
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WENGNews writes, "THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTY WHO CRASHED HIS CRUISER IN THE WOODS AVOIDING A PEDESTRIAN ON THE ROAD IN FRONT OF HIM WEDNESDAY NIGHT HAD HIS CONDITION UPGRADED TO FAIR ON THURSDAY. DEPUTIES SAY 30 YEAR OLD ARON DOYLE, WHO HAS BEEN ON THE FORCE FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR, WAS AIRLIFTED TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AFTER CRASHING INTO A TREE IN THE 13,700 BLOCK OF PLACIDA ROAD JUST AFTER 8PM WEDNESDAY. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS YET TO RELEASE THE RESULTS OF THEIR INVESTIGATION, AND SHERIFF’S SPOKESMAN BOB CARPENTER TOLD WENG NEWS THAT THEIR DEPARTMENT CANNOT INVESTIGATE INCIDENTS INVOLVING THEIR OWN. WATCH COMMANDER DONNA OGDEN REPORTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THAT AN UNKNOWN PERSON WAITING FOR A FERRY STEPPED ONTO THE ROADWAY IN FRONT OF DOYLE, WHO WAS RESPONDING AS BACK UP ON A CALL FOR ANOTHER DEPUTY. NO WORD ON WHEN TROOPERS WILL CONCLUDE THEIR INVESTIGATION. "
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Posted on Mar 13, 2008 20:45pm.
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| GYPSY STYLE BURGLARIES IN PUNTA GORDA |
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WENGNews writes, "PUNTA GORDA POLICE DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY ARE CALLING SEVERAL GYPSY STYLE BURGLARIES THAT OCCURRED IN THE BURNT STORE ISLES AREA YESTERDAY. JUST BEFORE 2PM, POLICE WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON PORTOFINO AVENUE AFTER THE HOMEOWNER FOUND A HISPANIC WOMAN ON HER LANAI. THE WOMAN CLAIMED SHE WAS LOOKING FOR HER DOG. SHE IMMEDIATELY LEFT ON FOOT AND PROCEEDED DOWN THE STREET. ABOUT 40 MINUTES LATER, THEY RECEIVED ANOTHER CALL FROM A RESIDENT ON SAN PIETRO COURT, WHICH IS ABOUT FOUR BLOCKS AWAY, WHO STATED SHE RETURNED HOME TO FIND THEIR FRONT DOOR, DRESSER DRAWERS, AND JEWELRY BOXES ALL OPEN. THE WOMAN WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING STOCKY WITH LIGHT COLORED SKIN AND BLACK HAIR PULLED BACK INTO A BUN. THE LOST DOG EXCUSE IS ONE THAT’S BEEN USED IN YEARS, AND POLICE SAY IN ORDER TO CATCH THESE PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO CALL THEM IMMEDIATELY. THEY ALSO SAY IF A VEHICLE LOOKS OUT OF PLACE, DON’T HESITATE TO GIVE THEM A CALL AT 639-4111."
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Posted on Mar 13, 2008 20:32pm.
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