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| HEALTH IN MOTION IN LAUREL TODAY |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY’S FORTY FOOT MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT, HEALTH IN MOTION, WILL BE IN THE LAUREL AREA TODAY, DISPENSING FREE OR LOW COST HEALTHCARE TO RESIDENTS WITH MEDICAID, WITHOUT HEALTH CARE, OR WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. THE BIG BUS WILL MAKE JUST ONE STOP TODAY, AS IT WILL BE AT THE SANDRA SIMS TERRY COMMUNITY CENTER, 509 COLLINS ROAD, FROM 3-5PM. THE USDA WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTING FOOD AT THAT LOCATION TODAY. SOME OF THE SERVICES OFFERED BY HEALTH IN MOTION INCLUDE BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIABETES SCREENING, HIV, PREGNANCY, AND TUBERCULOSIS SKIN TESTING, AS WELL AS ADULT IMMUNIZATIONS. SOME SERVICES ARE FREE, WHILE OTHERS ARE OFFERED ON A SLIDING FEE SCALE BASED ON INCOME. IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THE SERVICES OFFERED, OR YOU NEED A SCHEDULE OF DATES AND ROUTES FOR HEALTH IN MOTION, YOU CAN EITHER CALL THE SARASOTA COUNTY CALL CENTER AT 861-5000, OR YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO WWW.SARASOTAHEALTH.ORG. "
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Posted on Apr 16, 2008 05:49am.
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| ENGLEWOOD MEN ARRESTED WITH GUN AND BADGE |
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WENGNews writes, "TWO ENGLEWOOD MEN WERE ARRESTED SUNDAY AFTER DEPUTIES FOUND WEAPONS AND A POLICE BADGE IN THEIR PICK-UP TRUCK. DEPUTIES SAY 46 YEAR OLD RONALD LETTS ALLEGEDLY IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER AND WEARING AN OVAL SHAPED BADGE ON HIS SHIRT. HE WAS STOPPED WHILE DRIVING THE PICK-UP SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT, AND HE CONSENTED TO A SEARCH, SAYING THERE WAS NO GUN IN THE TRUCK. A SEARCH PROVED OTHERWISE, AS A .22 CALIBER REVOLVER WAS FOUND. THEY ALSO FOUND A KNIFE, SWORD, AND STUN GUN IN THE TRUCK. LETTS WAS CHARGED WITH FALSELY IMPERSONATING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND UNLAWFUL USE OF A POLICE BADGE. ALSO, 23 YEAR OLD BRANDIN LETTS ALLEGEDLY POINTED A GUN AT A MAN IN AN ENGLEWOOD APARTMENT COMPLEX. HE ADMITTED THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR A DRUG DEALER THAT SOLD DRUGS TO HIS SISTER, BUT HE DENIED POINTING A GUN AT THE MAN. HE WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL, WHILE RONALD LETTS WAS RELEASED MONDAY AFTER POSTING $1120 BOND. "
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Posted on Apr 16, 2008 05:38am.
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| THREE MEN ARRESTED FOR STEALING BOAT |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED THREE MEN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR STEALING A BOAT AND TRAILER FROM A PORT CHARLOTTE HOME. DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED OUT TO A SUNRISE TERRACE HOME JUST BEFORE 1:45AM BY A MAN WHO TOLD THEM NEIGHBORS SAW THREE MEN CUT A CHAIN IN HIS FRONT YARD THAT SECRUED HIS FATHER’S BOAT AND TRAILER. THE THREE MEN ALLEGEDLY DROVE OFF WITH THE BOAT AND TRAILER PULLED BY A SILVER JEEP CHEROKEE. A DEPUTY SPOTTED THE JEEP AND BOAT ON 776 AT FLAMINGO BOULEVARD AND STOPPED IT. THE DEPUTY SAW THE BOLT CUTTERS USED TO CUT THE CHAIN, AND THEY ARRESTED THE DRIVER, 19 YEAR OLD MICHAEL FUSI OF EL JOBEAN, AND HIS PASSANGERS, 19 YEAR OLD KENNETH SMITH AND 21 YEAR OLD NOE MAGALLANES, BOTH OF PORT CHARLOTTE. ALL THREE WERE CHARGED WITH FELONY GRAND THEFT OF A BOAT AND POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS. THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL, WITH BOND SET AT $5000 DOLLARS FOR EACH."
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Posted on Apr 16, 2008 04:55am.
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| MAN ARRESTED FOR SELLING IN VENICE |
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WENGNews writes, "A VENICE POLICE DETECTIVE SCOPING OUT THE VENICE TRAIN DEPOT AND SCAT BUS STATION ENDED UP ARRESTING A MAN AFTER HE WITNESSED HIM SELLING DRUGS TO A WOMAN. THE DETECTIVE CALLED FOR A SQUAD CAR BACK-UP, AND WHEN IT ARRIVED, THE MAN IMMEDIATELY DROVE AWAY, BLOWING OFF A STOP SIGN. HE WAS PULLED OVER AND A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE SHOWED THE MAN, 33 YEAR OLD CRAIG CONTE OF LAKE WORTH, WAS SITTING ON A CIGARETTE PACK WHICH CONTAINED SIX OXYCODONE PILLS. CONTE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL AND HELD ON $1000 DOLLARS BOND."
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Posted on Apr 15, 2008 09:43am.
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| NORTH PORT POLICE CATCH PHARMACY ROBBER |
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WENGNews writes, "NORTH PORT POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE MAN WHO ROBBED THE D&A PHARMACY ON BOBCAT VILLAGE CENTER ROAD MONDAY AFTERNOON. 30 YEAR OLD SHAWN STUMPF OF BLANTON AVENUE WAS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY AND GRAND THEFT AFTER INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED BY REVIEWING CUSTOMER RECORDS THAT HE WAS THE MAN IN THE MOTORCYCLE HELMET THAT HIT THE PHARMACY JUST AFTER 1PM MONDAY. DETECTIVES RECOVERED THE HELMET THAT HE WORE WHILE COMMITTING THE ROBBERY ALONG WITH THE DRUGS THAT WERE TAKEN. STUMPF WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT HIS HOME, AND HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL. "
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Posted on Apr 15, 2008 09:21am.
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| DEPUTY CATCHES MAN STEALING FROM BOATS |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AFTER HE SET OFF AN ALARM AT INGMAN MARINE. A DEPUTY RESPONDING TO THE ALARM FOUND 19 YEAR OLD JAMES RAIMER JR. INSIDE A FENCED AREA AT SUNBELT RENTAL, ADJACENT TO THE MARINE STORE. RAIMER TOLD THE DEPUTY HE WAS LOOKING FOR A CELL PHONE THAT HE AND HIS FATHER WERE LOOKING AT LAST WEEK. DEPUTIES CHECKED THE AREA WHERE RAIMER WAS FOUND AND LOCATED SIX MARINE GPS UNITS AND FISH FINDERS VALUED AT $4000 DOLLARS. FOOTPRINTS IN BOTH AREAS AND ON SEVERAL BOATS ALSO MATCHED RAIMER’S SHOES. THE OWNER OF THE MARINE STORE CONFIRMED ON SURVEILANCE VIDEO THAT RAIMER WAS AROUND THE BOATS WHERE THE THEFTS OCCURRED. AFTER DEPUTIES CONFRONTED RAIMER WITH THE EVIDENCE, HE BEGAN THREATENING THE OFFICERS. RAIMER WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH TWELVE COUNTY OF BURGLARY TO A CONVEYANCE, BURGLARY OF A STRUCTURE, AND GRAND THEFT. RAIMER IS BEING HELD ON $70,000 BOND IN THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL. "
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Posted on Apr 15, 2008 05:52am.
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| DEPUTIES CATCH BRIDGE PAINTERS |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED TWO TEENS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AFTER THEY REPORTED SPRAY PAINTED A BRIDGE AT NORTH BOUNDARY BOULEVARD AND ROTONDA CIRCLE IN ROTONDA. DEPUTIES SAY THEY MADE CONTACT WITH SEVERAL BOYS IN THE AREA AT AROUND 5:30 SUNDAY, AND THEY DETERMINED THAT TWO FOURTEEN YEAR OLDS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GRAFFITI. THEY FOUND ONE OF THE BOYS WITH WHITE PAINT ON HIS HANDS, AND THEY FOUND A DIGITAL CAMERA ON ANOTHER BOY. A CHECK OF THE CAMERA FOUND THAT HE HAD TAKEN SOME PICTURES OF HIS HANDYWORK. DEPUTIES ALSO SAY ONE OF THE TEENS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECENT GRAFFITI ON THE GULFSTREAM BOULEVARD BRIDGE BY GREENWAY AVENUE. BOTH TEENS WERE ARRESTED AND ISSUED NOTICES TO APPEAR IN COURT FOR CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. THEY WERE RELEASED TO THEIR PARENTS. LATER, ONE OF THE BOYS’ PARENTS RETURNED TO MEET DEPUTIES AT THE GULFSTREAM BOULEVARD BRIDGE TO TELL THEM THAT ANOTHER FOURTEEN YEAR OLD BOY AND A TWENTY YEAR OLD ADULT WERE ALSO INVOLVED. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING, AND IT’S ESTIMATED THAT IT WILL COST THE COUNTY ABOUT $900 DOLLARS TO CLEAN UP THE BRIDGES. "
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Posted on Apr 15, 2008 05:25am.
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