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| OHIO MAN DIES IN ENGLEWOOD ACCIDENT |
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WENGNews writes, "AUTHORITIES SAY AN OHIO MAN WAS KILLED AND A WOMAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON GULF BOULEVARD NEAR BEACH ROAD EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 39 YEAR OLD ADAM RUSH OF GALENA, OHIO WAS SOUTHBOUND ON GULF BOULEVARD AT AROUND 1:30AM, AND THEY SAY HE WAS AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AS HE APPROACHED THE ROUNDABOUT AT BEACH ROAD. HE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE THE CIRCLE AND SPED INTO A PARKING LOT, AND THE DRIVER’S SIDE OF HIS MERCURY MOUNTAINEER SLAMMED INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE THEN BEGAN TO ROTATE, HITTING SEVERAL POSTS IN THE LOT AND ANOTHER TREE. THE PASSANGER IN THE VEHICLE, 40 YEAR OLD STACEY MILLER OF SARASOTA, WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS FIRST TAKEN TO ENGLEWOOD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE WAS STABILIZED, AND THEN SHE WAS FLOWN TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL’S TRAUMA UNIT IN CRITICAL CONDITION. TROOPERS SAY THAT ALCOHOL MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN THE ACCIDENT. SINCE THE DRIVER PASSED AWAY, NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED."
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Posted on Mar 13, 2008 19:59pm.
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| DEPUTIES RAID ANOTHER PORT CHARLOTTE HOME |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES RAIDED A PORT CHARLOTTE HOME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, ARRESTING ONE MAN. DEPUTIES SAY THEY SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT AT 21154 BERSELL AVENUE, WHERE THEY FOUND A PILL BOTTLE WITH 4 GRAMS OF CRACK COCAINE ON 40 YEAR OLD GREGORY GODWIN. HE WAS APPARENTLY THE ONLY ONE IN THE HOME AT THE TIME OF THE RAID. THEY ALSO FOUND A DIGITAL SCALE WITH COCAINE RESIDUE ON IT. GODWIN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON POSSESSION OF CRACK COCAINE WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE CHARGES, AS WELL AS POSSESSION OF CRACK COCAINE AND NARCOTICS PARAPHERNALIA. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL. ANYONE WITH NARCOTICS INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE NARCOTICS UNIT AT 575-2157."
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Posted on Mar 13, 2008 19:42pm.
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| UNCLE ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING FIREFIGHTER |
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WENGNews writes, "THE UNCLE OF A CHARLOTTE COUNTY FIREFIGHTER/EMT WAS ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING HIS NEPHEW IN HIS HOME EAST OF PUNTA GORDA LAST NIGHT. DEPUTIES SAY THEY RECEIVED A CALL JUST AFTER 6:30PM LAST NIGHT ABOUT THE SHOOTING ON GREY FOX LANE, JUST OFF OF WASHINGTON LOOP ROAD. 30 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER CHURCH WAS FOUND WITH A GUNSHOT WOULD TO THE LOWER ABDOMEN, AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. DEE HAWKINS WITH CHARLOTTE FIRE AND EMS TOLD WENG NEWS THIS MORNING THAT CHURCH IS STABLE, AND DEPUTIES SAY HE IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE FOLLOWING SURGERY. THE INVESTIGATION LED DETECTIVES TO 50 YEAR OLD RAYMOND BOOMHOWER, CHURCH’S UNCLE. THERE HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN A DISPUTE OVER THE PROPERTY BETWEEN THEIR TWO HOMES, AND A GIRLFRIEND AND RELATIVES TOLD DETECTIVES THAT BOOMHOWER HAD REPEATEDLY THREATENED TO KILL CHURCH. HE CALL THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE JUST BEFORE 8PM AND ALERTED AUTHORITIES THAT THEY COULD COME AND GET HIM. DEPUTIES SAY BOOMHOWER IS A GUN DEALER, AND THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT THE WEAPONS IN HIS HOME. HE SURRENDERED PEACEFULLY AND WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL. "
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Posted on Mar 13, 2008 09:18am.
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| MAN KILLED IN FRONT OF WHITE ELEPHANT PUB |
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WENGNews writes, "ONE MAN WAS KILLED AND A WOMAN INJURED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT EARLY THIS MORNING IN FRONT OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT PUB IN ENGLEWOOD. CHARLOTTE FIRE AND EMS SAYS THE UNIDENTIFIED 40 YEAR OLD MAN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AS THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER ONTO THE DRIVER’S SIDE. A 40 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THEY ARRIVED. SHE WAS FIRST TAKEN TO ENGLEWOOD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOR STABILIZATION, AND THEN SHE WAS FLOWN TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL’S TRAUMA UNIT. HE CONDITION IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME, AND THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL. "
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Posted on Mar 13, 2008 08:49am.
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| DALE FULLWOOD IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AGAIN |
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WENGNews writes, "JUST DAYS AFTER HE WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL, DALE FULLWOOD MAY BE HEADING BACK…FOR A LONG TIME. ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE IN TODAY’S SUN, THE 48 YEAR OLD FULLWOOD WAS AT A RELATIVE’S HOME WHERE A CHILD WAS PRESENT FOR 45 MINUTES THE DAY AFTER HE WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL. THAT WAS CONFIRMED BY THE GPS THAT’S ATTACHED TO HIS ANKLE. FULLWOOD’S PROBATION SAYS THAT HE CANNOT BE IN THE PRESENCE OF ANYONE UNDER 18, EXCEPT FOR HIS OWN CHILDREN, AND THAT MUST BE SUPERVISED. A WARRANT WAS ISSUED ON MONDAY, AND FULLWOOD WAS PICKED UP YESTERDAY IN FORT MYERS. HE REPORTEDLY HAS A FIRST APPEARANCE IN LEE COUNTY COURT TODAY, AND SARASOTA COUNTY HAS TEN DAYS TO PICK HIM UP AND TAKE HIM BACK TO SEE JUDGE CHARLES ROBERTS. ROBERTS COULD REVOKE FULLWOOD’S PROBATION AND SEND HIM TO JAIL FOR FIVE YEARS. FULLWOOD IS THE FATHER OF SIX YEAR OLD CORALROSE FULLWOOD, WHO WAS MURDERED BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2006. THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL OPENED."
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Posted on Mar 13, 2008 08:11am.
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| BODY FOUND INSIDE TRUCK |
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WENGNews writes, "AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A MAN WHO WAS FOUND SLUMPED OVER INSIDE A PICKUP TRUCK IN ROTONDA WEST. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF DOGFISH COURT AT AROUND 6:30PM TUESDAY FOR A BAD SMELL COMING FROM A PICKUP FOUND IN THE WOODS. ACCORDING TO THE SUN, THE REPORT STATED THAT THE MAN, WHO NAME WAS NOT RELEASED, WAS REPORTED MISSING BY THE SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO. WE AIRED A STORY LAST WEEK THAT 30 YEAR OLD DONALD LOVELY OF ENGLEWOOD WAS LAST SEEN MARCH 1ST AT JUNIOR’S LOUNGE IN GROVE CITY. HE WAS LAST SEEN DRIVING A TEAL COLORED PICKUP, BUT THE STORY DID NOT SAY WHAT COLOR THE TRUCK WAS. HIS FAMILY HAD REPORTED THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED BECAUSE HE WAS ON ANTI-DEPRESSANTS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ENCOURAGED TO CALL EITHER THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT 639-2101, OR THE SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT 366-8477."
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Posted on Mar 13, 2008 06:58am.
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| WOMAN ARRESTED FOR ABUSING TODDLER |
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WENGNews writes, "AN ENGLEWOOD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION FOUND SHE ABUSED A TODDLER IN HER CARE. DEPUTIES SAY 21 YEAR OLD AMBER LAMICA’S TWO YEAR OLD SON WAS REMOVED FROM HER HOME BACK IN LATE JANUARY AFTER IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE BOY HAD BRUISES ON HIS BODY. ACCORDING TO THE HERALD TRIBUNE, MEDICAL OFFICIALS SAID PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OF THE BRUISES BY A WITNESS DID NOT SUPPORT LAMICA’S CLAIM THAT THE BOY WAS HIT ONCE DURING POTTY TRAINING. AUTHORITIES ARRESTED LAMICA AT HER MANASOTA KEY ROAD HOME TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CHARGED HER WITH FELONY CHILD ABUSE. SHE REMAINS IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL AS SHE IS BEING HELD ON $25,000 BAIL. LAMICA’S EX-BOYFRIEND IS CURRENTLY SERVING A SEVEN YEAR SENTENCE FOR ABUSING THE BOY BACK WHEN HE WAS FIVE MONTHS OLD. "
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Posted on Mar 13, 2008 06:17am.
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