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| MAN TRIES TO RUN OVER COP ON SCOOTER |
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WENGNews writes, "A VENICE MAN WAS ARRESTED MONDAY AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO RUN OVER A SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTY WITH A MOTORIZED SCOOTER. DEPUTIES INVESTIGATED A COMPLAINT THAT 41 YEAR OLD KEVIN KOVALSKY WAS THREATENING TO BURN DOWN THE HOUSE IN THE 100 BLOCK OF KENWOOD AVENUE IN NOKOMIS. DEPUTIES RECOGNIZED KOVALSKY WHEN THEY SAW HIM AND KNEW HE WAS DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE, SO THEY TRIED TO STOP HIM, BUT HE SPED OFF. DEPUTIES LOST SIGHT OF HIM AS THEY GOT TO A HOME ON AQUILLA STREET, BUT AS THE DEPUTY GOT OUT OF HIS PATROL CAR, KOVALSKY SPED TOWARDS HIM AT SPEEDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MILES PER HOUR. THE DEPUTY REACHED OUT AND KNOCKED KOVALSKY OFF OF THE SCOOTER, BUT HE WOULD NOT GO QUIETLY AS THE TWO SCUFFLED A COUPLE OF TIMES. FINALLY HE WAS TACKLED AND ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH BATTERY ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE, AND RESISTING ARREST WITH VIOLENCE. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL. "
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Posted on Mar 12, 2008 06:30am.
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| CHARLOTTE COMMISSIONERS CHANGE FEES |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY VOTED TO CHANGE SEVERAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT FEES FOR THIS YEAR. THERE WAS LITTLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CHANGES, WHICH WILL AFFECT THE BUILDING INDUSTRY THE MOST. MOST OF THE MAJOR INCREASES, AND THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT, WILL APPLY TO LARGE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, SUCH AS DEVELOPMENTS OF REGIONAL IMPACT. FOR EXAMPLE, IT CURRENTLY COSTS $258 FOR A DEVELOPER TO GET A SUBSTANTIAL DEVIATION FROM A DRI PER UNIT. WITH THE INCREASE, THAT WILL NOW COST $22,000 DOLLARS. THERE WILL BE SOME THAT AFFECT SINGLE FAMILY LOT OWNERS WHO WANT TO PUT IN A BOAT LIFT OR SEA WALLS ON THEIR PROPERTY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FEE FOR A NEW SEA WALL WAS $22, NOW IT WILL BE $95. THERE ARE A FEW FEES THAT WILL ACTUALLY GO DOWN, INCLUDING ZONING CHARGES FOR POOLS, GARAGES, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND LANAIS. ALSO, PERMITS FOR NON-HOLIDAY OR SEASONAL SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS WILL ALSO DECLINE FROM $300 TO $110."
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Posted on Mar 12, 2008 05:38am.
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| SARASOTA TO LAY OFF MORE WORKERS |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY WILL BE CUTTING MORE JOBS IN THE COUNTY WORK FORCE NEXT WEEK. THAT’S WHAT SARASOTA COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR JIM LEY SAID ON TUESDAY, TELLING THE SUN THAT THIRTY TO FORTY POSITIONS WILL BE ELIMINATED, WITH TWENTY TO THIRTY PEOPLE ACTUALLY LOSING THEIR JOBS. HE DID NOT SAY WHERE THE COUNTY WILL FOCUS THEIR CUTS, BUT WHEN THEY ARE DONE, THE COUNTY WILL HAVE LAID OFF ABOUT EIGHTY PEOPLE SINCE LAST YEAR IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH BUDGET REDUCTIONS. AND LEY SAYS THEY MAY NOT BE DONE, AS WITH THE RECENT SUPER EXEMPTION VOTE AND BUDGET CUTTING FROM TALLAHASSEE, THE COUNTY FACES ANOTHER $22 MILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL NEXT YEAR. LEY SENT OUT A MEMO TO COUNTY WORKERS, SAYING THE VOTERS HAVE MANDATED CERTAIN THINGS TO HAPPEN, AND THE ECONOMY IS OUT OF CONTROL, WHICH WILL IMPACT THE TYPE OF SERVICES THEY PROVIDE AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY HAVE. LEY SAID THOSE LAID OFF WILL BE GIVEN TWO WEEKS SEVERANCE AND OUTPLACEMENT ASSISTANCE."
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Posted on Mar 12, 2008 05:19am.
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| FISHING PIER TO STAY |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED TUESDAY NOT TO SPEND NEARLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REMOVE A POPULAR FISHING PIER NEAR THE EL JOBEAN BRIDGE, MAKING AREA FISHERMAN HAPPY. COMMISSIONERS WENT AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR LAURA KLEISS HOEFT, WHO SAID THE SOUTH MYAKKA FISHING PIER TRESSLE IS DETERIORATING AWAY AND COULD POSE A HAZARD TO BOATERS. AREA FISHERMEN PRESENTED COMMISSIONERS WITH A PETITION SIGNED BY MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE ASKING THEM TO NOT TO REMOVE THE TRESTLE, BUT WHAT IT APPARENTLY CAME DOWN TO WAS NOT SPENDING THE MONEY IN A TIME WHERE MONEY IS ULTRA TIGHT. COMMISSIONER TOM D’APRILLE DID SAY HE WANTS TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT REPAIRS ARE NEEDED TO KEEP THE PIER FOREVER, BUT COMMISSIONER ADAM CUMMINGS SAID THE DETERIORATION WILL CONTINUE, AND THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO EVENTUALLY PONY UP MORE MONEY TO HAVE IT REMOVED. "
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Posted on Mar 12, 2008 04:55am.
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| FOUR ARRESTED AFTER INTERSTATE STOP |
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WENGNews writes, "FOUR MEN WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER THE CAR THEY WERE IN WAS STOPPED FOR SPEEDING ON THE INTERSTATE. TROOPERS SAY THEY MADE THE STOP AROUND NORTHBOUND MILE MARKER 152 JUST AFTER 2PM, AND A POLICE DOG ALTERED THEM THERE WERE DRUGS IN THE CAR. TROOPERS ORDERED THE FOUR TO SIT IN THEIR PATROL CARS WHILE THE SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED, BUT ONE OF THE MEN, CARLOS YOUNG, REFUSED TO GET IN THE PATROL CAR. TROOPERS ADVISED HIM IF HE DID NOT COMPLY, HE WOULD BE ARRESTED, BUT YOUNG STILL REFUSED. TROOPERS THEN TRIED TO HANDCUFF YOUNG, BUT HE STILL RESISTED, FORCING HIMSELF AND TWO TROOPERS TO THE GROUND. AT THAT TIME HE WAS PEPPER SPRAYED, WHICH FINALLY MADE HIM SUBMIT. THE OTHER THREE MEN TRIED TO GET BACK INTO THEIR CAR WHILE THE TUSSLE WAS GOING ON, BUT ONE TROOPER ORDERED THEM AWAY AT GUNPOINT. THE THREE THEN CROSSED THE INTERSTATE ONTO THE GRASSY MEDIAN WHERE THEY WERE MET BY ANOTHER TROOPER AND HIS CANINE. THE THREE WERE ORDERED TO THE GROUND, BUT ONLY JOHN DUKES COMPLIED. THE TROOPER THEN RELEASED HIS DOG TO TAKE THE OTHERS DOWN, WHICH HE DID, BITING GEORGE HALL ON THE THIGH AND OSNER EXANTUS ON THE CHEEK. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE FOUND TWO AND A HALF KILOS OF COCAINE INSIDE. ALL FOUR WERE ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE DRUG AND RESISTANCE CHARGES AND TAKEN TO THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL AFTER BEING CHECKED OUT AT CHARLOTTE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. "
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Posted on Mar 11, 2008 20:46pm.
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| FAMILY PLANS MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HALL |
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WENGNews writes, "EVEN THOU THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER STILL HAS NOT POSTIVELY IDENTIFIED THE REMAINS FOUND IN A DRAINAGE PIPE IN DEEP CREEK ON SUNDAY, THE FAMILY OF MISSING EX-MARINE ERIC HALL NOW BELIEVES IT WAS HIS, AND THEY ARE PLANNING A THURSDAY MEMORIAL SERVICE IN PUNTA GORDA. PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY HIS FATHER BELIEVES THE BODY IS HALL’S BECAUSE OF THE CLOTHES HE WAS WEARING, PLUS THE FACT THAT THEY FOUND METAL IN HIS HIP. HALL WAS INJURED IN COMBAT IN 2005 AND WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE MARINES. HE REPORTEDLY HAD A WAR FLASHBACK, A RESULT OF POST TRAMATIC STRESS DISORDER, ON FEBRUARY 3RD WHEN HE STORMED OUT OF HIS DEEP CREEK HOME. HIS MOTORCYCLE WAS FOUND THAT AFTERNOON IN THE SAME AREA AS THE REMAINS. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD THURSDAY AT NOON AT THE FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOCATED AT 4005 PALM DRIVE. HALL WILL BE BURIED IN INDIANA, BUT THE FAMILY WANTS TO HOLD THE MEMORIAL FOR ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR HALL SINCE HE DISAPPEARED. "
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Posted on Mar 11, 2008 20:18pm.
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| SEARCHERS FEARFUL BODY MAY BE OF EX-MARINE |
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WENGNews writes, "SEVERAL PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY THE SEARCH CREW THAT HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR MISSING EX-MARINE ERIC HALL FEARS THAT THE HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN A DRAINAGE PIPE BY SEARCHERS MAY BE HALL. A FORMER VETERAN FOUND THE BODY ABOUT FIFTY YARDS DOWN THE PIPE NEAR SULSTONE DRIVE, AN AREA WHERE HALL’S MOTORCYCLE WAS FOUND BACK ON FEBRUARY 3RD, THE DAY HE DISAPPERED FROM HIS DEEP CREEK HOME AFTER HAVING A WAR FLASHBACK. EXCAVATORS WORKED THRU MOST OF SUNDAY AFTERNOON REMOVING THE DIRT AND CUTTING OPEN THE PIPE, AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE IS WORKING TO DETERMINE THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODY. THERE’S NO WORD ON HOW LONG THAT MIGHT TAKE, BUT THE FAMILY IS NOT COMMENTING ON THE FIND, TELLING REPORTERS THAT THEY ARE JUST WAITING FOR THE AUTOPSY RESULTS. HALL WAS INJURED IN COMBAT BACK IN 2005, AND HE WAS MEDICALLY DISCHARGED."
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Posted on Mar 11, 2008 06:27am.
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