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| MAN KILLED IN WRECK EARLY FRIDAY |
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WENGNews writes, "ONE MAN WAS KILLED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON I-75. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 61 YEAR OLD SAWATIS BENEDICT OF PORT CHARLOTTE WAS SOUTHBOUND ON 75 JUST PAST MILE MARKER 187 AT ABOUT 3AM FRIDAY WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS CHEVY PICK-UP. THE TRUCK SPUN OUT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY ONTO THE RIGHT SHOULDER, COLLIDING WITH A TREE. THE COLLISION FORCED THE PICK-UP TO OVERTURN. BENEDICT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, AND TROOPERS SAY ALCOHOL DID NOT PLAY A ROLE IN THE ACCIDENT. SINCE THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PICK-UP AS THE ONLY VEHICLE INVOLVED, NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED. "
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Posted on Mar 10, 2008 04:59am.
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| REMAINS FOUND IN DRAINAGE PIPE |
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WENGNews writes, "VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR MISSING EX-MARINE ERIC HALL STUMBLED UPON WHAT ARE BELIEVED TO BE HUMAN REMAINS IN A DRAINAGE PIPE IN A WOODED AREA OF DEEP CREEK YESTERDAY. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A CANINE LED THE SEARCHERS TO THE PIPE NEAR SULSTONE DRIVE AND PARTIN, WHERE A STRONG ODOR WAS DETECTED. EXCAVATION OF THE DRAIN PIPE WAS COMPLETED LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, WITH THE REMAINS FOUND ABOUT FORTY TO FIFTY YARDS WITHIN THE PIPE. THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE IS TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE REMAINS. NO WORD ON HOW LONG THAT MIGHT TAKE. "
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Posted on Mar 10, 2008 04:53am.
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| KING PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN LEE’S MURDER |
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WENGNews writes, "TO NO ONE’S SURPRISE, MICHAEL KING’S ATTORNEY PLED NOT GUILTY FOR HIS CLIENT THURSDAY IN THE MURDER OF DENISE LEE BACK IN JANUARY. THE TWENTY MINUTE HEARING BEGAN WITH DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ASKING FOR THE CASE TO BE THROWN OUT ON THE GROUNDS OF MEDIA PUBLICITY TAINTING THE GRAND JURY POOL. PROSECUTORS ARE SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR MICHAEL KING, AS AUTHORITIES SAY HE KIDNAPPED DENISE LEE FROM HER NORTH PORT HOME BACK ON JANUARY 17TH, THEN HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER, THEN SHOT HER IN THE HEAD AND BURIED HER NEAR TOLEDO BLADE BOULEVARD AND I-75. HER BODY WAS FOUND TWO DAYS LATER. IN ADDITION TO THE MURDER CHARGES, KING WAS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND SEXUAL BATTERY. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL. "
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Posted on Mar 07, 2008 06:53am.
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| HEALTH IN MOTION MAKES SPECIAL STOP IN N.P. |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY’S FORTY FOOT MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT, HEALTH IN MOTION, IS MORE POPULAR THAN EVER, DISPENSING LOW COST OR FREE SERVICES FOR THOSE WITH MEDICAID, WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE, OR WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. ONE OF THE AREAS THAT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE BUS THE MOST IS NORTH PORT, AND THE COUNTY HAS ADDED TWO STOPS THIS WEEKEND WHERE YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. THIS MORNING HEALTH IN MOTION WILL BE AT ST. NATHANIEL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT 4200 SOUTH BISCAYNE DRIVE FROM 9:30AM UNTIL NOON, AND TOMORROW THE BUS WILL BE AT THE NORTH PORT COMMUNITY EXPO AT NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL, 6440 WEST PRICE BOULEVARD, FROM 9AM UNTIL NOON. IF YOU WANT TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE SERVICES OFFERED OR YOU WOULD LIKE A SCHEDULE OF DATES AND ROUTES, YOU CAN CALL THE SARASOTA COUNTY CALL CENTER AT 861-5000, OR YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.SARASOTAHEALTH.ORG. "
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Posted on Mar 07, 2008 06:27am.
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| DAYLIGHT SAVINGS RETURNS SUNDAY |
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WENGNews writes, "DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS EARLY THIS YEAR, THIS SUNDAY AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND WITH THAT COMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE BATTERIES IN YOUR SMOKE ALARMS. SARASOTA COUNTY AND THE CITY OF NORTH PORT ARE BOTH PARTICIPATING IN THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN “CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS, CHANGE YOUR BATTERIES,” NORTH PORT FIRE MARSHAL MICHAEL FRANTZ SAYS CHANGING SMOKE ALARM BATTERIES WHEN THE TIME CHANGES TWICE A YEAR IS ONE OF THE SIMPLIST, MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO REDUCE TRAGIC INJURIES AND DEATHS. FRANTZ ALSO SAYS THE FIRE DISTRICT, AT NO CHARGE TO NORTH PORT RESIDENTS, WILL COME OUT AND CHANGE YOUR BATTERIES, TEST YOUR SMOKE ALARMS, OR INSTALL SMOKE ALARMS IN YOUR HOME. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SCHEDULE A FREE SMOKE DETECTOR TEST, INSTALLATION OF A SMOKE DETECTOR, OR BATTERY REPLACEMENT, CONTACT THE NORTH PORT FIRE RESCUE DISTRICT AT 240-8150."
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Posted on Mar 07, 2008 05:31am.
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| WOMAN INJURED IN ACCIDENT SHE CAUSED |
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WENGNews writes, "A PORT CHARLOTTE WOMAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A THURSDAY EVENING ACCIDENT IN PORT CHARLOTTE. TROOPERS SAY 54 YEAR OLD SUZANNE CONTINI WAS WESTBOUND ON INGRAHAM AT AROUND 8:15 LAST NIGHT WHEN SHE SWERVED LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE AND COMPLETELY ENTERED THE EASTBOUND LANE. SHE MANAGED TO SWERVE BACK, BUT AGAIN SWERVED TO THE EASTBOUND LANE, THIS TIME HITTING A CADILLAC DRIVEN BY 26 YEAR OLD JOHN DELAURENTIS OF PORT CHARLOTTE. BOTH VEHICLES THEN DROVE INTO THEIR GRASSY SHOULDERS AND CAME TO REST WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CONTINI WAS AIRLIFTED TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION, WHILE DELAURENTIS WAS TAKEN TO ENGLEWOOD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WITH WHAT TROOPERS TERMED MINOR INJURIES. THEY SAY ALCOHOL DID NOT PLAY A ROLE IN THE ACCIDENT, AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHY CONTINI DRIFTED ACROSS THE CENTER LINE. SHE WAS CITED FOR DRIVING LEFT OF CENTER. "
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Posted on Mar 07, 2008 05:24am.
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| FRIEND SMUGGLES PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TO INMATE |
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WENGNews writes, "A CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL INMATE AND A FRIEND WERE ARRESTED AS THE INMATE ORDERED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT WERE ALLEGEDLY DELIVERED BY HER FRIEND. A JAIL DETECTIVE WAS MONITORING CALLS ON MONDAY AND OVERHEARD 28 YEAR OLD RACHEL ADAMS OF NORTH PORT SET UP A THREE WAY CONVERSATION WITH HER FRIEND, 24 YEAR OLD BRYAN MELOVIC OF PORT CHARLOTTE AND A PHARMACIST AT A LOCAL DRUG STORE. ADAMS SET IT UP FOR MELOVIC TO PICK UP THE PRESCRIPTION FROM THE DRUG STORE AND SMUGGLE IT INTO THE JAIL FOR ADAMS. HEARING THIS, DETECTIVE MADE SURE THE RESTROOM WAS CLEAR OF CONTRABAND ON WEDNESDAY, AND MELOVIC ARRIVED AND SIGNED IN TO VISIT ADAMS. AFTER HE LEFT, DETECTIVES FOUND 33 HYDROCODONE PILLS IN A PLASTIC BAGGIE STUFFED IN A ROLL OF TOILET PAPER IN THE MENS ROOM, WHICH WAS WHAT ADAMS HAD ORDERED DURING THE MONDAY CONVERSATION WITH THE PHARMACIST. MELOVIC WAS ARRESTED OUTSIDE THE JAIL AND CHARGED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING AND INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND INTO A DETENTION FACILITY. HE WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY ON $12,500 BOND. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE PHARMACIST HAD REFILLED AT LEAST TWO OTHER PRESCRIPTIONS FOR ADAMS SINCE SHE WAS INCARCERATED, AND SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR INTRODUCING CONTRABAND INTO A DETENTION FACILITY AND VIOLATION OF PROBATION. SHE REMAINS IN JAIL WHILE THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES AS TO HOW THE PILLS WERE DELIVERED TO ADAMS IN HER CELL. "
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Posted on Mar 07, 2008 05:16am.
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