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| FDLE STATS SAY CRIME DOWN IN CHARLOTTE |
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WENGNews writes, "THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT RELEASED ITS 2007 CRIME RATE DATA FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AND THE NUMBERS ARE MIXED FOR THE AREA. CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHOWED THE BIGGEST IMPROVEMENT OF THE FIVE COUNTIES COVERED IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, AS CRIME FELL BY OVER FIFTEEN PERCENT AS COMPARED TO 2006, WITH A LITTLE OVER TWENTY-THREE PERCENT OF CRIMES IN THE COUNTY SOLVED. THE NEWS WAS NOT NEARLY AS GOOD IN SARASOTA COUNTY, AS CRIME ROSE BY NEARLY ELEVEN PERCENT IN ’07, WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN TWENTY-SIX PERCENT OF THE CRIMES COMMITTED IN THE COUNTY SOLVED. DESOTO COUNTY SHOWED THE GREATEST INCREASE IN THE CRIME RATE, AS THEY WERE UP SIXTEEN PERCENT IN ’07, BUT THEY ALSO SHOWED THE HIGHEST CRIME SOLVED RATE AT NEARLY THIRTY-ONE PERCENT. STATEWIDE, CRIMES WERE UP BY ONE POINT FOUR PERCENT, WITH NEARLY TWENTY-THREE PERCENT OF THE CRIMES SOLVED IN 2007. "
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Posted on Apr 07, 2008 06:26am.
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| DRUG RAID IN PORT CHARLOTTE…AGAIN |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES RAIDED A PORT CHARLOTTE GROW HOUSE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A DEPUTY PATROLLING COUNTY PROPERTY REPORTED SMELLING A STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA COMING FROM A BUILDING ON HERNANDO AVENUE. DEPUTIES SAY THEY CLEARED THE BUILDING AND FOUND 65 PLANTS, WEIGHING NEARLY 44 POUNDS, IN ONE OF THE OUTBUILDINGS BEING GROWN IN A HYDROPONICS MANNER. DETECTIVES ALSO FOUND BAGGIES OF POT WEIGHING ABOUT 20 GRAMS, PLUS VARIOUS QUANTITIES OF PILLS AND TWO GUNS IN THE BEDROOM. THE MAN IN THE HOME, 47 YEAR OLD ARTHUR BLAIS, TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT HE WAS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GROWING OPERATION, AND HE IS A CONVICTED FELON, BUT THE GUNS FOUND WERE NOT REGISTERED TO HIM. BLAIS AND HIS WIFE, 46 YEAR OLD LAURIE JEAN BLAIS, WERE BOTH ARRESTED ON NUMEROUS DRUG CHARGES, WHILE THE CHILDREN IN THE HOME WERE NOT ARRESTED. THEY BOTH MADE BOND AND WERE RELEASED FROM THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL ON SATURDAY."
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Posted on Apr 07, 2008 06:01am.
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| POLICE ARREST PREDATOR FOR NOT REGISTERING |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA POLICE SAY THEY ARRESTED A SEXUAL PREDATOR FOR NOT REGISTERING HIS NEW ADDRESS OR UPDATING HIS DRIVER’S LICENSE, BOTH THIRD DEGREE FELONIES. POLICE SAY THEY WERE TIPPED OFF BY PINELLAS COUNTY AUTHORITIES THAT 34 YEAR OLD MATTHEW GINSBERG WAS LIVING IN THE AREA. GINSBERG WAS GO TO THE PINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND REGISTER AS A SEXUAL PREDATOR, BUT HE WOULD LIST HIS ADDRESS AS TRANSIENT, ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, BUT IN FACT, HE WAS LIVING AT THE HUNTINGTON PLACE APARTMENTS OFF OF 12TH STREET IN SARASOTA. THE SARASOTA POLICE DEPARTMENT SEX OFFENDER UNIT DID NEARLY A WEEK’S WORTH OF SURVEILLANCE UNTIL THEY HAD ENOUGH PROBABLE CAUSE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ARREST, AND THEY MADE THE ARREST LAST WEDNESDAY. POLICE SAY GINSBERG CONFESSED TO LIVING IN THE APARTMENT FOR SIX MONTHS, AND THEY SAY HE DID NOT HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH POTENTIAL VICTIMS WHILE LIVING THERE, BUT IF ANYONE HAS HAD CONTACT WITH GINSBERG THAT THEY FEEL WAS INAPPROPRIATE, THEY SHOULD CALL POLICE AT 364-7334. GINSBERG IS BEING HELD ON $3500 DOLLARS BOND IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL. "
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Posted on Apr 07, 2008 05:27am.
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| CAFÉ MILLENIUM NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY DETECTIVES ANNOUNCED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR TWO MEN THEY SAY ARE INVOLVED IN A FATAL SHOOTING AT THE CAFÉ MILLENIUM NIGHTCLUB IN PORT CHARLOTTE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. DEPUTIES SAY FOUR MEN WERE SHOT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE CLUB RIGHT AT CLOSING, OR 2AM, AND ONE MAN, 20 YEAR OLD DERRICK TURNER, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD LATER THAT MORNING AT LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FROM HIS GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THE OTHER THREE MEN WHO WERE SHOT, TWO FROM ARCADIA AND ONE FROM PORT CHARLOTTE, WERE ALL TREATED AND RELEASED. DETECTIVES SAY THEY HAVE ISSUED ARREST WARRANTS FOR 26 YEAR OLD MILTON HARRIS AND 25 YEAR OLD REGINALD CARR. BOTH MEN ARE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS, AND ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THEIR WHEREABOUTS SHOULD CALL EITHER THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT 639-2101, OR CRIME STOPPERS AT 800-780-TIPS. AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT RELEASED A MOTIVE FOR THE SHOOTINGS."
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Posted on Apr 07, 2008 04:50am.
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| DEPUTIES ARREST WOMAN FOR ARMED ROBBERY |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN THE CASE OF A WOMAN WHO THREATENED TO CUT A MAN WITH A KNIFE AFTER SHE OFFERED HIM A RIDE TO A CELL PHONE STORE. DEPUTIES SAY 31 YEAR OLD THRSHUNDA PLATT OF PORT CHARLOTTE PICKED UP THE MAN AT A CONVIENENCE STORE, THEN OFFERED HIM THE RIDE. THEY WALKED BACK TO HER NORMANDY DRIVE HOME, WHEN SHE ALLEGEDLY REACHED INTO HIS POCKET AND TOOK $490 DOLLARS CASH. PLATT WAS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY, AND SHE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND AT THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL. "
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Posted on Apr 04, 2008 06:42am.
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| SCAT BUS CRASHES ON UNIVERSITY PARKWAY |
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WENGNews writes, "THE DRIVER OF A SARASOTA COUNTY AREA TRANSIT BUS WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A CRASH ON UNIVERSITY PARKWAY YESERDAY. TROOPERS SAY THE BUS WAS EASTBOUND ON UNIVERSITY JUST PAST HONORE AT AROUND 5PM WHEN THE DRIVER BEGAN TO HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT CAUSED HIM NOT TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE BUS. THE VEHICLE WENT OFF OF THE SHOULDER INTO A DITCH, HITTING SOME TREES AND SHRUBBERY. THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE REPORTEDLY ON BOARD, AND NON OF THEM WERE INJURED, BUT THE DRIVER, 55 YEAR OLD CHARLES BATTER OF VENICE WAS TAKEN TO LAKEWOOD RANCH MEDICAL CENTER IN SERIOUS CONDITION. TROOPERS SAY THAT $12,000 DOLLARS DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE BUS, AND NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED. "
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Posted on Apr 04, 2008 06:10am.
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| FIRE IN PORT CHARLOTTE |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE FIRE AND EMS RESPONDED TO A STRUCTURE FIRE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING ON RIGGS STREET IN PORT CHARLOTTE. OFFICALS SAY FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED ON SCENE JUST AFTER 3AM AND FOUND FLAMES THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL HOME. A VAN PARKED NEXT TO THE HOME WAS ALSO ON FIRE. IT TOOK FIREFIGHTERS ABOUT FORTY MINUTES TO BRING THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL, AND NO ONE WAS IN THE HOME. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE, AND WHILE THEY DIDN’T COMMENT ON THE INVESTIGATION, THEY HAVE POSTED SIGNS ON THE LAW STATING THAT THEY BELIEVE THE FIRE WAS A RESULT OF ARSON. THERE IS ALSO A CASH REWARD BEING OFFERED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE AT 239-278-7525, OR TOLL FREE 877-662-7766. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE BLAZE, WHICH OCCURRED ACROSS THE STREET FROM ANOTHER HOUSE THAT BURNED DOWN TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO. "
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Posted on Apr 04, 2008 05:45am.
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