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| LOUCKS SAYS NO TO RAISE |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BRUCE LOUCKS, WHO HAS COME UNDER FIRE BY CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS RECENTLY, HAS DECIDED NOT TO TAKE THE RAISE COMMISSIONERS APPROVED FOR HIM IN JANUARY. LOUCKS WAS REHIRED WITH AN OVERALL SATISFACTORY REVIEW, ALTHOUGH COMMISSIONERS TRICIA DUFFY AND DICK LOFTUS HAVE SPOKEN OUT ABOUT HIS JOB PERFORMANCE. HE TOLD THE SUN THAT THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON THE BUDGET ISSUES, AND THE RAISE HAD BECOME A DISTRACTION. LOUCKS WAS TO GET A RAISE OF A LITTLE MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT OF HIS SALARY, OR NEARLY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS. LOUCKS WILL STILL MAKE OVER $165,000 DOLLARS A YEAR. COMMISSIONER TOM D’APRILE TOLD THE SUN THAT LOUCKS SHOWED COMPASSION TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE PLIGHT THAT WE’RE IN, AND SEEING THE ECONOMY BEING WHAT IT WAS, HE CERTAINLY COULD LIVE WITHOUT THAT RAISE FOR ONE YEAR. "
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Posted on Apr 04, 2008 05:39am.
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| WARNING, BUT NO FINES FOR TAVERN OWNER |
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WENGNews writes, "VENICE CITY OFFICIALS WARNED THE OWNER OF TAVERN ON THE ISLAND ABOUT DOING WORK ON HIS BUSINESS WITHOUT A PERMIT AT A CODE ENFORCEMENT MEETING YESTERDAY. FOUR OFFICIAL WARNINGS WERE ISSUED, BUT NO FINES WERE LEVIED AGAINST THE VENICE TRUST, WHICH WAS REPRESENTED BY BAR OWNER MICHAEL VELLUCCI BECAUSE HE HAS APPLIED FOR THOSE PERMITS. YESTERDAY’S ACTIONS WILL NOT STOP THE CITY’S INVESTIGATION AS TO WHY THE BUILDING, FORMERLY NORMA JEAN’S, WAS ALLOWED TO OPEN BACK IN JANUARY WITHOUT THE PROPER INSPECTIONS AND PAPERWORK. CITY MANAGER MARTY BLACK HAD ORDERED THE INQUIRY AFTER SEVERAL EMPLOYEES OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT FILED COMPLAINTS AGAINST VELLUCCI AND BUILDING OFFICIAL HANS BEHRENS. THE EMPLOYEES CLAIM THAT THEY WARNED BEHRENS ABOUT ISSUES WITH THE NEW BUILDING, BUT THEY WERE IGNORED…AND AT LEAST TWO ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CALLED VENICE POLICE CLAIMING THEY WERE THREATENED BY VELLUCCI. "
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Posted on Apr 04, 2008 04:32am.
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| VENICE STAND-OFF ENDS WITH PEACEFUL ARREST |
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WENGNews writes, "VENICE POLICE WERE CALLED OUT TO AN APARTMENT LAST NIGHT, WHERE A MAN WAS THREATENING TO SHOOT NEIGHBORS. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE MIAMI AVENUE APARTMENT, AND TRIED TO CONTACT THE MAN IN THE APARTMENT, 52 YEAR OLD MICHAEL HAYES, BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AT FIRST. THEN 911 OPERATORS RECEIVED A CALL FROM HAYES, WHO THREATENED TO SHOOT ANYONE, INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS, WHO CAME TO HIS APARTMENT. VENICE POLICE CAPTAIN TOM McNULTY TELLS US THAT IT WAS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT WITH THEIR OFFICERS AND THE SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO RESOLVE THIS. McNULTY, WHO IS THE DEPARTMENT’S HOSTAGE NEGOTIATOR, WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS OFFICERS, AND SAW THE FRUITS OF THE MANY HOURS OF TRAINING. THE ENTIRE INCIDENT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR. HAYES WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FELONY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL."
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Posted on Apr 03, 2008 08:27am.
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| NORTH PORT DRIVER CHARGED WITH D U I |
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WENGNews writes, "A NORTH PORT POLICE OFFICER ON ROUTINE PATROL CAME ACROSS A CADILLAC THAT HAD CRASHED INTO A DITCH AT CRANBERRY BOULEVARD AND VIZZA LANE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE POLICE REPORT SAYS THE OFFICER APPROACHED THE CAR WHEN THE DRIVER, 20 YEAR OLD JARED RUPPERT, GOT OUT AND WALKED TOWARDS HIM WITH A BEER. RUPERT TOLD THE OFFICER THAT HIS BRAKES HAD FAILED, AND SOMEONE ACROSS THE STREET HAD GIVEN HIM THE BEER TO CALM DOWN. THE OFFICER REPORTED THAT RUPERT SMELLED OF ALCOHOL AND WAS SLURRING HIS SPEECH, SO HE GAVE HIM FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, WHICH HE FAILED. RUPERT WAS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. HE POSTED THE $500 DOLLAR BOND AND WAS RELEASED PENDING AN APRIL 15TH ARRAIGNMENT DATE. "
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Posted on Apr 03, 2008 06:30am.
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| CITY INQUIRES WHY TAVERN COULD OPEN |
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WENGNews writes, "THE CITY OF VENICE IS INVESTIGATING THEMSELVES AFTER A TAVERN WAS ABLE TO OPEN WITHOUT FOLLOWING THE CITY’S BUILDING REQUIREMENTS. ACCORDING TO THE HERALD TRIBUNE, CITY MANAGER MARTY BLACK WANTS TO KNOW WHY TAVERN ON THE ISLAND WAS ABLE TO OPEN DESPITE SEVERAL CODE VIOLATIONS AND WITHOUT BUILDING INSPECTIONS. ALSO, THE PAPER REPORTS THAT TWO CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE CALLED VENICE POLICE AND ALLEGED THAT THE OWNER OF THE TAVERN, MICHAEL VELLUCCI, HAD THREATENED THEM. VELLUCCI DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS AND FEELS HIS NEW BUSINESS, WHICH USED TO BE NORMA JEAN’S, IS BEING PICKED ON. CITY BUILDING INSPECTION MANAGER HANS BEHRENS APPEARS TO BE IN THE CENTER OF THE STORM. THE STORY SAYS THAT THREE OF BEHRENS’ EMPLOYEES CAME TO HIM WITH CONCERNS BEFORE THE BAR OPENED, BUT NOTHING WAS DONE. VELLUCCI AND HIS WIFE TAMMY, WHO IS ACTUALLY LISTED AS THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING, WILL GO BEFORE THE CITY’S CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD TODAY TO DISCUSS THE FILED COMPLAINTS. "
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Posted on Apr 03, 2008 06:00am.
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| HEALTH IN MOTION AT PHARMACY OPENING TODAY |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY’S FORTY FOOT MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT, HEALTH IN MOTION, WILL BE MAKING A SPECIAL STOP IN THE AREA TODAY. AS PART OF A SPECIAL OUTREACH FOR THE APRIL OBSERVANCE OF MINORITY HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH MONTH, THE BIG BUS WILL BE PART OF THE GRAND OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY PHARMACY OF SARASOTA COUNTY AT 225 SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL IN NOKOMIS TODAY FROM 4-6PM. THE HEALTH IN MOTION STAFF WILL PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICES AS AT THEIR REGULAR STOPS, INCLUDING BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIABETES SCREENINGS, AS WELL AS HIV, PREGNANCY AND TUBERCULOSIS SKIN TESTING, ALONG WITH 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 DATES, ROUTES, AND SERVICES OFFERED BY HEALTH IN MOTION, YOU CAN CONTACT THE SARASOTA COUNTY CALL CENTER AT 861-5000, OR YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO THE COUNTY’S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WEBSITE AT WWW.SARASOTAHEALTH.ORG. "
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Posted on Apr 03, 2008 05:26am.
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| COUNTERFEIT TRAVELERS CHECK SCHEME BUSTED |
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WENGNews writes, "AN OSPREY MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER HE WAS LINKED TO A COUNTERFEIT TRAVELER’S CHECK SCHEME THAT HAD INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS. SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES SAY 36 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY ALBRITTON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AT LEAST TWO PACKAGES THAT WERE INTERCEPTED BY US IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. THE PACKAGES ORIGINATED FROM NIGERIA AND CAME THRU FRANCE, AND INSIDE EACH PACKAGE WAS OVER $100,000 DOLLARS OF COUNTERFEIT TRAVELER’S CHECKS. THE PACKAGES WERE HEADED TO A LOCAL MAIL PAC ‘N FAX ON SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL. TUESDAY, THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU SET UP AN OPERATION, IN WHICH ALBRITTON WOULD ALLEGEDLY TAKE THE CHECKS TO STORES THAT WOULD EXCHANGE THEM FOR GIFT CARDS AND WESTERN UNION MONEY ORDERS. ALBRITTON WOULD THEN WIRE 60% OF THE MONEY TO NIGERIA AND KEEP 40% AS PAYMENT. ALBRITTON WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF COUNTERFEIT CHECKS, SCHEME TO DEFRAUD, AND BRINGING FORGED COUNTERFEIT CHECKS INTO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. HE IS BEING HELD ON $17,000 BAIL, AND THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE CHARGES BEING FILED. "
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Posted on Apr 03, 2008 04:49am.
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