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| WOMAN IDENTIFIED IN FATAL ACCIDENT |
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WENGNews writes, "AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF THE WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT ABOUT A HALF MILE SOUTH OF TUCKER’S GRADE MONDAY NIGHT. TROOPERS SAY 41 YEAR OLD DEBRA ROWAN OF PUNTA GORDA WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE 2004 NISSAN QUEST THAT SPUN OUT AND ROLLED OVER ON NORTHBOUND I-75 JUST BEFORE 9:50PM MONDAY. SHE WAS NOT WEARING HER SEAT BELT AND WAS THROWN FROM THE CAR AND KILLED INSTANTLY. THE HIGHWAY PATROL INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING, AND TO THIS POINT THEY DON’T HAVE ANY WITNESSES AS TO WHY ROWAN LOST CONTROL OF HER CAR. THEY SAY THEY ARE AWAITING TOXICOLOGY RESULTS TO DETERMINE IF ALCOHOL PLAYED A ROLE IN THE ACCIDENT, AND THEY ASK IF ANYONE SAW WHAT HAPPENED THAT THEY CONTACT THE VENICE POST OF THE HIGHWAY PATROL AT 483-5911. "
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Posted on Mar 26, 2008 04:53am.
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| WRECKAGE, PILOT FOUND IN VENICE PLANE CRASH |
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WENGNews writes, "AUTHORITIES LOCATED THE WRECKAGE AND PILOT OF THE PLANE THAT WENT DOWN ABOUT A HALF A MILE OFF OF THE VENICE PIER TUESDAY. SEARCHERS FOUND THE SINGLE ENGINE PIPER AIRCRAFT AT AROUND 5:30PM IN THE EXACT PLACE WITNESSES SAID IT WENT DOWN MONDAY NIGHT, AND A SHORT TIME LATER DIVERS FOUND THE BODY OF 64 YEAR OLD HARRY LAWRENCE OF VENICE. REPORTS SAY HE WAS JUST RECERTIFIED RECENTLY, AND HE WAS ACTUALLY ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PLANE WENT DOWN AROUND 8:30PM SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF FROM THE VENICE AIRPORT, BUT SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS WERE HAMPERED BY ROUGH SEAS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MONDAY NIGHT, FORCING THEM TO SUSPEND THE SEARCH UNTIL YESTERDAY. SINCE SEARCHERS FOUND THE WRECKAGE NEAR SUNSET, THEY MARKED THE AREA AND WILL RETURN WITH A BARGE TODAY TO RECOVER IT. LAWRENCE WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD, AND THE FAA AND NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD WILL WORK WITH VENICE POLICE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. "
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Posted on Mar 26, 2008 04:46am.
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| MAN SLEEPING AT WHEEL HAS DRUGS IN CAR |
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WENGNews writes, "VENICE POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SHELL SERVICE STATION ON THE US 41 BYPASS ON SATURDAY MORNING IN REGUARDS TO A MAN SLEEPING BEHIND THE WHEEL OF HIS CAR IN THE PARKING LOT. POLICE FOUND 19 YEAR OLD ANTHONY MUNNO IN THE CAR, ALONG WITH MARIJUANA AND XANAX PILLS. AS HE WAS BEING PROCESSED AT THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL, OFFICERS ALSO FOUND TWO CREDIT CARDS IN FEMALE NAMES THAT WERE LATER TIED TO A VEHICLE BURGLARY IN SARASOTA COUNTY BACK IN JANUARY. A CHECK OF THE TRUCK FOUND MORE STOLEN ITEMS FROM THE JANUARY BURGLARY, AND INVESTIGATORS FROM VENICE AND SARASOTA COUNTY DETERMINED THAT MUNNO COMMITTED SEVERAL OTHER CRIMES, INCLUDING STEALING A MOTORCYCLE FROM A VENICE RESIDENCE. MUNNO WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF LESS THAN TWENTY GRAMS OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF XANAX, POSSESSION OF A FICTICIOUS DRIVERS LICENSE AND TWO COUNTS OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CREDIT CARDS. HE WAS RELEASED LATER SATURDAY NIGHT ON $4120 DOLLARS BOND. "
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Posted on Mar 25, 2008 08:59am.
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| HEALTH IN MOTION IN 2 ENGLEWOOD LOCATIONS |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY’S FORTY FOOT MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT, HEALTH IN MOTION, IS MAKING TWO STOPS IN ENGLEWOOD TODAY, DISPENSING FREE OR LOW COST HEALTH CARE TO RESIDENTS WITHOUT INSURANCE, WITH MEDICAID, OR WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. YOU WILL FIND THE BIG BUS AT THE GOODWILL CENTER AT 410 INDIANA AVENUE THIS MORNING FROM 9:30AM UNTIL NOON. THEN THEY WILL PACK THINGS UP AND HEAD TO THE ELSIE QUIRK PUBLIC LIBRARY, AT 100 WEST DEARBORN STREET, WHERE THEY WILL BE FROM 1-3PM. REMEMBER NO APPOINTMENT IS NEEDED, BUT PATIENCE IS, AS THE SERVICE, WHICH IS IN ITS SECOND YEAR, HAS BECOME VERY POPULAR WITH OUR CURRENT ECONOMY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON THE DATES, ROUTES, AND SERVICES OFFERED BY HEALTH IN MOTION, YOU CAN CALL THE SARASOTA COUNTY CALL CENTER AT 861-5000, OR YOU GO ONLINE TO THE COUNTY’S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WEBSITE, AT WWW.SARASOTAHEALTH.ORG. "
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Posted on Mar 25, 2008 06:32am.
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| AUTHORITIES STUMBLE UPON MAN WITH DRUGS, GUNS |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED A ROTONDA WEST MAN SUNDAY EVENING AFTER RECOGNIZING A CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE OWNERS. A DEPUTY ON ROUTINE PATROL ON ROTONDA CIRCLE NOTICED THE DIFFERENT DRIVER OF THE WHITE ACURA, SO HE STARTED FOLLOWING THE CAR. THE DRIVER IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED, RAN SEVERAL STOP SIGNS, AND THEN PULLED INTO A DRIVEWAY ON CLAYTON STREET. THE DRIVER THEN GOT OUT AND JUMPED OVER A FENCE INTO THE BACKYARD. THE DEPUTY CALLED FOR BACKUP AS THE MAN WAS WALKING AWAY FROM A GRILL ON THE BACK PATIO, AND THEY TOOK 27 YEAR OLD LUKE FISHER OF ENGLEWOOD INTO CUSTODY. A SEARCH OF FISHER FOUND OVER $6500 DOLLARS CASH IN HIS SHORTS POCKET, AND A SEARCH OF THE CAR FOUND FISHER’S ID CARD, ALONG WITH A LOADED .25 CALIBER SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL IN THE CENTER CONSOLE. DEPUTIES THEN FOUND A BAG IN THE GRILL WITH COCAINE, METHAMPHETAMINES, ECSTASY PILLS, OXYCODONE, PLASTIC BAGGIES, A DIGITAL SCALE, AND A METAL SODA CAN MODIFIED FOR INHALING NARCOTICS. FISHER WAS ARRESTED ON ELEVEN DIFFERENT CHARGES, INCLUDING CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON, FLEEING TO ELUDE, DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE AS A HABITUAL OFFENDER, AND MULTIPLE DRUG AND PARAPHERNALIA CHARGES. FISHER POSTED $36,500 DOLLARS BOND AND WAS RELEASED MONDAY MORNING. "
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Posted on Mar 25, 2008 05:48am.
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| TWO MISSING PERSONS LOCATED ALIVE |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES REPORT THAT TWO PEOPLE REPORTED MISSING WERE BOTH FOUND SAFE AND SOUND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. DEPUTIES SAY 12 YEAR OLD TYLER SHERKNUS WAS FIRST REPORTED MISSING AROUND NOON TIME YESTERDAY AFTER BEING DROPPED OFF EARLIER AT THE LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL. HE WAS REPORTEDLY FOUND NEAR THE SCHOOL AT AROUND 5:15PM YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, ALTHOUGH DETAILS OF HOW HE WAS FOUND WERE NOT RELEASED. HE WAS REPORTEDLY IN GOOD CONDITION, AND HE WAS TURNED OVER TO FAMILY MEMBERS. ALSO YESTERDAY, DEPUTIES REPORTED THAT 71 YEAR OLD HEIKO BUCHLOH WAS FOUND SAFE AND SOUND SUNDAY IN FORSYTH, GEORGIA. HE REPORTEDLY LEFT IN THE FAMILY SUV FROM HIS WINTER HOME IN THE PELICAN POINTE SUBDIVISION OF VENICE AT AROUND 11:30AM ON FEBRUARY 23RD, THE DAY HE AND HIS WIFE WERE TO FLY BACK TO THE HOME IN ILLINOIS, AND NEVER RETURNED. DEPUTIES WOULD ONLY SAY THAT HE WAS FOUND BY THE FORSYTH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY. "
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Posted on Mar 25, 2008 05:22am.
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| PERSON KILLED IN WRECK LAST NIGHT |
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WENGNews writes, "AUTHORITIES ARE NOT RELEASING MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT A PERSON WHO WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT IN A TRAFFIC CRASH ABOUT A HALF MILE SOUTH OF TUCKER’S GRADE. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE 41 YEAR OLD DRIVER WAS TRAVELING IN THE RIGHT NORTHBOUND LANE OF I-75 JUST BEFORE 9:50PM WHEN THEY REPORTEDLY LOST CONTROL OF THEIR 2004 NISSAN QUEST. THE CAR SPUN OUT ONTO THE GRASS MEDIAN, OVERTURNING THREE TIMES BEFORE COMING TO REST ON THE MEDIAN. THE DRIVER, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT, WAS EJECTED AND KILLED. TROOPERS SAY ALCOHOL MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE, BUT THEIR INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPLETE, AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR HELP. IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION THAT MAY HELP THE HIGHWAY PATROL, THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT COPORAL CALE STEVENS AT THE VENICE POST…483-5911…EXT. 316. TROOPERS WILL RELEASE MORE THE NAME OF THE DRIVER ONCE THEY NOTIFY THE NEXT OF KIN. "
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Posted on Mar 25, 2008 04:55am.
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