2+ hour, 44+ min ago  (1488+ words) Riding in the passenger seat of Deputy Sarah Brown's police car, I listened as she referenced the movie "Forrest Gump." "Traffic stops are like a box of chocolates, she said. "You never know what you're going to get." After spending…...

23+ hour, 14+ min ago  (335+ words) As the 2026 elections near, former Manatee County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge continues to allege he was defamed during the 2024 election by Take Back Manatee, a political action committee, and its chairperson, former Commissioner Betsy Benac. Commissioner Bob Mc Cann said…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (621+ words) 5: 56 p. m. , North Washington Boulevard and Fruitville Road Dispute: Officers met with a woman at a gas station who wanted to report a dispute with another driver. The complainant stated that while driving southbound on North Washington Boulevard another woman driver drove…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (932+ words) Like Goldilocks, only with a badge. Simplistic perhaps, but that's how Police Chief Rex Troche described the Sarasota Police Department as he and his command staff delivered the 2025 agency report to the City Commission on April 20. The SPD, Troche said,…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (689+ words) A new chapter in the history of the St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church started with a fresh page after the installation of an entirely new board. Coincidentally, the leaders in all five board positions finished their terms…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (238+ words) Albert Miano Jr. is the newest uniformed officer with the Longboat Key Police Department." The U. S. Navy and Army National Guard veteran has two decades plus in law enforcement experience, according to Longboat Key spokesperson Tina Adams." "His dedication to service…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (358+ words) 10: 50 a. m. , Main Street at Pineapple Avenue Dispute: Responding to an arguing female couple, an officer was told the dispute was over one of them "sleeping with a bunch of" the other's friends, according to the incident report. Not denying the allegation,…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago  (306+ words) An 18-year-old man from the east Florida town of Cocoa was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of crash involving death in connection with an Interstate 75 wreck Monday morning. In that 6: 24 a. m. incident near State Road 64 in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (179+ words) The Sarasota Police Department's Spring Fest grew out of its former National Night Out events held during the fall. Officer Matthew Grochowski of the department's Community Relations Unit said the spring offered more desirable weather as people gathered outside the…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (237+ words) Officers with the Sarasota Police Department helped rescue a man from a sixth-floor ledge last week. Shortly after 2 a. m. March 27, they responded to reports of a man sitting in an opening of a downtown parking garage. Officer Michal Banasiak arrived and…...