One person was found dead in a fatal shooting at a Sarasota home, deputies said.
A former security aide and bus driver for Sarasota County Schools was arrested for sexually battering student, Manatee County sheriff said.
A man who faked a 911 call and shot at two Sarasota County paramedics in 2019 was sentenced to decades in prison, police said.
The Florida couple told the boy they were either going to travel to Idaho or Guam before abandoning him on I-75, media reports say.
A deputy is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the leg during annual firearm training, the Charlotte County sheriff said.
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The passenger of a car pulled over for a traffic stop last month faces multiple drug charges, Sarasota police said.
A Sarasota man crossing Bee Ridge Road was hit by a car and died, Florida Highway Patrol said.
A woman was arrested in a drug bust on I-75 in Sarasota County, Venice police said.
A 79-year-old man was caught stealing pickleball paddles during the ribbon-cutting event for new courts, Venice police said.
A driver hit the gas pedal instead of the brake sending their vehicle into a laundromat, Sarasota police said.
A swimmer pulled from Gulf waters at a Sarasota beach died despite life-saving efforts, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said.
The collision occurred Friday near the intersection of Mission Valley Boulevard and Pinto Circle, police said.
The parents of a 5-year-old girl were charged with child neglect and accused of medical neglect and abuse, Sarasota police said.
One person was arrested and charged with drug trafficking in a joint undercover operation in Sarasota and Manatee counties.
A man found guilty of raping and kidnapping two Sarasota women in one night was sentenced to 8 consecutive life sentences, officials said.
A Sarasota-area fugitive wanted on armed robbery charges was arrested in upstate NY after seven months on the run, sheriff's office said.
A man was arrested on multiple charges after Sarasota police received reports that he exposed himself to a family at Lido Beach.
A girl playing in her Sarasota neighborhood and was swept down a storm drain during a water main break has died days later, her family said.
The owner of a dog grooming business in Sarasota was accused of beating and tossing dogs while grooming them, police said.
After a water main break, a girl playing in the street was swept down a storm drain in Sarasota, reports said.
A missing Massachusetts woman who never boarded a flight home from FL was last seen at a Port Charlotte mall, the sheriff’s office said.
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A deputy shot and killed an armed man while serving a warrant at a Venice home, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said.
Two are in custody after a south Sarasota County shooting as deputies look for a third person of interest, the sheriff's office said.
An 18-year-old NC man went missing while visiting FL with family. His phone and backpack were found on the side of the road, reports said.
A woman was detained in connection with an early morning camper trailer fire that left a man dead, Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said.
A Venice motorcyclist trying to drive around traffic died after hitting the back of a truck, Florida Highway Patrol said.
Two people found dead in an apparent murder-suicide behind an Ollie's Bargain Outlet identified, Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said.
An elderly woman's death on a Longboat Key beach is being investigated as a possible drowning, reports said.
A man and a woman from Bradenton were seriously injured when their van overturned on I-75 in the Sarasota area, FL Highway Patrol said.
The body of a Texas man who drowned at Venice Beach was found facedown near the shoreline, officials said.
The couple was arrested after the children and their mother reported the suspected sexual acts on a plane headed to FL, a media report says.
A sex offender was accused of trying to lure a 13-year-old girl who he has been stalking into his vehicle, Sarasota police said.
A coyote got stuck in the bumper of a vehicle after being hit by it in Southwest Florida, the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office said.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Monday the pools have been sold nationwide since 2022. At least one FL death is linked to them.
An unlicensed contractor in Sarasota County was sentenced to time in FL prison for stealing from Hurricane Ian victims, state attorney said.
A Sarasota man faces multiple felony charges related to a seven-county construction fraud scheme, the FL state attorney’s office said.
A man who rescued a girl from a Boca Grande shark attack is being held by ICE for not having a driver’s license, reports said.
With 2 large gators nearby, rescue swimmers were unable to reach a man trapped in truck after it plunged into a Venice canal, police said.