Category: Government Articles
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Authorities seize 85-90 farm animals
Charlotte Sun (Port Charlotte, FL) – Friday, May 10, 2013 SOUTH OF PUNTA GORDA — New details have emerged in the animal -cruelty investigation that turned into a marijuana grow house bust April 23, according to Charlotte County Animal Control. Pablo Cauz, 49, of the 32600 block of Oil Well Road, Punta Gorda, could face…
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Business owner recovering after tractor mishap
Originally published in Charlotte Sun (Port Charlotte, FL) – Saturday, May 4, 2013 PORT CHARLOTTE — The owners of Covertrends, a flooring business in Port Charlotte, like to keep the store quiet. Eerily quiet, with no white noise from a radio and no one talking on a phone in the background. Unless there is a…
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Two charged in child abuse case
Charlotte Sun (Port Charlotte, FL) – Wednesday, May 9, 2013 PORT CHARLOTTE — A mother and her live- in boyfriend were arrested Wednesday and charged with abusing the woman’s two children , a boy, 13, and a girl, 9, according to a Charlotte County Sheriff’s report. Linda Mae Capps, 34, of the 2300 block of Gimlet…
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‘Carp’ says farewell after a decade
Charlotte Sun (Port Charlotte, FL) – Friday, March 29, 2013 Author: MERAB-MICHAL FAVORITE and DREW WINCHESTER ; Staff Writers PUNTA GORDA — Dozens of photographs used to line Bob Carpenter ‘s office. The Great Wall of China, Russia, Alaska and Rome were just some of the locales documented by Carpenter , or ‘Carp,’ as he prefers to be called, during the…
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Sunday Favorites: Caution and Prospect flow from Florida Springs
Published in the Bradenton Times Sunday, May 5, 2013 12:05 am by Merab-Michal Favorite BRADENTON – In the midst of the 1980’s, City of Bradenton lawmakers decided to cover Manatee Mineral Springs with a concrete slab. It was a terrible end for what many considered one of the county’s true jewels, a natural treasure that served…
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Report: Suspect snoozed during theft
Charlotte Sun (Port Charlotte, FL) – Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Author: MERAB-MICHAL FAVORITE ; Staff Writer PUNTA GORDA — When Roy Collins walked out his front door to get a cup of coffee Sunday morning, he saw a pair of legs sticking out the driver’s side door of his black Chevy Blazer. ‘He was ostriched out,’ Collins…
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Scanner keeps officers safe
Charlotte Sun (Port Charlotte, FL) – Sunday, May 5, 2013 PORT CHARLOTTE — Ryan White has a ‘honey hole’ he likes to frequent because conditions are always perfect for a good catch. On most days he gets a bite even before he has time to get situated, but sometimes he can wait for hours without even…
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‘Contact’ case law blurry for clerk
Originally published in the Charlotte Sun Herald March 21, 2012 PUNTA GORDA — It was business as usual at Tom’s Discount convenience storeTuesday afternoon until the store clerk got arrested by a state official for allegedly selling contact lenses to his customers. ‘Of all the items in the store, I get arrested for contact lenses?’ Nadi Jabari, 33, said of…
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An option for young offenders
Originally published in the Charlotte Sun Herald, April 13, 2013 PUNTA GORDA — Donald Witherall was hurt. He was disappointed that someone he considered a friend would ransack his home on Hilnick Drive in Punta Gorda, going through his drawers, flipping over his mattress, and stealing a multitude of items, including coins, rings, electronic equipment…
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