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‘The neighborly thing to do’: Bounty hunter holds burglary suspect at gunpoint
Originally published in the Charlotte Sun Wednesday, May 8, 2013 PORT CHARLOTTE — Some residents get welcomed to a new neighborhood with cookies or cake. Sometimes, it’s a simpler gesture, like a wave hello or a knock on the door and a friendly greeting. The first time Juan and Maria Martinez met their neighbor across…
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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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Remembering Ben Fredrick Sutton, Everyone’s Best Friend
PALMETTO –As children, my brother and I loved to scan the lofty branches of our favorite tree in search of the rusty handle of a knife fused into the wood. The moss-covered live oak was in my grandmother’s yard. She enjoyed telling the story of how a neighborhood boy once brought the knife over to…
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The Feral Children of Terra Ceia Island
TERRA CEIA – According to local legend, he had to catch the Guerro children in a castnet. Famished and in a state of confusion, the children were roaming around the Terra Ceia wilderness completely disillusioned. Mumblings of an indiscernible language confused their captor, who wanted nothing more than to help the lost youths. But there…
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