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.
A bystander at a shoplifting incident in Sarasota challenged a responding deputy to a foot race. Watch the video to see who won.
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.
Investigators are looking for a man who targeted a USF Credit Union in Sarasota on Friday afternoon, the sheriff’s office said.
A man faces up to 31 years behind bars for molesting a 13-year-old girl over eight months in North Port, the state attorney’s office said.
A Sarasota County man was sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of an unregistered gun, the U.S. DOJ said.
A 9-year-old girl nearly lost her hand in a shark attack at a Southwest Florida beach on Wednesday afternoon, reports said.
A Tuesday afternoon crash left five people, including three teenagers, seriously injured, Florida Highway Patrol said.
Last summer, an off-duty Sarasota County lifeguard rescued nine people caught in a rip current at Lido Beach.
An Arcadia man was arrested in Sarasota County on multiple child pornography charges, the sheriff's office said.
After a search warrant at a Sarasota home, a man was arrested on multiple drug and gun charges, police said.
A man faces federal charges after using a Molotov cocktail to try to set a memorial tank outside a Sarasota VFW in February, U.S. DOJ said.
The woman who stabbed a 12-year-old girl in the face, neck tried to hide the child’s body, though she was still alive, sheriff said.
A former U.S. Postal Service worker has been sentenced after stealing checks while on the job, State Attorney Ed Brodsky’s office said.
A Sarasota man died after being thrown from his motorcycle and hit by a car Tuesday evening, FL Highway Patrol said.
A Bradenton driver was charged with DUI in an April crash that left one of his passengers dead, FL Highway Patrol said.
A KY man was charged with kidnapping and attempted murder after a shooting at a gathering of vacationers in Sarasota, SCSO said.
An Englewood man leaving a Publix grocery store parking lot Wednesday night died after being hit by another car, FL Highway Patrol said.
The passenger in a box truck died after the driver lost control of it on Interstate 75 near Venice on Monday, FL Highway Patrol said.
Investigators are looking for information about a woman who was found shot to death Wednesday night at a Venice home.
Sarasota police officers took control of an unmanned boat circling at 40 mph in waters north of the Ringling Museum on Monday.
Two men were shot, one fatally, during a “house party” at a Sarasota home early Saturday morning, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said.
Two people were shot, one fatally, in a shooting at “a large gathering” at a Sarasota home early Saturday, the sheriff’s office said.