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.
A man was found shot to death early Tuesday in Court House Plaza in Venice, reports said.
A passenger was killed after a speeding sports car lost control and hit a tree in Sarasota, FL Highway Patrol said.
Florida Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 2:45 a.m. Saturday.
A Sarasota mother died two months after a February hit-and-run crash that killed her two young sons, reports said.
An 18-year-old was injured after losing control of his motorcycle while driving through an open field in the Sarasota area, FL troopers said
A MT man accused of leaving the scene of a crash in Sarasota was arrested at the airport Friday morning, FL Highway Patrol said.
A man was convicted in a 2022 fatal shooting of another man who was at his ex-wife’s home in Sarasota County, the state attorney said.
The crash happened on North Honore Avenue just before 6:40 p.m. Friday, police said.
Cocaine was found during a Friday morning drug bust at a North Port home, police said.
The collision happened Tuesday shortly after 10:30 p.m. near the intersection of State Road 776 and Cowles Street.
A Sarasota man drowned Sunday while swimming in waters just north of Lido Public Beach, police said.
A Bradenton woman working in a construction zone on I-75 bit a coworker’s cheek, hit him with steel rebar during a fight, FL troopers said.
A Monday night stabbing at a Sarasota mobile home park is under investigation, police said.
A man held employees and customers at a Sarasota Walgreens at gunpoint before stealing cash and prescription pills, police said.
A Sarasota man was charged with possessing and transmitting child porn images, the sheriff’s office said.
Five were arrested for running an illegal gambling business in Sarasota County and a sixth suspect is sought, the sheriff’s office said.
The suspect, who hit a family with her Lexus and drove away, was arrested weeks after the hit-and-run crash, Sarasota police said.
A Bradenton man traveled to North Port to rob two children he met online at gunpoint, police said.
There were no injuries in a Tuesday morning road-rage shooting, Sarasota police said. The shooting suspect is unknown.
Cassie Laundrie, Brian Laundrie's older sister, spoke out about the new Netflix docuseries about Gabby Petito's death, reports said.
Franky Venegas, an “Island Boys” rapper and known gang member, was arrested on gun and drug charges in the Naples area, authorities said.
An excavator came off a trailer shutting down an area of North Tamiami Trail on Friday evening, Sarasota police said.