A body found Saturday in a shallow grave in Sarasota County has been positively identified as Denise Amber Lee of North Port, authorities announced today. ...more

January 20, 2008

The massive search for Denise Amber Lee of North Port, the 21-year-old daughter of a veteran sheriff's lieutenant, apparently ended Saturday with authorities' discovery of a shallow grave in Sarasota County containing the body of a white female. ...more

January 20, 2008

TAMPA - The massive search for Denise Amber Lee of North Port, the 21-year-old daughter of a veteran sheriff's lieutenant, apparently ended Saturday with authorities' discovery of a shallow grave in Sarasota County containing the body of a white female. ...more

January 19, 2008

NORTH PORT - Investigators have moved the search for a missing mother of two who was kidnapped from her North Port home Thursday to Manatee County. ...more

January 18, 2008

VENICE - Two off-duty Venice police officers were involved in an altercation at a Sarasota County bar over the weekend, and for the second time in a month the Venice Police Department is conducting an internal investigation into the conduct of its officers. ...more

January 16, 2008

Coming soon to driveways throughout the county: Brooksville Police Department patrol cars. ...more

January 8, 2008

Policy expected to save money, improve recruitment. ...more

January 8, 2008

Sarasota County sheriff's deputies are looking for two men who entered the back door of the Palm Plaza Bingo Hall and confronted three employees. ...more

January 1, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - A 76-year-old man pointed a rifle at Myakka River boaters after an argument over tangled fishing line, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 20, 2007

SARASOTA COUNTY - Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a man late Saturday after he reportedly pulled a gun and shot at them following a traffic stop. ...more

December 16, 2007