A driver tried to run over two police officers and briefly escaped before crashing during a pursuit and being ejected from his vehicle on Sunday. ...more

July 13, 2008

SARASOTA — Undercover police officers stormed a McDonald's restaurant and ordered diners and employees to the ground as they tried to catch a suspected cocaine dealer Thursday. ...more

July 12, 2008

One day last year, Susan Davidson Bell was copying her resume and struck up a conversation with a teacher who was doing the same thing. ...more

July 10, 2008

Sarasota police say they have found another victim of a Sarasota High School ROTC instructor arrested in May on charges he molested a student. ...more

June 17, 2008

Sarasota police say they found another victim of a Sarasota High School ROTC instructor arrested in May on charges he molested a student. ...more

June 16, 2008

SARASOTA — Hotel owner Czelaw "Chester" Jarosz fought back when a robber came into his North Trail motel office, police said. ...more

June 7, 2008

Sarasota police have arrested a 29-year-old man, charging him with murder, robbery and false imprisonment in the March 20 slaying of a motel owner. ...more

June 6, 2008

Sarasota police have charged an ice cream man with molesting a 12-year-old girl inside his truck. ...more

June 6, 2008

SARASOTA — A fight outside a Sarasota club early today escalated into a shooting that left one man hospitalized with a bullet lodged in his face, police said. ...more

May 25, 2008

TAMPA - In an age-old conflict between the pursuit of happiness and the right to remain undisturbed, the Sarasota City Commission last night sided with the undisturbed. The commission stiffened penalties for drivers of vehicles with loud sound systems that can cause alarms to go off in nearby parked cars, dogs to bark and older drivers to cringe. ...more

May 20, 2008