The single-engine turboprop airplane that crashed just short of Butte airport jerked to the left before nose-diving into a cemetery, killing all 14 people aboard, a witness said Monday. ...more

March 23, 2009

Authorities said Monday they have positively identified some of Steve Fossett's remains: two large bones found a half-mile from where the adventurer's plane crashed in California's Sierra Nevada. ...more

November 3, 2008

First, I will give the current administration the benefit of the doubt. I can overlook the lost evidence and the cases that will subsequently be dropped. A few lucky criminals will get away. I can look past the deceit of the two different reports on the evidence audit. I will also look past the verbal abuse while in uniform of a county commissioner on a darkened parking lot. I can also overlook her other well documented explosive temper episodes, which have been reported widely. ...more

October 16, 2008

The Pasco Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Service was held Thursday evening at the historic Pasco County Courthouse. ...more

May 3, 2008

Multiple breakdowns in Charlotte County's emergency communications center let Denise Lee and the man accused of abducting and killing her slip through law enforcement's fingers, according to an internal investigation and data released by the sheriff's office Friday. ...more

February 16, 2008

The reliability of Charlotte County's 911 system came into question Friday after more details were released about an emergency call that might have saved the life of slain North Port mother Denise Lee. ...more

February 16, 2008

Two employees of Charlotte County's 911 call center are being punished after an internal investigation into the handling of a call concerning a North Port woman who was later found dead, Sheriff John Davenport announced today. ...more

February 15, 2008

The sheriff's office could have answers this week about how it handled a 911 call from a witness it thinks pinpointed the location of Michael King and Denise Lee shortly before Lee's slaying Jan. 17. ...more

February 7, 2008

Tensions over a 911 call received by the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office on the night police say Michael King kidnapped and murdered Denise Lee reached a climax this afternoon. ...more

January 25, 2008

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office never sent out a regional "be on the lookout" alert warning other law enforcement agencies to search for a green Camaro on the night of Denise Lee's abduction and slaying. ...more

January 25, 2008