Venice police say two armed suspects who attempted to rob T.J. Maxx last night, left before police arrived, creating what they believed to be a hostage situation. ...more

November 18, 2009

The Sarasota County School Board shut down a police training class on Tuesday after a complaint that the instructor, Mike Treubert, had shown a pornographic movie to the six officers taking the course. Mike Treubert Treubert, 50, is a North Port city commissioner and retired Venice police officer. He also teaches driver's education and has been a longtime youth sports coach. He refused to comment Wednesday on the complaint or the personnel investigation by the School Board. ...more

February 5, 2009

A Venice man was charged with 766 counts of possession of child pornography after a repair technician found about 4,000 images on his computer. ...more

July 9, 2008

VENICE — A Venice Elementary School teacher is under arrest this morning, charged with abuse of mentally handicapped students in her classroom. ...more

February 22, 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

A shooting accident involving a 5-year-old boy at the Venice Police Department's gun range could have been avoided if safety standards commonly used by other law enforcement agencies had been in place. ...more

December 16, 2007