Port Charlotte News

Rita L., 90, of White Bear Township, MN and formerly of Huntington, Long Island passed away June 30, 2009 in Port Charlotte, Florida.

Charlotte County Sheriff's detectives have arrested a man they say is wanted in New York on two armed robbery charges and is a homicide suspect.

A Charlotte County Sheriff's Street Crimes Unit deputy arrested an El Jobean man Wednesday afternoon in Kiwanis Park in Port Charlotte for making sexual advances to an undercover deputy.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY: Charlotte County deputies are staying busy with a dramatic rise in vehicle burglaries, from driveways to businesses.

The U.S. Attorney's Office filed charges Friday against Linda and Billy Jack Courtright for conspiring to possess and distribute oxycodone which resulted in the death of Nicolas Block, Linda's 15-year old son.

"Butterflies Are Free." 7:30 p.m. June 24-27, July 1-3, 8-11; 2 p.m. June 28, July 5, 12 at Lemon Bay Playhouse, 96 W. Dearborn St., Englewood.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY: It was a happy ending in the case of a stolen car and Chihuahua.

A 55-year-old Port Charlotte man was killed when a car hit him as he walking on the access road on U.S. 41, the Charlotte County Sheriffa s Office reported.

A 35-year-old woman was flown to Lee Memorial Hospital shortly before midnight Saturday after driving her truck into a home on Midway Boulevard, reported the Charlotte County Fire & EMS.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY: There was a bit of controversy over a big investment in Punta Gorda this weekend.

PORT CHARLOTTE a ' Authorities are investigating a shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon near Midway Boulevard and Starlite Avenue, where one of the stray bullets entered a home.

A Port Charlotte teen is in critical condition after car surfing in North Port. According to North Port Police Department, officers responded to a one vehicle crash at South Yorkshire Street and Eastman Circle just before 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

Several Charlotte County men were arrested Saturday, including one on a sexual battery charge, after two of the men allegedly fondled two teenage girls and then attacked two men who came to the girls' rescue.

A Canadian authorities arrested a 67-year-old Port Charlotte man accused of posing as a security guard to lure a teen into his vehicle at a grocery store parking lot.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY: Stolen during an event in Charlotte County, a mascot's head has been returned.

Jason Waters, a 20-year-old former club bouncer who goes by the nickname "Fat Boy," has a mental illness and is addicted to cocaine and marijuana.

A teen accused of stealing the head to a dog costume started serving his time Thursday, and it's not exactly a normal form of punishment.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY : Charlotte County deputies shut down an alleged marijuana grow house on Shannon Avenue in Port Charlotte Wednesday.

PUNTA GORDA: Thieves pulled off a strange crime at Fishermen's Village in Punta Gorda over the weekend, stealing the mascot head off a dog costume from a pet business.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY: One arrest was made during an alcohol compliance check in Port Charlotte on Friday.