Port Charlotte News

A Charlotte County home sustained heavy smoke damage early Monday, after a fire broke out in the garage.

Charlotte County Sheriffa s Major Crimes Unit detectives are investigating an incident in Port Charlotte that involved deputies shooting a man who pointed a shotgun and a revolver at them.

ROCHESTER -- Tom Johnson died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Florida, after a short battle with cancer.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Deputies open fire on a man they say would not drop his guns.

Groups of homeless people may not own properties on Sagamore and Cordoba Avenues in Port Charlotte, but neighbors say they sure act like they do.

The philosophy of self-reliance seems to have always been a curiously American trait and one that evidently still strongly exists in the cultural gene pool, despite what some would argue have been energetic efforts by do-gooder social engineers to wipe it out.

Two men were arrested Tuesday in connection with the murder of a Port Charlotte man who was found dead in his home Sunday.

Authorities are searching an eight acre area of Dunkin Road and Highway 17 in Port Charlotte for a Hollywood, FL girl who went missing in 1999.

Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Cameron this morning announced the arrest of two men in connection with a homicide in the 100 block of Buckeye Avenue in Port Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY: There's a new place struggling families can go in Charlotte County for help.

Keith Allen Sowers has been released from Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers after he was shot while trying to commit a home invasion robbery last weekend at a Port Charlotte home, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.

A 21-year-old Port Charlotte woman was booked into the Charlotte County Jail after officers stopping her for running a stop also found pills, opiates, marijuana and more in a lock box in the back seat of the car.

The state attorney's office has filed charges against two Charlotte County residents accused last week of having sex with an 18-month-old child.

The other winning ticket was bought in Davie, lottery officials reported. The 345 tickets matching four numbers won $93.50 each.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Office arrested a Fort Myers pilot Monday on a warrant stemming from a July 20 incident of low flying.

Keith Sowers, 32, was shot in the stomach Saturday night during a home invasion robbery in the 21500 block of Beaverton Avenue in Port Charlotte, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.

PORT CHARLOTTE: A transvestite was arrested on prostitution charges after posting an ad for sexual services on Cragslist.com and then trying to seal the deal with an undercover detective, according to officials with the Punta Gorda Police Department.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes detectives late this afternoon arrested Melissa Ann Bailey, 26, 20133 Helms Way, Port Charlotte, in connection with a child sex investigation involving her 18-month-old daughter and her boyfriend.

Charlotte County Punta Gorda man accused of sex with 18-month-old girl Charlotte County deputies say a Punta Gorda man had sex with his girlfriend's 18-month-old daughter.

Authorities responded to a six-vehicle crash with multiple injuries at Midway Boulevard and U.S. 41 in Port Charlotte.