Manatee County News

The father of Thomas Fast, who is accused of killing and dismembering his stepmother in June 2007, has taken the stand in the trial today in Manatee County.

Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced a Manatee County gang member was sentenced to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to criminal charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering.

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A 42-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after witnesses said he tried cutting a pair of shorts off another man.

A Bradenton man whose 16-year-old son suffers from a heart condition has been arrested for reportedly giving the teenager morphine without a prescription.

A Manatee County man was hospitalized after being bit by a pygmy rattlesnake Monday.

Jury selection for Thomas Fast, the man charged with the 2007 murder of his mother, Tara resident Susan Fast, begins today at the Manatee County Courthouse.

Detectives were investigating a shooting that left a 17-year-old girl in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff's investigators worked Saturday to positively identify two young men shot and killed on a street southeast of Bradenton Friday night.

About $400,000 in beef is missing after a truck was stolen today from a Ramada Limited in Ellenton, Florida.

Two men are dead after a shooting Friday night in Manatee County. Someone called 911 at 9:20 p.m. after hearing several gunshots and spotting the men lying unresponsive in the road, according to the Manatee sheriff's office.

St. Petersburg, Florida - Coast Guard crews from Pinellas and Manatee counties are searching for a missing diver in the Gulf.

A Manatee County man faces charges he assaulted an off-duty officer in the officer's back yard, the Bradenton Police Department said.

A Manatee County sheriff's deputy early this morning used a Taser to subdue a drunken driving suspect, according to a sheriff's office news release.

Hoveround's human resources staff will never forget the shiny, red Chinese takeout box a job seeker sent them.

Deputies arrested an elderly Manatee man Saturday after his girlfriend said he attacked her and smashed her belongings, according to a Manatee County Sheriff's Office report.

A man was arrested early Sunday morning after he waited outside a Bradenton bar, and then stabbed his ex-girlfriend's date in the neck, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's office.

At the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, general manager Randy Paradine says he's cutting costs by cutting water usage.

Two men armed with shotguns robbed a Palmetto family in a home invasion, leaving the residents with their wrists and ankles bound with duct tape and pillow cases over their heads, according to Manatee County Sheriff's Office reports.

A Bradenton man has been arrested on a capital sexual battery charge after authorities said he raped a 4-year-old girl, according to a Manatee County Sheriff's Office report.