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Members of the Placida Rotary unveil the Children’s Advocacy Award plaque in memory of Ann Dever.Charles Dever, with sons David and Scott, listened as others shared their many fond memories and stories of working along with Ann.David, Charles and Scott Dever at the plaque with the inscription,  “Scott Dever’s Song…I’m seeing rainbows on a sunny day reminding me that everything will be o.k., walk beside me, gently take my hand and lead me home.”

January 27th, 2012 at 6:56 pm

Mem­bers of the Placida Rotary unveil the Children’s Advo­cacy Award plaque in mem­ory of Ann Dever.

Sub­mit­ted by Char­lotte County

Ann Dever had a spe­cial con­nec­tion with Char­lotte County’s parks and recre­ation offer­ings while she was alive. Now she will be for­ever con­nected as the Char­lotte County Board of County Com­mis­sion­ers and Com­mu­nity Ser­vices have renamed Oys­ter Creek Regional Park in her honor.

The count held a ded­i­ca­tion cer­e­mony  Jan. 20 to rename the San Casa Boule­vard park Ann Dever Memo­r­ial Regional Park in honor of the late com­mu­nity con­trib­u­tor and sup­porter who died of can­cer in 2009.

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Woman kidnapped, beaten, left at bridge

A woman told Sara­sota Sheriff’s Office deputies she was forced into a pickup truck late Mon­day night, beaten and left near the Man­a­sota Beach Road bridge.

Accord­ing to a sheriff’s report, the woman said she had been forced into a green Dodge Ram pickup in the vicin­ity of Baf­fin and Ster­ling roads in Venice by three peo­ple, a man and two women, all described as being in their early 30s. After beat­ing her, she said, she was left near the bridge, and she called for help from the bridge ten­der about 10:20 p.m.

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Charlotte detectives need help ID’ing suspect

An ID theft sus­pect is shown in a sur­veil­lance cam­era photo using an ATM.

Updated Tues­day, 7:30 a.m., new photos.

Char­lotte County Sheriff’s detec­tives are again ask­ing the pub­lic to help iden­tify sur­veil­lance pho­tos of a credit card fraud and grand theft suspect.

The woman opened a credit card in a Port Char­lotte victim’s name, then used it at var­i­ous stores and bank ATM’s from Port Char­lotte to Braden­ton. Detec­tives have received new sur­veil­lance pho­tos in this ongo­ing case. One is from a Wells Fargo ATM in Port Char­lotte, another at a Braden­ton Well Fargo ATM, and she is dri­ving a Ford van as shown.

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Woman airlifted, man charged in Rotonda crash

A Port Char­lotte woman was air­lifted to Lee Memo­r­ial Hos­pi­tal in Fort Myers Fri­day night after the car in which she was rid­ing struck a palm tree.

Accord­ing to the Florida High­way  Patrol report, the woman, 71, suf­fered crit­i­cal injuries when the 2005 Dodge Van trav­el­ing east on Rotonda Boule­vard East near Gas­par­illa Road left the road and drove into the median, strik­ing a palm tree, The dri­ver, Frank Harold Paul­son, 73, of Port Char­lotte, backed the car off the median and resumed dri­ving, the report said.

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Help locate missing man

Richard Van­de­walle

A 54-year-old South Venice man is miss­ing and may be endan­gered, and the Sara­sota County Sheriff’s Office is seek­ing the community’s help in locat­ing him.

Richard Van­de­walle, 6 feet tall, 150 pounds, white with brown hair, left his Loy­ola Road home Fri­day morn­ing and has not returned. He was last seen dri­ving a 2006 tan Ford F150 pickup truck with Florida tag 453L-R-L. He may be wear­ing a brown Artistree Land­scape shirt.

Van­de­walle has gone miss­ing before and was found in need of med­ical atten­tion and dehy­drated. His men­tal capac­i­ties may be deteriorating.

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Englewood woman accused of being a drug dealer

Melissa R. Lanier

Sub­mit­ted by Char­lotte County Sheriff’s Office

An engle­wood woman was among four peo­ple arrested Thurs­day and charged with deal­ing drugs in Novem­ber or December.

Melissa Rochel Lanier, 43, of Ebro Road remains in jail on $15,000 bond in con­nec­tion with a Novem­ber drug sale of Oxy­codone. She is charged with Sale and Deliv­ery of Oxy­codone and Pos­ses­sion of Oxycodone.

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Englewood man charged with dealing drugs

Don­ald H. Scott Jr.

Sub­mit­ted by Char­lotte County Sheriff’s Office.

An Engle­wood man was among five sus­pected drug deal­ers rounded up Tues­day by Char­lotte County Sheriff’s Nar­cotics Unit detec­tives and road patrol deputies.

Don­ald Hayes Scott Jr., 31, of Shadow Lane, was arrested based on a months-long inves­ti­ga­tion that included pre­vi­ous drug stings.

Also arrested:

Nicole Alli­son Broad­well, 26, Dal­ton Boule­vard, Port Charlotte

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LBHS softball announces team roster

The Lemon Bay High School var­sity soft­ball team: Andreena Hei­neck, Nikki Woodard, Lau­risa Fisher, Robyn Blais, Courtlin Hol­land, Hunter Mars, Sab­rina Schroeder, Baleigh Clemens, Brooke Clemens, Brooke Carvey.

The Lemon Bay High School var­sity soft­ball sea­son begins Wednes­day, Feb. 1 and Thurs­day, Feb. 2, with pre­sea­son games at Char­lotte High School. Both games start at 5 p.m.

The team sched­ule is avail­able at http://www.c2cschools.com

The team includes:

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