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Battling man, woman turn on man trying to help
A man attempting to come to the aid of a woman involved in an altercation early this morning instead became the focal point of an attack.
According to a media release from the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, a 58-year-old man saw a man and a woman involved in an altercation about 1:27 a.m. in the 200 block of West Cowles Street and decided to help the woman. The man was then cut by the woman and hit with a baseball bat by the man involved in the fight, according to the release. The victim was treated at Englewood Community Hospital.
Continue reading this story…Englewood man charged with drug trafficking
Christopher Lee Prew
Submitted by Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office
Charlotte County Sheriff’s Warrant Squad detectives arrested an Englewood Beach man for on drug trafficking charges after a Narcotics Unit undercover investigation.
Christopher Lee Prew, 38, of Shoreview Drive, was charged with trafficking in Oxycodone, Possession of Oxycodone and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia stemming from a June 1 undercover operation that took place at Prew’s home. The pills purchased were sent to an FDLE lab for testing and came back positive for Oxycodone; a warrant was then issued for his arrest.
Smokey transformer fire disrupts traffic, knocks out power
Firefighters wait for notification from Florida Power and Light before dumping water into the burning transformer.
A late afternoon fire in an electrical transformer on Placida Road shut off power nearby, sent thick black smoke skyward, diverted traffic and attracted onlookers from Merchant Crossing and Palm Plaza shopping centers.
Englewood Area Fire Control District Battalion Chief Peter Ojeda did not know what caused the fire. Station 71 received the call at 5:26 p.m.
Englewood Winn-Dixie not part of company’s cutbacks
The Winn-Dixie in Englewood is not part of the supermarket chain’s 30-store cutback, according to the store manager.
Rumors of Winn-Dixie’s demise are apparently quite premature.
The east Englewood store is not part of the 30-store cutback reported in several print newspapers today, according to store manager Al James.
Water heater fire causes $6,000 damage
A water heater fire Monday at 128 Annapolis Lane in Rotonda West caused on estimated $6,000 worth of damage to the home.
According to a media release from the Englewood Area Fire Control District, the fire department was called at 8:51 a.m. Monday for a structure fire. Firefighters saw smoke coming from the garage when they arrived, and they found that a Charlotte County Sheriff’s deputy had controlled the blaze with a portable extinguisher from his cruiser.
Logging complete, clean-up remains
Logs from trees cut down at Amberjack Enviromental Park wait to be transported Sunday at the end of Gasparilla Pines Boulevard.
The controversial tree-cutting in three of Englewood’s Charlotte County environmental parks is now complete.
All that is left is some trail clean-up for the parks to be permanently reopened to the public.
Charlotte County Environmental & Extension Services Senior Environmental Specialist Philip Brouse said Tuesday people at the county and state levels are happy with the work that was done.
Sarasota school offices open for student registration
Submitted by Sarasota County Public Schools
The administrative offices of public schools throughout Sarasota County will reopen today so parents may register students for the 2010-11 school year, which starts Monday, Aug. 23.
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Hoax bomb threat shuts down Murdock shopping center
A bomb-handling robot, center, is used as the Lee County Bomb Squad assists Charlotte County Sheriff’s deputies in investigating a bomb threat at a Murdock shopping center.
UPDATED 11:08 p.m. Tuesday
Submitted by Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office
The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office and Southwest Florida Regional Bomb Squad gave the all clear at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday evening after a nearly three-hour shutdown of all stores and traffic in Village Market Place shopping center, 1825 Tamiami Trail.
The shopping center, home to Books-A-Million, Carabbas, McDonald’s and several other stores, is popular with East Engelwood and Gulf Cove-area residents.