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Englewood woman accused of being a drug dealer

Friday, January 20th, 2012 by Mark Chapman ,
with photos by courtesy CCSO

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

Friday, January 20th, 2012 by Mark Chapman ,
with photos by courtesy CCSO

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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Propane explosion sends 2 to hospital

Friday, January 13th, 2012 by Mark Chapman

A propane gas explo­sion sent two peo­ple to Engle­wood Com­mu­nity Hos­pi­tal Wednes­day morning.

It was work­ers in the hos­pi­tal emer­gency room who noti­fied the Engle­wood Fire Depart­ment of a poten­tially haz­ardous sit­u­a­tion at 7229 Snow Road in Engle­wood East, accord­ing to a press release from EFD Chief Brian Gorski. After treat­ing and admit­ting the two peo­ple for “sub­stan­tial first and sec­ond degree burns,” ER per­son­nel con­tacted the fire department.

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Teen found dead in smoky building

Friday, January 13th, 2012 by Mark Chapman

UPDATE 6:07 p.m., Jan. 13: Char­lotte Sheriff’s Office release name of dead teen

Sub­mit­ted by Char­lotte Co. Sheriff’s Office

The Char­lotte County Sheriff’s Office is inves­ti­gat­ing the death of an 18-year-old Lemon Bay High School stu­dent found deceased in his Gar­dens of Gulf Cove home at 13599 Martha Ave.

The teen has been iden­ti­fied as Michael Angel Rojas, 18.

The Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call at approx­i­mately 4:32 p.m. Thurs­day from a fam­ily mem­ber in ref­er­ence to an unre­spon­sive teenager. Char­lotte County Fire & EMS respon­ders found the Rojas in the residence.

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Sarasota Police/Englewood Fire Blotter Jan. 7, 2012-present

Thursday, January 12th, 2012 by Mark Chapman

Dis­patch reports from the Sara­sota Sheriff’s office and the Engle­wood Area Fire Con­trol District.

Updated  1:50 a.m. Feb. 4

Sat­ur­day, Feb. 4

1:31 a.m.: A civil dis­tur­bance was reported in the 200 block of Dear­born Street.

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Charlotte med drop-boxes a big hit

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 by Mark Chapman ,
with photos by courtesy CCSO

Sub­mit­ted by Char­lotte Co. Sheriff’s Office

Char­lotte County Sher­iff Bill Cameron announced Mon­day that “Oper­a­tion Med­i­cine Cab­i­net has received over­whelm­ing sup­port in its first six-months that began last June and col­lected 707 pounds of expired or unused med­ica­tions.” CCSO has deposit boxes located at the District-1 Office in Engle­wood, and the Dis­trict 4 Office in Port Char­lotte at Prom­e­nades Mall.

“The com­mu­nity sup­port of this great pro­gram pro­tects our young peo­ple from harm­ful mis­use of pre­scrip­tion drugs; under­stand the needs of seniors, and the envi­ron­men­tal impli­ca­tions related to the improper or unsafe dis­posal of med­ica­tions,” Cameron said.

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Susan Scott picked to lead Ed Foundation

Friday, January 6th, 2012 by Mark Chapman ,
with photos by courtesy Education Foundation of Sarasota County

Susan Scott

Susan Scott has been named exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Edu­ca­tion Foun­da­tion of Sara­sota County.

The long­time com­mu­nity leader was selected at a spe­cial meet­ing of the organization’s board of direc­tors this week and starts Jan. 9.

Board Chair­man Mike Bryant headed the search fol­low­ing Cindy Kaiser’s depar­ture to deal with fam­ily health issues at the end of October.

“As we approach our 25th anniver­sary, we are all enthu­si­as­tic about the selec­tion of Susan Scott as exec­u­tive direc­tor,” he said. “The board is com­mit­ted to the vision of expand­ing the Edu­ca­tion Foundation’s pres­ence and grow­ing the impact our pro­grams and finan­cial sup­port have on the school chil­dren of Sara­sota County.”

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House fire displaces family of 2

Thursday, January 5th, 2012 by Mark Chapman

Updated 10:52 a.m. Thurs­day, Jan. 5

A house fire on Man­a­sota Key Wednes­day morn­ing drove two peo­ple from their home on the Char­lotte County end of the island.

Engle­wood Fire Depart­ment received the call at 8:26 a.m., with sta­tion 71 respond­ing to a home at 1165 Shore­view Drive.

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