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Kaleta seeks plea agreement for DUI arrest

Nov 25, 2024 – Joe Hendricks
June 20, 2021
By Jason Schaffer
Crime

Increased tourism having some effect on crime

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – While tourism continues to increase due to the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, crime is up and down in AMI’s three cities, police officers say. “We haven’t seen much of an in…
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June 14, 2020
By SUN contributor
Watch out for rental fraud

Watch out for rental fraud

HOLMES BEACH – Investigations are ongoing in at least three cases of rental fraud that have occurred in the last month. The vacation rentals were rented out without the owner’s or property managem…
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August 19, 2019
By Cindy Lane
New evidence in Morris case may point to murder

New evidence in Morris case may point to murder

BRADENTON BEACH – More than 10 years after Sheena Morris’ death was determined to be a suicide, her mother says she has new evidence that her daughter was murdered. Morris was found dead by police…
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July 11, 2018
By Cindy Lane

Suspect arrested again, charged with second burglary

HOLMES BEACH – Mark Lee Snyder, 55, is back in custody on an additional $50,000 bond after Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested him on Monday, July 9 for a second burglary. In additio…
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June 6, 2018
By Joe Hendricks

Man arrested on carjacking, battery charges

Updated June 11, 2018 BRADENTON BEACH – A Bradenton Beach man was arrested Wednesday evening and charged with carjacking and battery on a disabled person in connection with an incident that occurr…
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April 19, 2018
By Tom Vaught
eugene matthews sentencing

Matthews gets 65 years minimum

BRADENTON – Eugene Matthews will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for the shooting death of Rebecca Rawson on Jan. 10, 2017. On Thursday, April 19, Judge Brian Iten sentenced the 84-yea…
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March 20, 2018
By Joe Hendricks

Shark dragging hearing scheduled

TAMPA – Robert Benac, 28, Spencer Heintz, 23, and Michael Wenzel, 21, have been ordered to appear at a felony court hearing on Tuesday, May 1. The three defendants and their friend, Nick Easterlin…
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January 26, 2018
By Tom Vaught
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Crash leaves pedestrian dead

  HOLMES BEACH – A pedestrian was killed on Wednesday, Jan. 24 around 2 p.m. while crossing the street at 5600 Gulf Drive. Marion and William Timmons of Thorold, Ontario, Canada were cross…
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January 16, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Nancy Ambrose

Ambrose enters pre-trial diversion

HOLMES BEACH – Nancy Ambrose has entered into a pre-trial diversion contract which she must successfully complete for two third-degree felony charges to be dismissed regarding her butterfly garden fu…
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January 11, 2018
By Joe Hendricks

Shark dragging defendants plead not guilty

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY – Robert “Bo” Benac, Spencer Heintz and Michael Wenzel pled not guilty on Wednesday, Jan. 10 to all charges stemming from a shark-dragging incident caught on video last July. A…
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