CRIME & SAFETY
Port Charlotte drug dealer receives 12-year prison sentence
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Port Charlotte man was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. According to the State Attorney's Office, 58-year-old John Alton Knight, Jr. was arrested by Charlotte County deputies on August 9, 2022, after he was found with over 2,700 grams of methamphetamine and approximately 49 grams of fentanyl.
Suspect who allegedly killed Fla. man with glass ashtray in 1988 is positively identified
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (TCD) -- A cold case has come to a close after investigators used the DNA from cigarette butts to positively identify a suspect in the beating death of a 58-year-old man in 1988. In late November 1988, friends contacted the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office to request a...
Port Charlotte man accused of shooting and killing barber pleads not guilty
A Port Charlotte man who allegedly shot and killed a barber has been arrested on second-degree murder charges and pleaded not guilty for the incident. According to authorities, 34-year-old David Hull claimed he was standing his ground against 37-year-old Manuel “Macho” back in March. After working on the...
Boyfriend of Madeline Soto’s mother charged with 13-year-old’s murder
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (WWSB) - Stephan Sterns has been charged with first-degree murder following the death and disappearance of 13-year-old Madeline Soto, according to Osceola County court records. Sterns, of North Port, was dating Soto’s mother at the time of her disappearance and detectives say he had been sexually abusing the...
North Port mobile home shooting: Dade City man sentenced to five years in prison
A Dade City man was sentenced to five years in prison following a plea bargain in connection with a shooting in North Port in 2023 that injured one individual, according to Sarasota court records. William Walker, 41, was sentenced on April 17 to five years in prison for possession of...
Bokeelia man on the run after violating probation on drug and DUI charges
LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A Bokeelia man is on the run after violating his probation on DUI and drug-related charges. Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers states officers responded to a man asleep at the wheel while the car was still in drive. Officers woke up Jesse Boatright, 45, who failed...
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