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Swimmer pulled from the Gulf, off the coast of Venice. Courtesy Sarasota Sheriff’s Office.
Rescuers pulled a swimmer from the Gulf of Mexico off Venice after nearly two hours in the water. The Venice Fire Rescue team, using Ski 51, teamed up with the […]
Kevin Johns Courtesy City of Venice
On October 29 in Punta Gorda, authorities arrested Kevin Johns, 67, from Venice, following a Venice Police investigation supported by both Punta Gorda Police and the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office. […]
Offshore of the Venice Inlet a boat caught fire and later sank. Courtesy Venice Police Department
A boat went up in flames just off the Venice Inlet on Sunday, September 20, 2026, and eventually sank beneath the waves. Police say everyone on board made it out […]
Patriots Park in Venice Courtesy venicegov.com
Police in Venice arrested a 43-year-old man after he cut down a large oak tree at Patriots Park, the same park that holds the city’s 9/11 memorial. The tree, estimated […]
Giovanni Pimienta
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested 19-year-old Giovanni Pimienta from Venice on some serious charges: writing threats to kill, threatening to bomb or carry out a mass shooting, and […]
Andrew A. Bevan, courtesy of Venice Police Dept.
Andrew A. Bevan, 55, from Port Charlotte, landed in jail Wednesday, March 4, 2026, after planting a fake bomb at the UPS Store in Venice Commons Plaza. Early that morning […]
Police in southwest Florida have arrested Ronald Chester Racki, a 75-year-old Venice resident, for the murder of 24-year-old Laikyn Marie West, who vanished more than a year ago. Detectives say […]
Area residents cleared out medicine cabinets and helped keep their communities safe during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25. The Sarasota Police […]
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