Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Carlos Longoria, caught Tuesday in Fort Myers, is one of three men charged in the robbery at a Clark Road home.
A third suspect in a violent 2011 home invasion robbery has been captured, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. Carlos Longoria, 25, was apprehended at a Fort Myers home Tuesday and booked in Sarasota County Jail, where he was being held without bond, authorities said. The arrest was made in connection with a Nov. 1, 2011 incident at a home in the 2900 block of Clark Road, in which a man was hit in the head and choked until he was nearly unconscious, police said. A woman was pulled to the floor by her hair and had a gun held to her head. Three suspects ransacked the home before fleeing. One man, Anthony Lusson, who police said was an acquaintance of the two victims, was arrested a short time after the crime. He was …
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Sarasota Police say they are not sure if the Saturday night incident at a Rilma Avenue home involving masked men is related to another home invasion that happened that night on 38th Street.
Police are investigating a home invasion robbery that occurred Saturday night at a Sarasota home. According to authorities, two masked men entered a home in the 3800 block of Rilma Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday carrying weapons. The men demanded money and other items from three victims inside the home, then left. One of the victims, a man, suffered a cut to the back of his head when he was hit by one of the suspects, police spokesperson Officer Linda J. DeNiro said in a media release. The other victims, a woman and man, were not injured. Police said they are not sure if the incident is related to another home invasion robbery that happened the same night in the 1200 block of 38th Street. In that incident, two masked men robbed a …
Saturday, March 30, 2013
The suspects, wearing all black clothing and black masks, demanded money from a group of people inside the 38th Street home Saturday, according to Sarasota Police.
Sarasota Police are investigating a home invasion robbery in which two masked men robbed a group of people in a home recording studio early Saturday morning, officials said. Five people were in the back recording studio in a home in the 1200 block of 38th Street around 1 a.m. Saturday when the two suspects, wearing all black clothing and black masks, entered with weapons, according to a media release. The suspects demanded money and then left, police said. No one was injured. The suspects have not yet been identified, and the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about is asked to call the Sarasota Police Criminal Investigation Division at 941-954-7070. Sign up for the Sarasota Patch email newsletter to get our top headlines…
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Detectives say Brandon Albritton drove the other suspects to the victim's home with the intention of getting marijuana.
A 20-year-old man is now the fourth suspect arrested in a Saturday's Palm Terrace home invasion and robbery. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested and charged Brandon Albritton, of no reported address, with one count of being a principle to a home invasion with a weapon. During the investigation of the Jan. 5 robbery, detectives received information from the other suspects the identity and involvement of Albritton, whose role the defendants said, was to drive them to the victim's house, Chad Strickland, to get marijuana, according to the probable cause affidavit. Suspects Denico Stewart, 20, Anthony Garruto, 21 and Jarrett Bennett, 21, were all arrested and charged Saturday, Jan. 5 for the home invasion and robbery, according to …
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Three suspects invaded home on Palm Terrace and victim fought with one suspect until other two suspects ran away.
Updated 6:30 p.m. All three suspects in a overnight Saturday home invasion and robbery are now under arrest and in Sarasota County Sheriff's Office custody. Patrol deputies searched the neighborhood and found suspects fitting the description provided by the victim, according to the probable cause affidavits. The victim told deputies he was sitting outside his home smoking a cigarette when he was approached by three men in dark clothing around 1:30 a.m. Saturday on the 2000 block of Palm Terrace and all three men pointed AirSoft guns at the victim, according to the sheriff's office. The victim was struck by a butt end of a gun by one suspect while two other suspects ran into the home where two other victims were present, according to the …
Friday, September 21, 2012
Erik Bradley Brittain was captured in the 500 block of 30th Avenue East in Bradenton Thursday by the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force following a warrant for his arrest.
A 31-year-old homeless man is being held without bond at Sarasota County Jail today after facing charges for a Sept. 15 home invasion. Erik Bradley Brittain was captured in the 500 block of 30th Avenue East in Bradenton Thursday by the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force following a warrant for his arrest, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. Deputies have searched for Brittain since Sept. 15 when they say Brittain entered a home on the 3700 block of Lokai Place in Sarasota Springs around 8 p.m. that night to talk to his friend's mother about her son's drug problem, but robbed her at gunpoint, demanding her pain medication, according to the sheriff's office. Brittain grabbed the bag containing Xanax, Oxycodone …
Friday, September 14, 2012
Jonathan Perez of Sarasota and Elasad Alsaedi of Tampa were convicted Thursday for a home invasion and armed robbery on Jan. 1.
A pair of men who broke into a southeastern Sarasota home on New Year's, terrorizing and robbing three teenagers will spend 40 years each in prison. A Sarasota County jury on Thursday found guilty Jonathan Michael Perez, 22 of 2841 Stoneland Lane, Sarasota and Elasad Jamie Alsaedi, 25 of 8207 Collier Park Place, Tampa on the following charges: • armed burglary • armed robbery • armed kidnapping • aggravated assault The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office credits quick-thinking deputies familiar with the neighborhood acting on information provided by the victim and sound detective work led by Detective J. Darby, to collect enough evidence to link the suspects and strengthen the likelihood of a stiff conviction. It all started around 1 a.m. on…
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Khalin Bryant, 17, of 1795 Gregg St., is charged with second-degree attempted murder for the Friday home invasion and shooting on New England Street in south Sarasota.
A 17-year-old Sarasota teen is facing an attempted murder charge for shooting a man in the leg during a Friday home invasion in south Sarasota. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested Khalin Bryant, 17, in connection with the home invasion and shooting Friday night on the 3300 block of New England Street in Sarasota. Detectives determined that Bryant, of 1795 Gregg St., was one of two men that barged into the home and demanded money at gunpoint from two teens who were there. The incident started when a resident at the home talked to one of the suspects about hanging out at the house, but when they arrived, demanded money and pointed a gun at the victim. The suspects battered the victims, Kaleb Roark, 18 and Jose Noriega-De Marco…
Saturday, December 11, 2010
The home was broken in to on Monday, December. 6.
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is searching for Ashley Nichole Clarke, 22, last known address 2347 Zito Ct., Sarasota, in connection with a home invasion robbery on Siesta Key late Monday night, according to the Sheriff's Office. Deputies responded to 5657 Midnight Pass Rd after the victim reported that a man wearing all black had entered his home and demanded money. As the suspect fled the scene he fired a shot toward the victim but the victim was not injured. The search for the gunman continues, the release said. Detectives have determined that Clarke, who has an extensive criminal history in Sarasota County, set up the robbery, calling the victim shortly before the incident occurred. The Sheriff's Office said she was also present …
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Michael Weatherby
11:32 am on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
I love it, man enters home with weapons, beats both victims....and gets three years, what's that, 18 months maybe. No wonder these guys come out and commit more crimes, all they are giving them is a vacation. more ›