Two Arrested In Beating Of Man, Pregnant Girlfriend
Jason Ritenour and Cortland Johnson face aggravated battery charges for the Sunday night confrontation.
Two men with a violent history are facing aggravated battery charges for a beating Sunday night at the Shell/Circle K across from the Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Jason Ritenour, 29, faces two counts of aggravated battery and Courtland Johnson, faces one county of aggravated battery for an altercation that sent a pregnant woman to the trauma center at Blake Hospital in Bradenton, according to Sarasota Police. The suspects were apparently intoxicated, according to police. The two had a confrontation after 6 p.m. Sunday at the gas station,1801 S. Tamiami Trail, with a motorcyclist, Travis Quintenz, 43. Quintenz' girlfriend, Stacy Moore, tried to step in, but the 4-foot-11-inch woman who was 6 to 8 weeks pregnant was overpowered by the 6-foot…
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nancy
2:59 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
These vagrants will be freed again by our lenient Sarasota Judicial system. Why were they out on the street when they had recent felonies for the same type of prior behavior? I would venture that the Herald didn't print much about this crime as it is frightening to our ever increasing tourist population visiting here. Review the crime reports along North Trail and Newtown. Incredible numbers of … more ›