Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Police believe the victim was shot during a robbery attempt and then fled.
Sarasota Police are investigating an overnight shooting in Newtown that killed a Bradenton man. Officers located victim Jeffrey Leonard Hill, 34, in the 1900 block of 24th Street. They were able to follow a blood trail to the 1800 block of 23rd Street, where the shooting occurred, according to the Sarasota Police Department. Hill, whose last known address was 26th Ave. West in Bradenton, was the victim of an attempted robbery, police said. Police believe the shooting happened at about 1:50 a.m. Wednesday. Hill was shot either during the robbery attempt or while fleeing his perpetrators, police said. Hill ran northeast from the scene until he collapsed on the sidewalk in the 1900 block of 24th Street, police said. Sarasota County Fire …
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Sarasota's City Commissioners are considering sending community leaders and law enforcement to a city that has proven it can reduce murder rates during a sustained period to replicate that success here.
Sarasota Police Chief Mikel Hollaway doesn’t want to talk to a consultant to figure out how to stop Newtown’s violence. “After 30 years of this, I’m not impressed by consultants,” Hollaway told the Sarasota City Commission Tuesday night. “I don’t really want to talk to David Kennedy.” Kennedy is the man who Commissioner Willie Charles Shaw says is one of the main components in helping develop a permanent solution to Sarasota’s crime and homicides. Sarasota had seven homicides in 2011, all in Newtown, but the crime spills out throughout the region and four additional homicides in 2011, one of which a murder-suicide, took place in unincorporated Sarasota. One additional murder in Sarasota city limits was considered self-defense. Shaw is …
Sunday, December 18, 2011
A 17-year-old suspect was charged with attempted murder in connection to the Dec. 11 triple shooting in Newtown.
A third suspect was arrested in connection to a triple shooting in Newtown. Darrenton Trebbles, 17, faces three counts of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm, police said. Trebbles was arrested Saturday in connection to the shooting, at 2530 N. Washington Blvd on Dec. 11. Witnesses told police they heard 40 to 50 shots fired. Officers arrived on the scene and located three victims with multiple gunshot wounds. Rashad Steen and Bobby Sharpe also face attempted murder charges in the case. Sharpe and Steen are in the Sarasota County Jail. The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Detective Jackson at941-954-7096.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Police say the suspect, Rashad Steen, 20, has a lengthy criminal history dating back a decade.
Sarasota Police have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection to a triple shooting in Newtown. Rashad Lee Steen faces three counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated battery with a firearm, according to court records. Police believe there are additional people involved in the shooting Sunday and are continuing their investigation. Steen, who was listed as homeless at the time of the arrest, has 19 felony arrests and a lengthy criminal history dating back to when he was 10 years old, Capt. Paul Sutton of Sarasota Police said. Sutton added he expects additional arrests to be made in this case. Sarasota Police responded at 1 a.m. Sunday to the 2500 block of North Washington Boulevard for a multiple shooting, after witnesses …
All murders that took place in city limits in 2011 happened in North Sarasota and Newtown.
If public officials want to go the code enforcement route for cracking down on properties contributing to homicides, they’ll have a tough time actually finding a structure to nail it on. Out of the seven homicides in city limits, all of the victims except two were found in the street. One victim was shot outside of a home, and another victim died in a home where he likely sought shelter from the shooting before he died, police said. City Commissioner Willie Charles Shaw has called for a collaborative effort of the community, city staff and law enforcement to help stop the murders and suggested the code enforcement route for public nuisance. The first barrier, Capt. Paul Sutton of the Sarasota Police Department said, is the nuisance code …
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Sarasota Police have not made any arrests in the early Sunday morning shooting.
Three victims are hospitalized in serious condition after an early morning shooting Sunday in Sarasota’s Newtown neighborhood. Sarasota Police responded at 1 a.m. to the 2500 block of North Washington Boulevard for a multiple shooting. Officers arrived on the scene and located three victims with multiple gunshot wounds. All of the victims were riding in a 2001 Isuzu Rodeo, when the shooting occurred. Two of the victims were still in the vehicle when officers arrived, police said. The victims are identified as: Williams and Maxwell were taken to Blake Medical Center; Carnegie was transported to Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Police have not named a suspect in the case and haven’t made any arrests. Anyone with information about the shootings is…
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee students presented five business ideas they say would work in Sarasota's Newtown and North Sarasota areas.
What business would you put in Newtown and North Sarasota to help revitalize the community? That’s what five teams of University South Florida Sarasota-Manatee students presented to an audience at the Robert L. Taylor Community Center Tuesday night for their entrepreneurship and small business management course. Their ideas: • Starlight Drive-in Movie Theater • Marian Anderson Entertainment Complex • Community Staffing — a nursing home staffing placement service • US Biofuture — a biodiesel plant • Skills Training and Entrepreneur Program - (STEP) The teams presented a business concept and plan to the audience of how their business would fit and benefit in Newtown. Three of the businesses used the Marian Anderson brownfield site — a …
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Sarasota Police arrested Terrance Bryant at an apartment building. His previous arrests include attempted murder, robberies and aggravated battery.
A North Port man with a history of felony convictions and attempted murder charges was picked up by Sarasota Police Thursday. Sarasota Police arrested Terrance Bryant, 33, of the 2400 block of Tallwood Terrace in the same neighborhood where Naomi Clyburn was murdered and four others injured in a Nov. 26 drive-by shooting, police said. The arrest was made through the Department Tresspass Enforcement Program, were landlords sign up to allow police to question people on their property to see if they are residents, guests or trespassers. Officers observed about 10 people standing in an apartment breezeway on the 2400 block of Leon Avenue in Newtown, and developed a strategy using six officers to contact each person. Officer Combs and Officer …
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
$14 million project features 68 apartments and street-level retail along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Way.
The sun shined Friday morning to make the second phase of Janie’s Garden public housing bloom in Newtown. “I hope we can all step back and appreciate what we accomplished here,” said Bill Russell, executive director of Sarasota Housing Authority—a quasi-governmental agency that provides public housing. The second phase of Janie’s Garden cost $14 million and has 68 apartments and 10,500 square feet of retail space on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. One apartment is already occupied. The agency and public dignitaries and officials celebrated the grand opening Friday morning with a ribbon cutting, tour and community lunch at the housing complex. Through a city initiative, contractors were encouraged to hire qualified Newtown workers and …
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Victoria Bolduc
8:43 am on Saturday, January 28, 2012
Yeah I wondered that too seeing Sarasota Memorial is right down street! more ›