Sarasota Conflict & Tragedy News

Henrique Romero Graf was an honor student at Manatee Technical Institute who wanted to be a mechanic or a machinist. Romero Graf, 21, was a popular student at the tech school and passed two instructional programs in the summer, said...

A man, accused of beating and kicking his 73-year-old mother in central Florida, is now charged in connection with her death. The Orange County Sheriff's Office says Michael Lizzi, 51, remains in the Orange County Jail Wednesday without bond. He...

A Hillsborough County Regional Transit Authority bus struck and killed a pedestrian near the University of South Florida. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office reports that the bus was not carrying any passengers Saturday morning when it hit 66-year-old Robert L....

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 6:28 p.m. Law enforcement administrators should note the court ruling that says a lie Sarasota County sheriff's investigators told to get into a house, without a warrant, violated the residents' rights. External Links: I hope...

Click to enlarge Garrett was a junior at Booker High. Salvhus says Garrett used to be close with one of the people accused of his killing. Buy photo But they had a falling out this year and now Garrett, 16,...

But police saved the cigarettes as evidence, hoping that one day they would lead them to the killer. Keeping those cigarettes and other evidence helped prosecutors on Friday gain a second-degree murder conviction against Kenneth P. Auringer in the oldest...

A 12-year-old girl riding an electric scooter down her street one afternoon was attacked and bitten by a Sarasota police dog that escaped from the care of its handler. Officer Sean Gleason called off his K-9 unit "Aries," but not...

A woman serving a life sentence for a brutal 2005 killing in Manatee County does not deserve a new trial because of questionable jury instructions, the 2nd District Court of Appeal has ruled. Merle F. Zeigler, 56, was convicted of...

A 48-year-old man who threatened to kill his 78-year-old mother was arrested and charged with domestic assault and tampering with a victim by refusing her access to emergency services, according to Manatee County Sheriff�s Office report. The report said Randall...

A 24-year-old man was found dead behind an apartment complex on Bee Ridge Road around 10 a.m...Jones was found behind an apartment in the 3100 block of Bee Ridge Road. His body was wrapped in cords that run to a...