Sarasota police launched an investigation this week after a video was released of a mid-May incident that showed one of their officers kneeling on the neck of a 27-year-old man they were trying to take into custody, WFTS reported. The video was posted on social media on Monday by Terria Johnson, mother of the suspect …
Authorities in Florida say a fellow law enforcement officer was arrested on suspicion of trespassing and battery for an incident at the St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport this week. According to WFLA, Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies arrived at the terminal for Allegiant Airline at about 6:30 p.m. on Friday in response to a disturbance that resulted …
An African-American businessman staying in an upscale Florida hotel says his family was targeted with a racist note left in their room. According to the New York Post, Frank Davis was staying with his family, including 27-year-old son Michael, at the Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota when they returned to the room to find a …
A new lead reportedly indicated that a Sarasota, Florida, teen who vanished in September was last seen with two other boys hours before he was reported missing. Jabez Spann’s mother reportedly told WWSB that several witnesses claimed they spotted the three boys on Martin Luther King Jr. Way on September 4, 2017, at 1 a.m. However, conflicting …
