When talking about Sarasota County’s prolonged jail overpopulation, there are two important numbers: 773: The “operational capacity,” or the number of inmates a facility can accommodate based on its ...

Sarasota County commissioners are considering a $401 million plan to expand the overcrowded jail, a cheaper alternative to previously proposed criminal justice complex projects. The proposed expansion ...

Eleven people were arrested during a three-day holiday retail theft operation in Sarasota. The operation was conducted by the ...

The operation lasted three days, and the people arrested are facing charges like grand theft, petty theft and obstruction.

The woman’s husband, 75-year-old Robert Hennings, was at the scene and arrested. He faces charges of attempted first-degree premeditated murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, deputies ...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The tree is up, decorations are hung and the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office needs help filling presents ...

Sarasota County Commissioners approved a $2.52 billion budget, a 73% spending increase from three years ago. The Sheriff's Office budget has grown sharply to meet demands from population growth and ...

Deputies in Sarasota captured a 14-foot alligator from a neighborhood street and relocated it to a farm. Here’s how the ...