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Sarasota Herald-Tribune

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    May 1, 2012

    Drunk Florida Grandparents Tow Granddaughter Behind SUV in a Plastic Hot Wheels Car

    Two Sarasota grandparents found themselves behind bars after hitching their 7-year-old granddaughter's plastic Hot Wheels car to the back of their SUV and taking her for a ride. We could totally understand how, to a 7-year-old, this would seem like an awesome idea. But two adults probably should hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Gus Garcia-Roberts: IRE Finalist

    Miami New Times staff writer Gus Garcia-Roberts has been named a finalist in the Investigative Reporters & Editors contest for 2012. His series on Florida's $150 million McKay scholarship program, which hands out money with virtually no supervision, was cited by judges in the small newspaper/onl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Man Stabbed for Mistaking Harmonicas for Tacos

    ​Tacos are a delicious concoction of tortilla, meats and cheeses. Harmonicas are a bluesy free-reed wind instrument. It is best to never mix the two up. The consequences could be dire.

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Pantsless Felon Jason Wayo Caught After Crime Spree, Shooting and Hiding In Woman's Closet

    ​What did you do this weekend? Unless you masterminded an international art theft caper or got into a fistfight with Mike Tyson over his love of Phil Collins, Jason Wayo can probably beat your story.The 34-year-old Sarasota County native was in court yesterday to answer charges that he went on an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    FDLE Paid Employees to Get Drunk on Whiskey for Possibly Worthless Study

    ​The Florida Department of Law Enforcement spent $330 back in October on Jim Beam whiskey, mixers and some Doritos. Fifteen employees then proceeded to get drunk on company time. Sounds like the makings of an office party, no? Not so much. The ill advised plan was part of a makeshift study to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    George W. Bush Wishes Jeb Would Have Ran for President This Year

    ​George W. Bush has remained relatively quiet throughout the Republican primary race. That's not unusual for former presidents, and, perhaps, most candidates may not have been rushing for his support anyway. But it seems that none of the current candidates were Bush's favorites. He much would have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced In Florida Senate and House

    ​Miami-area State Sen. Larcenia Bullard has fired up a big ol' blunt of legislative reform this morning, as her proposal to give Florida voters a chance to legalize medical marijuana was introduced in the Senate. Bullard's bill joins a similar proposal by Lake Worth Rep. Jeff Clemens in the House ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Homeless Florida Man Decapitates Another Over Spilled Food

    ​An unidentified homeless man knocked over a grill and ended up losing his head early Tuesday morning in Sarasota.Ricky L. Leer, 48, another homeless resident of Sarasota, now stands charged of second-degree murder after allegedly lopping off the man's head with a machete-like knife.

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Gandhi Lora, Convicted Sex Offender, Still Collects $7,200-Per-Month MDPD Pension

    via Florida Sex Offender RegistryGandhi Lora​Seven years ago, an ex-Miami-Dade cop named Gandhi Lora was convicted of producing and possessing dozens of kiddie porn images, sent to prison, and forced to register as a sex offender. Today he's not only free but also still earning a $7,200-per-month ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Sweetwater Police Department, Among Others, Is Magnet For Trouble Officers

    ​The Sarasota Herald-Tribune is going to give us cold sweats the next time we're driving through one of Miami-Dade County's small towns. The daily paper-- which on Sunday reported that Florida's statistically dirtiest cop is an Opa-Locka officer-- continued its "Unfit for Duty" series today ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Opa-Locka Sgt. German Bosque: Sarasota Herald-Tribune's Epic Takedown of Florida's Dirtiest Cop

    Facebook​When a Sarasota daily newspaper went looking for Florida's dirtiest cop, they landed in our very own Middle Eastern-themed, bullet-riddled, corruption-crazy backyard. The most surprising aspect of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune's epic exposé of Opa-Locka Sgt. German Bosque's history on th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Eight-Foot-Tall Lego Man Washes Up On Florida Beach

    ​In Florida we're used to things like whales, cocaine and various human body parts washing up on our beaches, but sun seekers on Siesta Key were in for something of a surprise this morning when they discovered an eight-foot-tall Lego man had mysteriously wound up sitting in the sand.

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Florida Teacher Natalie Santagata Fired After Sexual Videos Mysteriously Sent to School and Parents

    Santagata caught in a less-sexy moment. ​Celebrities basically live by a golden rule: Do whatever the hell you want; just make sure no one films you doing it. (Lest you end up like Miley Cyrus smoking salvia on TMZ.) But in this day and age, we all have to watch out for the amateur paparazzi.Natal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Florida Judge Rules HIV Notification Laws Apply Only to Straight People

    ​In 1997, the Florida Legislature passed a law that made it a felony for a person with any STD, including HIV, to have sexual intercourse without informing their partner of their status beforehand. Problem is the only thing legally considered "sexual intercourse" in the State of Florida is your st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Sarasota Principal Hypnotized Three Students Before Their Strange Deaths

    Remember Dr. George Kenney, the hypnosis enthusiast/principal of North Port High School in Sarasota, who was suspended after a student he hypnotized suffered a fatal drug overdose the next day? Well turns out that isn't the only student Kenney hypnotized who later turned up dead. An investigation fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Miami Importer of Chinese Drywall Hit With $55 Million Ruling

    ​Banner Supply Company was ordered Tuesday to pay hundreds of Florida homeowners $55 million dollars for selling them Chinese drywall that emitted sulfurous gases, according to Reuters. The gas smells horrible and is believed to have damaged wiring and appliances and caused illnesses in the homes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Florida Principal Suspended After Hypnotizing Student Who Committed Suicide The Next Day

    ​Dr George Kenney, a high school principal in Florida, hypnotized Wesley McKinley, a 16-year-old student, in his office. The next day the male student was found dead, the victim of an apparent suicide by means of drug overdose. Now Kenney has been suspended as police and the school board attempt t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Rick Scott Wants to Kill Citizens Property Insurance

    ​Rick Scott wants to run Florida like a business, but he seems ideologically driven to make sure the state isn't in the business of much. Fresh off a Pulitzer win for investigative reporting, Paige St. John of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune yesterday filed a shocker claiming Scott aims to k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Florida Newspaper Looking to Employ the Slightly Mentally Deranged

    ​The thing about really good journalists is that they aren't like normal people. They're slightly touched in the head. They're generally well educated, clever and capable people who could be making a lot more in some other industry, but for whatever reason don't. While most of us would respond to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Stephen King: "Maybe My Next Horror Novel Will Star Rick Scott"

    ​It takes a lot to scare Stephen King, the master of horror fiction, but apparently the author is plain old terrified of our new governor, Rick Scott. King, who spends his winters in Casey Key near Sarasota, spoke at an "Awake the State" rally yesterday and joked, "Maybe my next horror novel will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Rick Scott's Budget is Tea Stained

    ​Despite that whole separation of church and state thing and calls to tone down partisan political rhetoric, Rick Scott introduced his first budget as governor today at a Tea Party rally in a church in small town Eustis, Florida. The rally took on a defiantly partisan affair as Tea Partiers had al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Password Protect Your Wireless Router or Risk Child Porn Charges

    ​Malcolm Riddell, a 58-year-old married resident of Sarasota, never got around to password protecting his wireless router. That led to the FBI knocking on his door, holding him up against a wall, and searching his computer for images of child porn according to The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Riddell ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Florida Woman Battles Illegal Nude Beach with Stack of Flyers

    ​Elsa Dempsey has seen a penis and she will never be the same. One day while taking a walk down a remote area of Venice, Florida's Caspersen beach she encountered a man swimming in the water completely nude. She was so startled by the site of a stranger's junk she's now embarked a one-woman campai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Alex Sink Picks Up Endorsement From Every Major Newspaper in the State

    In an age when the broadsheets are struggling and anyone can make their own mini-endorsements on Twitter or Facebook, do newspaper endorsements still matter? The Democratic Governor nominee better hope so. She's walked away with the support of every major newspaper's editorial board in the state. Th ... More >>

  • News

    September 30, 2010

    Crist backer Gary Kompothecras bullies Florida health officials

    In an age when the broadsheets are struggling and anyone can make their own mini-endorsements on Twitter or Facebook, do newspaper endorsements still matter? The Democratic Governor nominee better hope so. She's walked away with the support of every major newspaper's editorial board in the state. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Bill McCollum Hired George Rekers Despite Strong Warnings From Staff

    McCollum (L) paid Rekers (R) $120,000 to testify against gay adoption.​Attorney General Bill McCollum, who is running for Governor as a Republican, has tried to distance himself from anti-gay activist George Rekers, but recently released emails show that McCollum hired Rekers as an expert witness ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2010

    Chinese drywall has screwed thousands of South Florida homeowners

    McCollum (L) paid Rekers (R) $120,000 to testify against gay adoption.​Attorney General Bill McCollum, who is running for Governor as a Republican, has tried to distance himself from anti-gay activist George Rekers, but recently released emails show that McCollum hired Rekers as an expert witness ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Florida: 47th Most Powerful State in DC

    ​Florida ranks 47th our of the 50 states in terms of influence and seniority in the US Congress according to an analysis by The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. A dismal ranking by any means, but even more so considering we're the 4th most populace state. Our legislators have less swagger on the hill than ... More >>

  • News

    July 7, 2005

    Micromanaging the Message

    Jacob DiPietre may be more or less mum, but much is mouthed about him

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    Club Coup

    Jacob DiPietre may be more or less mum, but much is mouthed about him

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