April 29, 2023 - Punta Gorda, Florida At approximately 8:55pm on Friday, April 28, detention deputies discovered an inmate unresponsive in his cell. Lifesaving measures were initiated by medical and correctional personnel without success, and he was pronounced deceased from what appears to be a self-inflicted injury in his cell. Despite the individual being housed... Continue Reading →

Charlotte County, FL - April 14, 2023 Charlotte County Sheriff's Office Cold Case Detectives visit Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina in search of answers in the 1988 cold case murder of Robert Hecht. On Saturday night, 11/26/1988, Charlotte County, Florida resident Robert Hecht, a 58-year-old, non-married, retired US Army officer, originally from New York, was... Continue Reading →

Port Charlotte, FL - April 13, 2023 Three juveniles were caught pulling on door handles in a Port Charlotte neighborhood while wearing hoodies and face coverings. On the night of April 11th, three juveniles were observed by a neighbor checking vehicles for unlocked doors in the area of Hayworth Road in Port Charlotte. The observant... Continue Reading →

Trevor D. Spradlin (06/25/2002) Punta Gorda, FL - April 6, 2023 Early Wednesday morning, Charlotte County deputies arrested a 20-year-old Ocala man who traveled to Charlotte County to engage in a sexual relationship with a teen he met on the popular social media app, Tik-Tok. Deputies responded to a Punta Gorda home where they identified... Continue Reading →