July 31, 2024- Port Charlotte, FL Deputies shopped with 30 Charlotte County children for back-to-school essentials at Target in Port Charlotte. For 20 years and counting we have been able to give Christmas joy to hundreds of Charlotte County children through our Shop with a Cop program. This year, thanks to the generosity of our... Continue Reading →

A Port Charlotte man is in custody on charges of child pornography after detectives received numerous cyber-tips and discovered the material on his cell phone. Between November 2023 through July 2024, Charlotte County Detective Don Woelke, who is assigned to the FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, was made aware of potential illicit... Continue Reading →

July 25, 2024 - Port Charlotte, FL Skeletal remains discovered more than 20 years ago in Charlotte County have been identified thanks to DNA technology. On January 6, 2002, skeletal remains of an unidentified male were found in the bushes on the side of Zemel Road near the landfill in South Charlotte County. A Bulova... Continue Reading →

July 24, 2024 - Charlotte County, FL Last night, at the annual Florida Sheriffs Association Summer Conference, Sheriff Bill Prummell was sworn in as the new FSA President. The Florida Sheriffs Association was founded in 1893 as an organization to support the needs of the state's law enforcement community. The not-for-profit organization enhances the unified... Continue Reading →

July 3, 2024 - Charlotte County Sheriff's District Offices The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Administrative and District Offices will be closed Thursday, July 4th, in observance of Independence Day. The offices will reopen on Friday, July 5, for regularly scheduled hours. The Sheriff’s Office encourages everyone to enjoy the holiday safely. If you are drinking alcohol,... Continue Reading →