Members of the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office Motor Unit competed in the 5th Annual Volusia County Sheriff's Office Motorcycle Skills Challenge this weekend, earning top awards for their efforts. Deputy First Class Leamon Combs and Deputy First Class William Weisspfennig placed 1st and 2nd (respectively) in their division, which was for all non-Harley motorcycles. DFC... Continue Reading →

Members of the Juvenile Unit teamed up on Saturday, October 26th, for an enforcement sweep targeting the sale of alcohol to minors. The operation included compliance checks on fourteen commercial establishments licensed to sell alcohol products throughout Charlotte County. All of the businesses checked were in compliance, properly requesting identification from the underage person. Establishments... Continue Reading →

Two burglary suspects were identified and arrested on Saturday after one attempted to sell stolen items back to the person they were originally stolen the from. Rustin Rodgers (DOB 8/30/83), and Mario Miller (DOB 5/13/85), both of Port Charlotte, are now in the Charlotte County Jail on charges of Burglary, Grand Theft, and Dealing in... Continue Reading →

Charlotte County is one of the latest communities to go live with Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), a technology that automates communication between alarm monitoring central stations and 911 centers, resulting in improved accuracy and speed of emergency response. The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is the 5th Emergency Communications Center in the State of Florida... Continue Reading →

A shoplifting incident ended in multiple criminal charges for Kristina Perkins (DOB 4/9/82) of North Fort Myers, after she climbed into the ceiling of the Big Lots store in Port Charlotte on Thursday evening. Perkins was eventually arrested after a search of the ceiling that involved multiple deputies and assistance from personnel with the Charlotte... Continue Reading →

Cold Case Detectives at the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office continue to seek justice for Sharon Gill, the victim of an unsolved homicide that occurred in Deep Creek in 1990. An update was posted in June of this year after a tip was received regarding this case. You can read that update by clicking here. The... Continue Reading →

Members of the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office Juvenile Unit teamed up on September 28th for an enforcement sweep targeting the sale of tobacco, nicotine products, and nicotine dispensing devices to minors. The operation included compliance checks on seven (7) commercial establishments licensed to sell tobacco products throughout Charlotte County. One establishment was found in non-compliance... Continue Reading →

Update 10/31/19 - Sheriff Bill Prummell announces the filing of additional charges on Ryan Cole, related to the murder of Khlyer Edman. Ryan Cole is now charged with Second Degree Murder and First Degree Burglary with Assault of Battery. https://youtu.be/ngHLAVACs1I Update 10/9/19 - Update from Sheriff Bill Prummell on the status of the investigation into... Continue Reading →

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office has partnered with Habitat for Humanity to provide jail detainees the opportunity to learn new job skills by participating in home builds with the organization. Through a new program, detainees are able to receive on the job training with the Habitat for Humanity construction managers. The program's first build began... Continue Reading →

Jason Vasilly Cedric Poirier (04/11/1982) was sentenced today for child pornography charges stemming from a 2017 arrest. Charlotte County Sheriff's Office Detective Donald Woelke, assigned to the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force, arrested Poirier after an investigation into his online file sharing activities. The investigation began after a tip was received from Twitter that child... Continue Reading →