BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Former Manatee County Administrator Scoot Hopes is now facing more charges, ranging from grand theft to misusing public records, the state attorney’s office said.

Piccolo was arrested last week and charged with indecent exposure in the wake of the incident. The school terminated his ...

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said an investigation found a “pattern of neglect” dating back to April 2020.

When New College of Florida hired Fredrick Piccolo Jr. as communications director in December, he had already been charged ...

Leland Harper is accused of attempting to hire a hit man to kill the family of a child he was convicted of sexually abusing in Oregon. He faces additional sexual battery charges in Sarasota.

According to court records, Bradenton police chief Melanie Bevan ran over a woman after a parade, causing injury. Bevan says no accident occurred.

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Demitrius Tyrone Bell has been sentenced to life in prison following his conviction in a 2023 ...

DeSantis had set his sights on the presidency but soon found out he was no match for Trump when seeking the Republican ...

A basic search of Sarasota County’s clerk of court records would have turned up ... Fred Piccolo’s mugshot from his April 15, 2025, arrest by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. The charges were ...

A basic search of Sarasota County’s clerk of court records would have turned up ... Fred Piccolo’s mugshot from his April 15, 2025, arrest by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. (1067x606, AR: ...

An accused drunk driver is behind bars after troopers say he was driving the wrong way on I-75 in Manatee County and caused a ...