From the Newsroom: The Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Sarasota Police released a redacted recording of an interview conducted with former Sarasota County Commissioner Christian Zielger, who was accused of rape, in which he gave a DNA sample and provided information on cloud backups of his computer files. He was not charged. Read the story.

Sarasota Police released a redacted recording of the third interview conducted with former Sarasota County Commissioner Christian Zielger, who was accused of rape. He was not charged. Read the story.

Sarasota Police released a redacted recording of the first interview conducted with former Sarasota County Commissioner Christian Zielger, who was accused of rape. He was not charged. Read the story.

Sarasota Police released a redacted recording of the interview conducted with Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler while they were investigating a rape allegation against her husband. He was not charged. Read the story.

This 911 call was made Oct. 4, 2023, by the friend and co-worker of the woman who accused Sarasota GOP Chair Christian Ziegler of sexual battery. The caller reports that her friend was despondent over what happened she was worried she was suicidal. Read the story. (Audio from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office via Florida Center for Government Accountability) 

Crist’s description of DeSantis as appealing to the "toothless crowd" came during an event in Lakewood Ranch that featured all three leading Democrats running for governor. It was the first time all were on stage together answering questions from a moderator in a debate-like format.

Authorities released the autopsy results and 911 call audio of a standoff with police, which showed that a Sarasota man who killed a woman in front of an officer died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Two women were arrested after they pulled over a car while impersonating law enforcement officers and streamed the event on social media early Sunday, the Sarasota Police Department reports. Read the story.

The victim of a Dec. 15, 2020, shark bite has been identified as a 39-year-old man who had his arm and hand bitten while he was swimming off of Siesta Key. A caller said he was "bleeding to death." Read the complete story.

A phony 911 caller told dispatchers he had killed his daughter and tied up his wife at the couple’s address. That phony 911 call set in motion a chain of events that culminated with a SWAT raid in Eastern Sarasota, and a terrified young couple being ordered out of their home, searched and taken to the ground at gunpoint. (Be aware: there is adult language in the recording.)