Court documents say Michael Schwartz had a history of mental illness. He was previously on probation and part of it was to continue ongoing mental health treatment and medication.

Sheriff Bill Prummell said Schwartz pointed a gun in the direction of the responding deputies, who then shot and killed Schwartz.

Daniel Dunn pleaded guilty to shooting a woman in Lee County before leading authorities to a shootout in Charlotte County.

Sheriff Bill Prummel says a flurry of scared 911 calls in a Charlotte County neighborhood led to deputies driving out to the ...

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — One person was found dead after an RV fire in Charlotte County early Thursday morning. Firefighters responded to the reports of the RV fire at 1:44 a.m. on Hickory Avenue ...

Charles Bentley, a 56-year-old Punta Gorda resident, remains in the Charlotte County Jail with a $262,000 bond after allegedly sending a series of death threat emails targeting Florida Sens. Rick ...

Forty-five years after a store clerk was shot and killed, the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office identified a former deputy as ...

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WFLA) — A former Florida sheriff’s deputy has been identified as the suspect in a 1979 cold case that left ...