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Police Beat Highlights Local Thefts and Traffic Incidents
A Lum's Restaurant dishwasher found 36 hamburger patties in a trash barrel and alerted police. A Venice home burglary netted a Craftsman compressor worth 600 dollars and a 10 inch Rockwell table saw, with two teens later detained on marijuana charges near the beach. A Sarasota man fled officers after riding a motorcycle without a helmet, later charged with grand theft and related offenses. An Englewood man faced DUI after driving without taillights. another Sarasota man was cited for a suspended license. A man exposing himself to a 17 year old prompted police patrols with no suspects found.
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Lum
Patricia Fenwick
Fenwick
Venice
Jim Padovano
Groveland Ave
Sarasota
Grand Theft
Robert L. Kaincaid
1401
16Th St
U.S.41
Kaincaid
Sarasota Jr. High
Raincaid
Englewood
Robert S. Stoletz
Stoletz
Bret A. Burris
Waldmere
Burris