The Manatee County Sheriff's Office switched their badges for fishing rods at the recent 2025 Bridging the Gap Fishing Tournament, an event designed to foster community connections through a day ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - ABC7 is honoring Micah Osornio, a US Army veteran and active National Guardsman. Osornio served five years in the infantry with posts in Afghanistan and stateside. He earned a ...

Authorities say the remains may belong to 87-year-old Paul Sargent. The medical examiner will use DNA analysis to confirm the ...

The sheriff’s office said Weathers had worked as a civilian pilot in its Aviation Unit since September. The Aviation Unit ...

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office has issued a Purple Alert. A Purple Alert is for an adult with cognitive disabilities.

Deputies arrested Brian Weathers, 50, a former civilian pilot with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office and charged him with two counts of battery after a neighborhood altercation, according to ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a prominent drug dealer in a news conference on Tuesday, calling the operation “the largest fentanyl bust ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A civilian pilot for the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office was arrested this week after authorities said he punched two people during a fight over their “speed while ...

A civilian pilot with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office has been fired and arrested after allegedly attacking two people during a neighborhood dispute, the agency said Friday. Brian Weathers, 50, is ...