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 Manatee County Sheriff's Office said the remains were discovered on Thursday in a secluded area of the eastern part of the county. While they have not confirmed it through DNA analysis just ...

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 ...

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office says it has made the largest fentanyl bust in county history. Detectives seized more than $1.7 million worth of drugs and weapons and arrested a suspected ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office has unveiled what it describes as the most significant fentanyl seizure in the county's history following a months-long investigation ...

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 ...