The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office reported the arrest of Bruce Wallace Griffin Jr., 31, for possession of a weapon or ammunition by a convicted felon, violation of a domestic protection order, resisting an officer without violence and failure to appear while out on bail on a felony charge. 

David James Alday, 33, of Sarasota, was sentenced to spend a year and a day in state prison after resisting arrest and striking a cop.

The DeSoto County Sheriff's Office reported the arrest of Austin Donald Smith-Debrodt on March 5 on charges of felony battery and aggravated assault.

Clarence Eddie Lewis Jr., 24, of Clewiston, was sentenced last month to four years in state prison on multiple charges of car burglaries, grand theft, petty theft, grand theft of firearms, attempted felony murder and home invasion robbery.

The DeSoto County Sheriff's Office reported the arrests of Kyle Lamar Chaney, 30, and Shalana Paulette Cook, 32, on numerous charges including burglary of a dwelling and grand theft.

On Jan. 31, Lillie Mae Gray, 34, of the 400 block of West Effie Street, Arcadia, was sentenced to serve a year and a day in state prison on several charges.

Martin Timothy Allen, 33, a registered sex offender, was transported to the Department of Corrections to serve a sentence of two years, five months and 23 days in state prison for failing to report information required of a convicted sex offender.

Katherine Paige Williams, 46, was arrested on three counts of exploitation of an elderly man for less than $10,000 and three counts of grand theft of between $300 and $5,000.

Jessica Lynn Saleman, 31, pleaded no contest to several criminal charges and was transported Monday to the Department of Corrections to serve a three-year sentence.

Several local and statewide law enforcement agencies teamed up recently to nab three allegedly major drug dealers in the area.

Two men were arrested on charges of armed robbery and are being held in the DeSoto County Jail on $100,000 bond each.

A DeSoto County Sheriff's deputy was arrested last Thursday after he was alleged to have given a jail inmate two homemade knives, or "shanks."

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office reported the arrest of Madisyn Patricia Kovitch, 20, on Feb. 9 on charges of uttering altered bills or checks, and grand theft between $100 and $300 from a dwelling. Her bond was set at $10,000 bond. Kovitch listed an address on S.W. Shores Avenue, Arcadia.

Logan Daughtrey, 18, was sentenced to five years of probation on charges of unarmed burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, grand theft between $300 and $5,000, and possession or use of drug paraphernalia.