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Charlotte Police Beat

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The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests:

• Jimmy Shanon Tyler, 34, of Winona, Miss. Charges: drug trafficking, possession of cocaine with the intent to sell, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond: $62,500.

• Fausto Alejandro Torres, 30, of Tampa. Charges: driving while license is suspended and failure to turn in a driver’s license when insurance was canceled. Bond: $1,500.

• Robert Roland Wescott, 69, 700 block of Monaco Drive, Punta Gorda. Charges: two counts of violation of probation. Bond: none.

• Alison Ann Fleming, 41, 1500 block of Lindsay Ave., Punta Gorda. Charge: driving while license is suspended. Bond: $500.

• Dennis Eugene Leiphart, 45, 25100 block of Marion Ave., Punta Gorda. Charges: failure to appear and failure to have vehicle insurance. Bond: $6,000.

• Martha Jennean Estes, 36, 15500 block of Mapletree Drive, Punta Gorda. Charge: out-of-county warrant. Bond: $5,000.

• Ashley Elizabeth Kimball, 23, 4700 block of Knollwood Drive, Punta Gorda. Charge: out-of-county warrant. Bond: $2,000.

• Joshua Garrett Johnson, 27, 6100 block of Laporte Terrace, Port Charlotte. Charges: possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond: $3,500.

• Shawn Lee Dixon, 37, 21100 block of McGuire St., Port Charlotte. Charges: fraud and grand theft. Bond: $5,000.

• Michael Steven Kuenstle, 49, homeless in Port Charlotte. Charge: violating a county panhandling ordinance. Bond: none.

• William Aaron Holmberg, 20, 100 block of S. Waterway Drive, Port Charlotte. Charges: trespassing and violation of probation. Bond: none.

• Carmen Rosa Elias, 39, 2500 block of Ednor St., Port Charlotte. Charges: resisting an officer without violence, providing false identification to a law officer, dealing in stolen property and two counts of providing false ownership information to a pawnbroker. Bond: $27,000.

• Angel Manuel Gonzalez-Ramos, 49, 1100 block of Clearwater Drive, Port Charlotte. Charge: out-of-county warrant. Bond: none.

• Richard Thomas Parsons, 37, homeless. Charges: possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, possession of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a church or school, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond: none.

• Christy Lee Skorupski, 32, 2500 block of Newbury St., Port Charlotte. Charges: grand theft, and 11 counts each of dealing in stolen property and providing false ownership information to a pawnbroker. Bond: $147,000.

• Tracy Lynn Freund, 44, of North Fort Myers. Charge: driving while license is suspended. Bond: $500.

• Craig Whitney E. Sharrah, 29, 6800 block of Tropicare Blvd., North Port. Charges: fraud by insufficient funds, withholding support from a spouse or child, check forgery and passing a forged check. Bond: none.

• James Dalton Whidden, 19, of Mulberry, Fla. Charge: out-of-county warrant. Bond: none.

• Sarah Kristine Dill, 22, 10500 block of Amberjack Way, Englewood. Charge: grand theft. Bond: $1,500.

• Brenda Jane Morgan, 59, 6900 block of Denmark St., Englewood. Charge: DUI. Bond: $750.

• Mikhail Zakharov, 38, of West Palm Beach, Fla. Charges: obstructing a criminal investigation, failure to appear and driving on a suspended license. Bond: $8,000.

• Gregory Deshawn James, 37, 400 block of Milus St., Punta Gorda. Charge: violation of probation. Bond: none.

• Justin Lee Maitland, 31, 26400 block of Eager Road, Punta Gorda. Charge: DUI. Bond: $1,000.

• Rolando Enrique Gomez, 52, 400 block of Rutland St., Port Charlotte. Charge: battery. Bond: none.

• Thomas Joseph McGuinness, 25, 4800 block of Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte. Charge: felony battery and violation of probation. Bond: none.

The Punta Gorda Police Department reported the following arrests:

• Janessa Anaise Ramirez, 21, 1200 block of Sugar Pine Court, Punta Gorda. Charge: resisting arrest. Bond: none.

• Keith Leo Woods, 22, 1200 block of Sugar Pine Court, Punta Gorda. Charges: resisting an officer and providing false identification to a law officer. Bond: none.

—Compiled by Greg Martin