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ArticleBradenton police break up ‘teen takeover’ at River­walk

Police are renew­ing warn­ings about the “teen takeover” trend after officers broke up a gath­er­ing of hun­dreds of young people along the Bradenton River­walk over the week­end. About 250 to 300 young people gathered on Sat­urday night, prompt­ing...

ArticleSur­vey: Most Amer­ic­ans back optional prayer in pub­lic schools

ArticleManatee con­tractor took $300K to build pools. He never did the work, depu­ties say

A Manatee County pool con­tractor is facing mul­tiple felony charges after invest­ig­at­ors accused him of tak­ing hun­dreds of thou­sands of dol­lars for swim­ming pool projects that were never fin­ished. Jason Zabawa, 46, of Bradenton, was arres­ted...

ArticleManatee credit card fraud leads to bust of skim­ming oper­a­tion, depu­ties say

An invest­ig­a­tion into a Manatee County man’s stolen fuel card inform­a­tion led to an arrest in a large-scale credit card skim­ming oper­a­tion across the Tampa Bay area. Depu­ties said they arres­ted Juan Miguel Acosta Ramos after detect­ives...