From the Newsroom: The Sarasota Herald-Tribune Podcast
1) Sarasota Police interview of Christian Ziegler over rape accusations
Sarasota Police released a redacted recording of an interview conducted with former Sarasota County Commissioner Christian Zielger, who was accused of rape, in which he gave a DNA sample and provided ...Show More
2) Sarasota Police third interview of Christian Ziegler over rape accusations
Sarasota Police released a redacted recording of the third interview conducted with former Sarasota County Commissioner Christian Zielger, who was accused of rape. He was not charged. Read the story.
3) Sarasota Police first interview of Christian Ziegler over rape accusations
Sarasota Police released a redacted recording of the first interview conducted with former Sarasota County Commissioner Christian Zielger, who was accused of rape. He was not charged. Read the story.
4) Sarasota Police interview of Bridget Ziegler from Christian Ziegler rape investigation
Sarasota Police released a redacted recording of the interview conducted with Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler while they were investigating a rape allegation against her husband. H...Show More
5) 911 audio related to sexual battery allegations against Christian Ziegler
This 911 call was made Oct. 4, 2023, by the friend and co-worker of the woman who accused Sarasota GOP Chair Christian Ziegler of sexual battery. The caller reports that her friend was despondent over...Show More
6) Florida gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist says DeSantis appealing to 'hard right, toothless crowd'
Florida gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist says DeSantis appealing to 'hard right, toothless crowd'
7) Audio: 911 calls in Sarasota officer-involved shooting
Authorities released the autopsy results and 911 call audio of a standoff with police, which showed that a Sarasota man who killed a woman in front of an officer died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound...Show More
8) Audio: Sarasota 911 caller reports officer believed to be in trouble
Two women were arrested after they pulled over a car while impersonating law enforcement officers and streamed the event on social media early Sunday, the Sarasota Police Department reports. Read the ...Show More
9) 911 call audio: Sarasota man bitten by shark
The victim of a Dec. 15, 2020, shark bite has been identified as a 39-year-old man who had his arm and hand bitten while he was swimming off of Siesta Key. A caller said he was "bleeding to death." Re...Show More
10) 911 call in Sarasota 'swatting' incident
A phony 911 caller told dispatchers he had killed his daughter and tied up his wife at the couple’s address. That phony 911 call set in motion a chain of events that culminated with a SWAT raid ...Show More