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SARASOTA COUNTY — Hours after Sarasota County commissioners would sign a proclamation declaring Tuesday “code enforcement officers week,” Commissioner Christian Ziegler defended the county’s integrity and accused the Herald-Tribune of inaccurately reporting on the potential illegal actions of a rogue code enforcement officer. “I don’t know if the news articles are always as accurate as some are led to believe but the investigation is going on, some processes are being put into place,” Ziegler said on Tuesday. “I can’t speak for the rest of the commissioners, but I think ...
Anton Blandin pulled into a car wash with a packet of cocaine worth $1,100. He would have made a sale, too, were it not for the Punta Gorda Police Dept. detectives who showed up before his buyer did. He took off running. “Stop or I’ll shoot you in the back of the head,” Blandin claimed one of the detectives yelled. Blandin didn’t stop running. He continued across U.S. 41, nearly tripping, until he reached a travel agency. There, he was caught inside a fenced area and placed in handcuffs. The detectives, he alleged, then slammed him to the ground.
Sarasota code enforcement officer Harvey Ayers has received almost a dozen complaints ranging from stalking to bullying. He's yet to be reprimanded.