Sarasota shines in area hospital rankings (Source: WWSB) By ABC7 Staff | April 30, 2021 at 2:23 PM EDT - Updated April 30 at 2:23 PM
SARASOTA, Fla. (North Port Sun) - Area hospitals have gotten good grades in new rankings released this week by The Leapfrog Group.
Our coverage partners from the North Port Sun are reporting four hospitals in Sarasota County received As, three hospitals in Manatee County got Bs and Cs, and two hospitals in Charlotte County received Cs in the latest safety ratings from the Leapfrog Group.
Grades are based on two sets of standards: outcome measures, which include “errors, accidents and injuries that this hospital has publicly reported,” and process measures, which include “the management structures and procedures a hospital has in place to protect patients from errors, accidents and injuries,” the report states.
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Palmetto Police issue arrest warrant in connection to 2014 homicide Palmetto Police are searching for Richardo Garcia, Jr. in connection with a 2014 homicide (Source: Palmetto Police Department) By ABC7 Staff | April 7, 2021 at 10:23 PM EDT - Updated April 7 at 10:35 PM
PALMETTO, Fla. (WWSB) - The Palmetto Police Department has issued an arrest warrant in connection to a 2014 homicide.
On March 22, 2014, Javare Thomas, who was from Sarasota, was shot in the head while riding in the backseat of a sedan in Palmetto, according to police.
Thomas was a passenger in a friend’s vehicle that had just left The Hall nightclub in Palmetto. As the car traveled along Haban Boulevard toward U.S. 41, police said a black pickup truck pulled up next to them and the driver fired multiple shots into the sedan.
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Police name suspect in 2014 Palmetto nightclub homicide Ricardo Garcia Jr. (Source: Palmetto Police Department) By ABC7 Staff | April 7, 2021 at 6:48 PM EDT - Updated April 7 at 6:48 PM
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Investigators in Palmetto have announced a break in an unsolved 2014 homicide and are actively looking for a suspect in the shooting.
Palmetto Police have obtained an arrest warrant for 28-year-old Ricardo Garcia, Jr., of Palmetto in connection with the 2014 shooting outside The Hall nightclub.
On March 22, 2014, Javare Thomas of Sarasota was shot in the head while riding in the backseat of a sedan in Palmetto. He was a passenger in a friend’s car that had just left the nightclub. As Javare and his friends traveled along Haban Boulevard towards U.S. 41, a black pick-up truck pulled up next to their vehicle and the driver fired multiple shots into the sedan. One of the shots hit Javare in the head. His friends rushed him to Manatee Memorial Hospital, where he died