MANATEE -- The Manatee County Sheriff's Office purchased 12 crime-prevention kiosks and will place them throughout the county to get more information to the public.

For more information, call the Manatee County Sheriff's Office Crime Prevention unit at 941-747-3011, ext. 2500. Jessica De Leon, Herald law enforcement reporter, can be reached at 941-745-7049.

Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is still actively looking for the suspects who committed both this year’s and 2023′s shooting incidents.

Lt. Andrews is the head of the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Crime Prevention Unit. The fake website was set up as a money-making scam.

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit conducted a DUI Saturation Patrol on Friday.

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office will soon begin using Raven sound sensors to listen and detect gunshots following an uptick in local drive-by shootings.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla — Two people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide Wednesday morning, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is implementing a pre-arrest diversion program to help adults who commit minor offenses stay out of jail.

The fire was extinguished. Cedar Hammock Fire Prevention worked with Manatee County Sheriff's Office and the Bureau of Fire, Arson, and Explosives Investigations during the investigation.

MANATEE COUNTY — Based on data from January through June 2018, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement says Manatee County experienced an 8.9 percent increase in overall crime last year.