Monthly Archives: June 2013
Arrest warrant issued for Englewood doctor
By DREW WINCHESTER STAFF WRITER When an Englewood doctor failed to show for his court date in Fort Myers last week, federal officials issued a warrant for his arrest, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa. William Daniels, public affairs specialist for the Middle District of Florida, said Dr. David Leon […]
Child kidnapping suspect found dead
By DREW WINCHESTER STAFF WRITER It was May 17 when North Carolina resident Steven Anthony Siderias pleaded no-contest in a Sarasota County courtroom to one count of interfering with the custody of a minor. He received credit for serving 90 days, paid a small fine, and was released from jail. Six days later, the 47-year-old’s […]
Guilty verdict in child sex trial
By DREW WINCHESTER STAFF WRITER SARASOTA COUNTY — It took a six-member jury about 90 minutes Friday afternoon to find Anthony Hanifan guilty on 10 separate counts associated with his homemade child pornography case — charges that included the transmission of child porn, child cruelty and sexual battery, the latter of which is a capital […]
Defense attempts mistrial in sex abuse case
By DREW WINCHESTER STAFF WRITER SARASOTA COUNTY — Attorneys for Anthony Hanifan, the North Port man charged with making and transmitting his own child pornography, attempted to get all 11 counts dismissed Thursday at the Sarasota County Courthouse after the state decided to drop a single charge because prosecutors were certain Hanifan wasn’t in the […]
Graphic evidence focus of third day in sex abuse trial
By DREW WINCHESTER STAFF WRITER SARASOTA COUNTY — The relationship between North Port resident Anthony Hanifan and Massachusetts resident Jason Clark, both accused of creating their own child pornography and sharing it with each other, evolved quickly in October 2011, according to a federal investigator. They went from total strangers to allegedly sharing images of […]
North Port man’s sexual battery trial underway
By DREW WINCHESTER STAFF WRITER SARASOTA COUNTY — The state’s key witness against Anthony David Hanifan, a North Port man accused of sexually assaulting a 2 -1/2 -year-old girl in his care and photographing the abuse, detailed a bizarre relationship between the two men in which they created their own homemade child pornography and shared […]
Drew Winchester 