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VOL 21 No. 19
February 17, 2021
Suspect arrested in 2020 hit and run accident In October 2020, bicyclist Lucino Tomaghelli was seriously injured in an alleged hit and run accident. BY JOE HENDRICKS SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com
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City officials are trying to determine the best use for the City Pier building on the right.
Mote Marine proposes City Pier Marine Educational Outreach Center The proposed pier building use will be discussed again on Wednesday, Feb. 17. BY JOE HENDRICKS SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com
ANNA MARIA – No decision has been made, but Mote Marine has emerged as the leading candidate to occupy the vacant building on the Anna Maria City Pier. Representatives from the Sarasota-based Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium presented their proposal for the City Pier Marine Educational Outreach Center during a special city commission meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 10. The meeting took place inside the vacant city-owned pier building adjacent to the smaller pier building leased to the City Pier Grill & Bait Shop operators. The purpose of the nonvoting meeting was to present and receive public input on the potential uses for the 1,800-square-foot space constructed as part of the pier replacement project completed in 2020. Other potential uses include a full-service restaurant, a retail store, a special events venue, or a combination of those.
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This Mote Marine rendering illustrates what the proposed educational outreach center would look like inside. Murphy said the intent was to narrow down the possibilities to the best one or two options. He noted the $6.8 million pier is debt-free and has already been paid for using federal, state, county and city funds.
BRADENTON BEACH – Longboat Key resident Robert Irwin Goodman Jr. was recently arrested in connection with an alleged hit and run accident that occurred in 2020. The Oct. 18 accident happened in the 2200 block of Gulf Drive North in Bradenton Beach and resulted in Goodman bicyclist Lucino Tomaghelli being seriously injured. According to the original probable cause affidavit filed by Bradenton Beach police officer Steve Masi, the accident involved a Nissan SUV driven by Goodman. Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office records say Goodman, 55, was arrested in Sarasota County on Jan. 20 and released on $25,000 bond later that day. The arrest was made as a result of a capias request made by the state attorney’s office in response to a capias request made by the Bradenton Beach Police Department after the accident occurred. A capias is a legal writ ordering the arrest of the named person. On Jan. 12, the Manatee County Clerk of the Circuit Court issued the capias on behalf of the State of Florida, which said, “To all and singular sheriffs of the state: You are hereby commanded to arrest Robert Irwin Goodman Jr. and bring him before the judge of this court to answer unto the State of Florida on information filed against him by the state attorney for Manatee County.” The capias notes Goodman is charged with leaving the scene of a crash with serious bodily injury under Florida Statute 316.027 (2)(b). According to the state statute, “The driver of a vehicle involved in a crash occurring on public or private property which results in serious bodily injury to a person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the crash and shall remain at the scene of the crash until he or she has fulfilled the requirements of s. 316.062. A person who willfully violates this paragraph commits a felony of the second degree.”
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