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Sarasota News Leader December 28, 2012 Page 10 JAN. 7 Siesta runner Donna Chen, 53, is struck and killed about 1:10 p.m. by an allegedly drunken driver on Siesta Key. The suspect, a 22-year-old Bradenton resident, Blake C. Talman, and his passenger in the crash, 24-year-old David J. Brewer of Sarasota, were observed drinking alcohol at Siesta Public Beach prior to the incident which killed Chen. Sarasota County Sheriff���s Office deputies arrested a companion of the men, Michael E. Blakey, 26, of North Port, on a charge of Disorderly Intoxication. However, a Sheriff���s Office review and subsequent interviews conducted with the deputies by Sheriff���s Office personnel find that neither Talman nor Brewer displayed disorderly behavior or was rude. Therefore, deputies had no cause to arrest them. The last time deputies saw Talman and Brewer, the two young men were walking toward the beach, Community Affairs Manager Wendy Rose confirmed. Talman was charged on multiple counts and placed in the Sarasota County Jail under bond of $118,000. The curve along Midnight Pass Road near St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church always has been a dangerous one, residents say. Donna Chen was struck and killed in that curve Jan. 7 by an allegedly drunken driver. Photo by Rachel Hackney Chen���s death prompted a debate over whether alcohol sales and consumption should be goal of the program is to foster job creation in clean energy-related businesses. allowed on the public beaches. During their Jan. 11 meeting, the commissionJAN. 11 ers also thank Interim County Administrator The Sarasota County Commission agrees to Terry Lewis for his service since June. Lewis move ahead on changes to the county���s com- was hired after County Administrator Jim Ley prehensive plan to allow the development of resigned in the wake of a scandal in the Proan Economic Energy Zone Pilot Program en- curement Department. The Jan. 11 session was compassing 685 acres in South County. The scheduled to be Lewis��� last with the county.