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Sarasota News Leader March 8, 2013 Page 64 PUBLIC MEETINGS SCHEDULED ON SCAT TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) will hold meetings this month for the public to review and comment on potential changes to SCAT's Transit Development Plan, the county has announced. development of proposed transit enhancements and 10-year implementation and financial plans. Meetings will be held as follows: Among the topics will be future bus routes, • Monday, March 11, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., conferplanned services and existing services, a ence room, North Port Public Library, 13800 S. Tamiami Trail, North Port. county news release says. The Transit Development Plan is the 10-year • Thursday, March 14, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., constrategic guide for public transportation, the ference room, Fruitville Public Library, 10 Coburn Road, Sarasota. release notes. It includes an evaluation of existing services, a review of demographic and For more information, contact the Sarasota travel behavior characteristics of the service County Call Center at 861-5000 or visit the area, a summary of local transit policies, the SCAT website at www.scgov.net/scat. WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER 'BIZARRE INCIDENT' ON INTERSTATE The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested Kristina Grzep, 41, of 9035 Misty Creek Drive, Sarasota, "following a bizarre incident" that ended on I-75 on the morning of March 4, the office has announced. Deputies received a call around 9 a.m. about a suspicious vehicle at State Road 72 and the Bee Ridge Road extension, a news release says. "When the marked units arrived, Grzep fled, driving her Hummer H3 toward a deputy's vehicle and forcing him to take an evasive maneuver," the release adds. As Grzep drove north on Bee Ridge Road, the release continues, deputies twice successfully deployed stop sticks to deflate her vehicle's tires, but Grzep continued driving, forcing deputies to use a maneuver to bring her vehicle to a stop at the northbound onramp to I-75. Grzep would not exit the vehicle, so deputies initially feared she was suicidal, the release says. However, once a Sheriff's Office negotiator convinced Grzep to exit the vehicle, Kristina Grzep/Contributed photo "deputies found she had been huffing nitrous oxide," the release adds. Grzep was medically cleared then taken to the Sarasota County Jail, the release notes. Grzep was charged with Fleeing to Elude, Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon on a Law Enforcement Officer, Unlawful Distribution of Nitrous Oxide and two counts of Resisting Arrest without Violence.