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offices, asking for help in locating Rutherford and providing a description of his vehicle. Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport Police quickly responded that its officers had spoken with Rutherford when he picked up a relative who had flown in for a family gather- ing at Sun-N-Fun, the release continues. Rutherford appeared to have blood on his clothing, the report notes, but he told wit- nesses that he had just found his friend dead. Deputies located Rutherford at his parents' home at the RV park "and recovered evidence of the crime," the release adds. The wife of David Alessandrini told detectives that Rutherford and her husband "had been in an ongoing dispute over unpaid debts," according to the report. She also said that earlier on April 14, she received a call from Rutherford asking if she would be leaving the residence soon and "if she would take all [her] children with her," the report adds. Rutherford, whose address is listed as 4438 Cocoa Ridge Circle, Sarasota, is charged with Homicide without Premeditation. He is being held without bond in the Sarasota County Jail. Dayle Thompson, 37, of Sarasota pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years in prison and a $5,000 fine on Monday, April 14, for Trafficking Cocaine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia in connection with a 2013 case in the City of Sarasota, the Police Department has announced. The sentence dictates that he serve a min- imum of three years, according to the Police Department. When officers stopped a vehicle in the 1500 block of 24th Street in Sarasota on Oct. 25, 2013, a news release says, Thompson was one of the four occupants. "There was an extremely strong smell of marijuana coming from inside the car," the release adds. The four people in the vehicle "admitted to smok- ing marijuana earlier," it notes. During a search, officers located two golf ball- size baggies of white powder in the left pocket of Thompson's shorts, the release continues. "The powder was tested and came back posi- tive for the presence of cocaine," it notes. The cocaine weighed 53.8 grams, the release says. SARASOTA MAN SENTENCED FOR TRAFFICKING COCAINE Dayle Thompson/Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader April 18, 2014 Page 99