POLICE BRIEFS: Man who was thrown from truck is dead

SARASOTA - A 52-year-old man has died after being thrown from from his truck in a weekend crash, authorities said.

Daniel Hueston was headed south on U.S. 301 at 7:20 p.m. on Saturday when he was broadsided by a sport utility vehicle that ran a red light at the Fruitville Road intersection, police said.

Detectives say they are investigating whether the driver of the SUV, Francis P. Corkin, 80, should be charged.

She had not been charged as of Wednesday afternoon.

Hueston died at Bayfront Medical Center on Monday afternoon. His family could not be reached.

Deputies say man

was set off over sex

BRADENTON -- Authorities say a 20-year-old man hit his girlfriend when she refused to have sex with him Monday morning, then went to a nearby house armed with a machete and stole speaker equipment.

According to a Manatee County Sheriff's report:

Adam D. Arling, 20, of the 6000 block of 12th Avenue West, was arrested Monday night on charges of battery, armed burglary with assault, and obstruction without violence.

Monday afternoon, Arling tried to convince his girlfriend to have sex and struck her several times in the chest and face when she would not. About 90 minutes later, Arling woke the residents of a home in the 4500 block of 20th Street West by pounding on the front door and threatening them. Arling then entered the home's storage closet, stole speakers and a speaker box and left.

Another man, Robert J. Cooper, 22, of Bradenton, was arrested on a charge of burglary. Authorities say he assisted Arling in the theft of the speaker equipment.

Cortez Road bank

is robbed at gunpoint

BRADENTON -- An armed man passed a note to a teller demanding money at a First Bank on Cortez Road about 2 p.m. Wednesday and took off with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The man was described as white, about 40 to 50 years old. He stands 5-foot-7, weighs 180 pounds and was wearing glasses, tan shorts, a red shirt and tennis shoes, according to a report.

The man had a gun in the bank at 9819 Cortez Road West, but no injuries were reported.

Anyone with information on the robbery may call the Sheriff's Office at 747-3011, or Crime Stoppers at 866-634-TIPS (8477).

Carjacking charge

added for jailed man

BRADENTON -- A man already in jail on felony charges was arrested Tuesday on unrelated charges of armed carjacking from 2007.

According to a Manatee County Sheriff's report:

Jeremy L. Clark, 28, of the 6900 block of Lily Way, was identified by fingerprints on a stolen car. In April 2007, a man, who authorities say was Clark, ordered the owner of a car to the ground at gunpoint and threatened to kill him if he followed him or called 911.

Authorities say Clark was armed with a semiautomatic handgun and startled the man when he came home to his residence in the 1700 block of Roslyn Avenue in Bradenton.

The vehicle was found a few weeks later and fingerprints were recovered.

Clark has been in the Manatee County Jail on charges of burglary and grand theft since May 10, 2007.