A Sarasota man’s breakup with his girlfriend attracted more attention to his failed relationship than he wanted when she demanded that he move out. According to documents, she began to remove his things from the home on Mayfield Drive in Venice when she found some items that he was working on in the garage that weren’t quite right.
The arrest affidavit shows that Alan Porter West and Susan Woodward’s relationship was over, and she demanded that he move out. On January 6, the document states that as she was clearing the garage, she found several coolers filled with what she described as chemicals and fireworks.
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