PUNTA GORDA — Days after a jury found Colin Tardiff guilty of trafficking in cocaine, a judges sentenced the 58-year-old Venice man to 17 years in the Florida State Prison System.
Tardiff, of 918 Cumberland Road, Venice, was arrested Jan. 29, 2025, on several drug-related charges in Charlotte County stemming from investigations that began the previous year, court records show.
Undercover detectives and informants working with the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office’s Narcotics Unit arranged to buy drugs, including fentanyl, from Tardiff, reports show…