LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — A man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday after running away from a crash that killed a bicyclist and damaged property in Lehigh Acres.
According to the Florida State Attorney’s Office, Zenaido Martinez-Gomez, 25, was sentenced after being convicted in September of leaving the scene of a crash involving a death, and leaving the scene of a crash involving damage to an unattended vehicle or property.
The Florida Highway Patrol arrested Martinez-Gomez in July 2023. Investigators said he had been driving a Jeep Gladiator near the intersection of Douglas Lane and Ichabod Avenue in Lehigh Acres when he hit a man on a bicycle and then crashed into a mailbox…