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CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — The State Attorney’s Office determined on June 30 that there was no violation of the law in the case involving a Charlotte County deputy who shot and killed a man during a confrontation along Saxony Circle in Deep Creek in September 2025. According to...

ENGLEWOOD — Charlotte County detectives arrested a woman they say was hired as a pet-sitter but stole a couple’s belongings when they were out of town.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — A Charlotte County man was arrested on Thursday after being accused of brandishing a gun during a road rage incident. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office arrest report, deputies responded to a call for a road rage incident on Tamiami Trail near West Tarpon Boulevard at around 1:2

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Officers say a Cape Coral man was arrested after crashing into a marked police volunteer vehicle while utility crews worked to clear downed power lines. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, officers responded to a vehicle crash on Thursday where 40-year-old Kurtis Michael Lynett was determi

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Cape Coral police are looking for the person responsible for damaging a key crime-fighting camera tool. "If you ask me under oath what my opinion was, I would tell you that it looked to me like it was cut off with a saw," said cybersecurity expert Ray Leventhal with CPR Tools.

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — The family of Jaciey Hogan, a 17-year-old girl who died in a crash last year, shared emotional testimony in a Lee County courtroom as the driver involved submitted an open plea of no contest. Issac Sales was driving 40 miles over the speed limit on...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Cypress Lake woman who pled guilty to aggravated assault charges after an arrest at a restaurant is accused of violating the terms of her probation, according to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers. Crime Stoppers says that Lauren McCallum, 56, was initially arrested after she caused...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A male was hospitalized after he fell from an apartment building onto a parking garage on Edwards Drive in Fort Myers on Friday. According to the Fort Myers Fire Department, he fell from the seventh floor of Edison Grand onto the top of the garage. Crews were able to get him down from the elevator an

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — A large emergency response scene was seen at an inn off US-41 Business on Thursday night in North Fort Myers. Fire trucks, ambulances and deputies were seen at Welcome Inn. A witness at the scene told Gulf Coast News he saw an older man...

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — Lee County Sheriff's Office detectives continue to investigate the death of a 15-year-old Lehigh Acres boy while serving multiple search warrants near where his body was found. Deputies returned Thursday to a home on 20th Street Southwest after serving search warrants at the property Wednesday....