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A kayaker discovered a skull in a Cape Coral canal in 2024, and DNA testing confirmed it belongs to Rose Marie Gayhart, who vanished in 1985.

Four South Florida store owners and operators are facing federal criminal charges after allegedly running a massive, years-long scheme to defraud the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) out of more than $19 million by trading food benefits for cash, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami announced Thursday. A

SUNCOAST ESTATES, Fla. — A Suncoast Estates man who was found guilty of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend has a new warrant out for his arrest after being accused of violating the terms of his probation, according to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers. Crime Stoppers says that Thomas Bartleson, 34, was initially...

Christian Gomez A 31-year-old Florida man is facing multiple charges after allegedly opening fire on...

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...