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LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is searching for a person of interest in connection to a residential burglary in Lehigh Acres. According to a post on their Facebook page, Jakeem Bailey, 33, is a person of interest in a burglary of an unoccupied residence that occurred.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A Cape Coral man was arrested on Wednesday after being accused of stealing over $2,500 worth of groceries from a Publix in a Ramen-barcode-switching scheme. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, David Crespo, 67, was arrested following an investigation that found 97 total reported...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The drought monitor was updated Thursday morning and it continues to improve for us here on the Gulf Coast. Here's the latest update. While things are improving, it's still a severe drought and we need more rain. Compared to last week, the area of the Gulf Coast now under a severe drought is expandin

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — SWAT and Cape Coral police officers responded to a home in the southeast Cape Coral area on Thursday. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, officers are working on an investigation in the area, and SWAT is no longer at the scene. CCPD said this response did not result in an arrest.

BOKEELIA, Fla. — Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is looking for witnesses, a suspect identification and vehicle information in a physical assault that occurred at the Bokeelia Fishing Pier in May. In a post on their Facebook page, Crime Stoppers says that on Memorial Day weekend a violent physical altercation...

A Florida vehicle fraud investigation began after a dealership said it delivered a 2024 Jeep Wrangler to a woman who paid with a check for more than $53,000, only for that check to later come back as fraudulent.

A Fort Myers man and the ACLU of Florida are suing Jacksonville Beach for relying too heavily on an artificial intelligence program that fingered him as a suspect in a now-dropped 2023 child luring investigation. The ACLU said in a 66-page federal lawsuit that Robert Dillon had been arrested “for a crime he never commi

ARCADIA, Fla. (WWSB) - Three weeks after a deadly wrong-way crash on Interstate 75 in Charlotte County, one of the survivors is sharing her story publicly for the first time. Jacqueline Flores was driving home with her 15-year-old son, Aleksander, and his 12-year-old brother after a night at Dave & Buster’s in Fort Mye

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Thursday morning update: Cape Coral firefighters found the dog's owners and returned him home Thursday morning. Cape Coral firefighters rescued a dog from a canal on Wednesday and are looking to reunite him with his owners. According to the Cape Coral Fire Department, crews found...

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — At least one person was sent to the hospital following a two-vehicle crash in Lehigh Acres, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office. LCSO says that two vehicles crashed at the intersection of 8th Street Southwest and Gunnery Road. Images from the crash show a pickup truck with heavy damage to