Sanibel man gets life in 2016 attempted murder shooting of Sanibel Police officer

About eight years after a Sanibel man opened fire on a Sanibel Police officer during a traffic stop, he learned his fate in court Monday.

Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle sentenced Jon Webster Hay, 57, to life in prison for the attempted murder of a Sanibel Police officer. A jury last month convicted Hay of three counts of attempted first-degree murder on a law enforcement officer; fleeing to elude a law enforcement officer; and shooting at or into an occupied vehicle.

Hay declined comment before sentencing…

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