AI image showing Sheriff Marceno injured in uniform leads to threat charge for Estero man

LEE COUNTY, Fla. —

An Estero man was arrested Tuesday after he was accused of posting an artificial intelligence-generated image on social media of Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno with a head injury, running from two people shooting at him.

According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, Christopher Ashley Nimmons Jr., 30, was arrested after deputies linked the reported post to an Instagram account that may have been his…

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