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ALVA Woodpeckers build home in Alva woman’s house You may have heard of squatters, but this woman is dealing with squawkers. Who needs a rooster to wake up when you have woodpeckers?
FORT MYERS Man claims he was trapped in a high-rise for 5 days A 77-year-old man wants justice after he claims he spent days trapped on the 24th floor of a high-rise apartment building.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte Correctional prisoner arrested for death of another inmate State Attorney Amira Fox convened a grand jury, which decided to move forward with a case against a Charlotte Correctional inmate.
SANIBEL Construction near Dairy Queen eagle nest on Sanibel raises concerns While many eagle nests may be a bit difficult to see, one nest has always been a favorite for Sanibel residents and tourists.
The environmental effects of artificial sweeteners Experts are studying how the foods we eat affect the environment, especially after we flush our waste down the toilet.
Victim reacts to man exposing himself to her Ring camera You get a notification on your phone from your ring camera app that someone is at the door, only to find out it is someone exposing themselves. It’s the last thing victim Maria Kivi wanted or expected to see last week.
LEE COUNTY The art of capturing your eye and drawing you in How do you capture young, hip, trendy, fun, movers and shakers, all in a pose? We take you behind the scenes of a Gulfshore Life cover shoot.
FORT MYERS The lives of two SJC Boxers changed in the ring Two SJC Boxers, Mario Nunez and Arbon Kurtishi, help each other in the ring as each of them had their lives changed because of boxing.
FORT MYERS Chlamydia cases rising sharply in Lee County If you think about a crowded space- something with more than 250 people- if it’s in Lee county, statistically one person has chlamydia.
SANIBEL Sanibel resort day passes hope to get more business on the island A pass will allow vacationers to hang out at a Sanibel beach club for a day in hopes of drumming up some business.
Voting equipment tested ahead of Lee County elections Voting equipment is being tested in Lee County. This is to ensure all ballots are printed and counted correctly for the upcoming election.
Collier County teen assaulted after leaving party The teen has been charged and the sheriff’s office said they’re aware that many believe felony charges are in order, but under Florida law, there are very specific criteria that must be met for felony charges to be filed.
WINK weather team watching tropical wave over Atlantic Ocean The Weather Authority is watching a tropical disturbance over the Central Atlantic Ocean.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral drug bust leads investigators to fake fentanyl, cash and guns Cape Coral man arrest on drug charges. Investigators said they found, guns, drugs, and more than $32,000 in Richard Riley’s home.
NAPLES Naples youth flag football team to compete in Ohio tournament This weekend, the Naples Lunatics Green will compete in the Superhero Sports tournament in Canton, Ohio.
MGN Online BOSTON (AP) – A federal appeals court on Thursday agreed to hold a hearing on a bid by lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to move his trial outside Massachusetts. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals scheduled the hearing for Feb. 19. Tsarnaev’s lawyers have repeatedly argued that he cannot get a fair trial in Massachusetts because of the emotional impact the deadly 2013 attack had here. Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured when twin pressure-cooker bombs exploded near the marathon finish line. The appeals court rejected the defense request to suspend jury selection immediately, but agreed to hold a hearing on the defense request to order Judge George O’Toole Jr. to move the trial. O’Toole has rejected three change-of-venue motions and has insisted that an impartial jury can be found in Massachusetts. Last week, the judge said the jury selection process so far has successfully found people who have shown they can be fair and impartial. The appeals court rejected an earlier request from the defense to essentially take the decision on whether to move the trial out of O’Toole’s hands. In its order Thursday, the court made it clear that only one judge out of the three-judge panel requested the hearing. Judge Juan Torruella wrote a brief opinion in which he said he believes jury selection should be suspended until both the defense and prosecution can make arguments at the hearing. The court’s order said the argument may be granted at the request of a single judge. Torruella said he also disagrees with the appeals court’s order to keep certain juror-related materials sealed from public view and to not discuss the sealed material during next week’s hearing. “It will be quite an interesting hearing since the parties will be forbidden from discussing the details of facts directly at the heart of the issue presented: whether the answers given during the jury selection process have demonstrated that the jury pool is so tainted and prejudiced that it is impossible for the Defendant to receive a fair trial,” Torruella wrote. Tsarnaev, 21, has pleaded not guilty to 30 federal charges in connection with the bombings. Seventeen of the charges carry the possibility of the death penalty. Tsarnaev is being charged under the federal death penalty law. Massachusetts abolished its state death penalty in 1984. On Thursday, the judge continued to question prospective jurors about whether they have already formed an opinion on Tsarnaev’s guilt and about their attitudes on the death penalty. To be eligible to serve on a death penalty case, jurors must be willing to meaningfully consider both the death penalty and life in prison as possible punishments. Several people said they were strongly opposed to the death penalty and could never vote to sentence someone to death. One man, a retired banker and a veteran of the Vietnam era, said his son, a Marine, served three tours of duty in Iraq, where many of his friends were killed or maimed. “I think there’s been too much killing during my lifetime, and I’m not prepared to participate in any more,” he said. Another man, a physician’s assistant, said he has spent his life trying to heal people and could never vote to sentence someone to death “under any circumstances.” Another prospective juror, a teacher’s aide for special-needs students, said she believes the death penalty should be used in heinous cases. There was an awkward moment when she said she would “be OK with the death penalty” in the case of Susan Smith, a South Carolina woman who was convicted of drowning her two young sons in 1994. Two of Tsarnaev’s lawyers, David Bruck and Judy Clarke, represented Smith and persuaded a jury to sentence her to life in prison instead of giving her the death penalty. The woman said several of her co-workers have expressed strong opinions on what Tsarnaev’s punishment should be. “They basically said, ‘Fry him,'” she said. The woman said she respects the judicial process and believes she could be fair and impartial.