Underwater mortgages dropping in SWFL

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Ellen Boliek remembers the feelings she had when her rental home was underwater by nearly $100,000. “When I talked to that attorney, and he said ‘you just have to stop paying,’ it was gut-wrenching. I felt like a criminal,” said Boliek. She used her savings to cover her losses in a […]

New details of teen accused of killing mom

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. – Investigators say a 15-year-old boy accused of killing his mother lived in a home of filth. Floorboards were torn up. Broken furniture and trash were strewn about. The scene was detailed in recently released court documents, which also claim Tyrese Landrum was fighting with his mother over drugs when he […]

Teen accused of suffocating newborn son then going shopping

NEW YORK (AP) – Prosecutors say a teenager suffocated her just-born baby before taking his body with her on a trip to Victoria’s Secret in New York City. Eighteen-year-old Tiona Rodriguez pleaded not guilty Thursday to a murder charge stemming from the shopping trip two years ago. Prosecutors say she was arrested on a shoplifting […]

Jurors instructed on reasons to spare Colorado gunman’s life

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – Jurors in the Colorado movie theater trial received instructions Thursday before their next round of deliberations to decide if there are any reasons to override a potential death penalty and sentence James Holmes to life without parole for 12 murders and 70 attempted murders. The lengthy instructions were the last step […]

Bank scam circulating SWFL

NAPLES, Fla.- Another bank scam is infiltrating Southwest Florida. Residents are receiving calls from an automated recording informing them that their debit card is locked. In order to unlock it, a debit card number must be provided. “This has been going on for several years now,” said Sgt. Brian Sawyer with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. “It’s not specific to […]

Recordings: Suspects cleared in Faust killing claim they were with family

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The two men who were charged, then recently cleared, in the 2014 killing of a 5-year-old Fort Myers boy claimed in police interviews that they were with family at the time of the shooting. In the recently released recordings, which were edited by WINK News to exclude the names and identifying information of those not […]

Police lights crime

Family finds intruder sleeping on couch

LAKE WORTH, Fla. (AP) – A South Florida family says they came home to chicken bones and empty beer bottles on their kitchen floor and an unknown man sleeping on their couch. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office reports that deputies found 22-year-old Jacob Miller still asleep when they responded to the Lake Worth home […]

Four Ohio State football players suspended

CHICAGO (AP) – Ohio State has suspended All-America defensive end Joey Bosa, receiver Corey Smith and H-backs Jalin Marshall and Dontre Wilson for its opening game at Virginia Tech. “Violation of team policies,” Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer said Thursday at Big Ten media days. “That’s as far as I’ll go.” Meyer did say the violations […]

Teen charged in killing of 8-year-old girl appears in court

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) – A 15-year-old boy charged with murder, kidnapping and rape in the death of an 8-year-old neighbor at an artists’ complex in a California beach town appeared in court briefly Thursday and was appointed a lawyer. Adrian Jerry Gonzalez wore a green t-shirt and khaki pants. His hands were shackled in […]