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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.
David G Silvers. / CC BY-SA 2.0 LONDON (AP) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has found a surprising ally – a little known United Nations panel that has decided he has been unfairly detained in Britain while seeking to avoid extradition to Sweden to answer allegations of sexual misconduct. But it’s not clear if the findings of the five members of the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, to be officially announced in Geneva Friday, will lead to a change in Assange’s legal status. The sun-starved computer hacker has holed up inside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for more than three years, and as things stand now he still faces arrest if he steps outside. Swedish officials said Thursday the UN panel report concludes Assange has been a victim of an “arbitrary detention,” apparently because he has been unable to leave the embassy without fear of being immediately taken into custody by British police armed with a European arrest warrant. British and Swedish officials have indicated they will not be swayed by the U.N. panel’s report, which is not binding and has no legal authority. Swedish prosecutors want to question Assange over allegations of rape stemming from a working visit he made to the Nordic country in 2010 when WikiLeaks was attracting international attention for its secret-spilling ways. They haven’t charged him with any crime so far, but Assange has refused to return to answer questions – saying he fears the whole thing is an elaborate setup designed to send him to the United States to face espionage charges there. British police also accuse Assange of jumping bail. The unexpected panel finding in Assange’s favor confounded some experts who have followed the case. Ove Bring, a professor of international law at Stockholm University, said he was very surprised. “First of all I don’t think it’s a detention. Secondly, it’s not arbitrary,” Bring said. He said Assange’s situation “is definitely not a case of unlawful detention” since the WikiLeaks-founder has chosen to stay at the embassy. He could at any time have agreed to be questioned in Sweden, after which the prosecutor most likely would have been forced to abandon the case due to a lack of evidence, Bring said. Assange, 44, has demanded via Twitter that he be given back his passport – held by British authorities – in light of the U.N. panel’s conclusion. The panel’s finding, based on a claim filed by Assange and his lawyers more than a year ago, could increase pressure on prosecutors to drop proceedings against Assange. The panel consists of a Korean law professor, a Mexican human right expert, a law professor from Benin, an Australian judicial expert, and a specialist in international criminal justice from Ukraine. Per E. Samuelsson, a Swedish lawyer for Assange, told The Associated Press that prosecutors should “revoke” the arrest warrant and “set him free” in light of the panel’s conclusion. Samuelsson said: “If it happens that way, it will be a victory.” So far, there are no indications that prosecutors are ready to end an inquiry into rape allegations. Sweden’s prosecution authority noted Thursday that the statement from the working group has no formal impact on the ongoing investigation, according to Swedish law. Sweden and Britain may also choose to appeal the panel’s decision, a process that could take months. Two women accused Assange of the sexual misconduct in 2010, leading Swedish police to open an investigation and seek him for questioning. Last year, prosecutors dropped investigations of less serious allegations into alleged sexual assault as their statute of limitations expired, but were not willing to do so with the more serious rape allegation, which centers around a woman’s claim that Assange had sex with her when she was asleep, which can be considered rape in Sweden. Assange has consistently denied the allegations but declined to return to Sweden to meet with prosecutors and eventually sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy near Harrod’s department store in a posh neighborhood of central London. That has been his home since June, 2012. Swedish prosecutors say they have attempted to question Assange at the embassy since March last year but have been unable to do so because Ecuadorean authorities haven’t permitted it. The seemingly-simple case has been greatly complicated by uncertainty surrounding Assange’s legal status in the United States. The U.S. government has not revealed whether he has been indicted – since grand jury proceedings are secret there – but has indicated that sensitive investigations into Assange and WikiLeaks have been made. One of Assange’s lawyers, Melinda Taylor, told The Associated Press Thursday he seeks guarantees from Sweden and Britain that he will not be sent to the United States. She said he may seek safe passage to Ecuador, which has given him political asylum. Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino has said Assange could immediately go to Ecuador if he’s given safe conduct by Britain.