Months-long search ends in arrest of Punta Gorda battery suspect

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. A suspect sought for months in an aggravated battery case has been arrested.

Roy Lee Poore, 41, was wanted for an ongoing investigation after a woman was seriously injured July 24 at a home on the 6200 block of Rumford Street, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office said.

MORE: Punta Gorda man remains at large, neighbors on edge

Poore was found Thursday morning by a Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office fugitive apprehension unit, the sheriff’s office said on Facebook.

A preliminary investigation lasted about three days, but the sheriff’s office didn’t issue an arrest warrant for Poore until Sept. 6.

The crime shook neighbors, many of whom pleaded for answers about the violence in their community.

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