Former Elections Supervisor candidate arrested in deadly 2016 Fort Myers hit-and-run

A second person was arrested in connection with information involving a fatal hit-and-run in 2016, the Fort Myers Police Department said Monday.

James Daniel Sinclair, 50, faces charges of one count of tampering with evidence, one count of perjury in an unofficial proceeding and one count of obstructing a law enforcement officer without violence, the Fort Myers Police Department.

Sinclair, who goes by Dan, was a former candidate for Lee County Supervisor of Elections. At the beginning of the investigation into the crash, Sinclair provided DNA samples and his cellphone to detectives in an effort to “exclude him from the crime scene, as is standard investigative practice,” according to his attorney.

Sinclair turned himself in around 5:03 p.m., according to police.

Adam Costello, 43, pleaded no contest for failing to remain at a crash involving a death and tampering with evidence for his involvement in the hit-and run. He was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison.

Adam King was killed in June 2016 while riding his motorcycle at the intersection of Colonial Boulevard and Summerlin Road, just ahead of the Midpoint Bridge.

Costello faces 10.5 years in prison for failing to remain at the scene of a crash involving a death and five years for tampering with evidence. The sentences will be served concurrently.

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The connection between Costello and Sinclair was not immediately clear to investigators. It was later revealed that Sinclair was celebrating Father’s Day with Costello who “lost his father, his brother and his aunt all within 14 months.”

The pair was at Twin Peaks, located on Corporate Commerce Way, around lunchtime and “bouncing around different restaurants saying ‘Hi!’ to friends, socializing,” Sinclair said.

He said they drove in his car for their outing, but is unsure of the exact timing and when they parted ways.

“I don’t have exact time frames. I only have time frames for when I have receipts,” Sinclair said.

Sinclair said he never saw Costello driving the truck involved in the wreck on June 19.

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