NORTH FORT MYERS LCSO searching for missing endangered adult Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing person.
The Weather Authority: Scattered storms for your Saturday The Weather Authority is tracking afternoon scattered storms for Saturday this Labor Day weekend.
WINK NEWS SWFL Scoreboard: High School Football Week 2 The Golden Eagles took down the Cougars 64-7 to win the Crosstown Showdown for the 26th year in a row.
NAPLES Naples mayor speaks out after DUI arrest Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann has sent a statement to WINK News after being charged with a DUI.
FORT MYERS Woman stabbed at Fort Myers gas station Authorities responded to an active scene at a 7-eleven in Fort Myers after a woman was stabbed early Friday evening.
FORT MYERS FMPD investigating a van that followed a student from bus stop Police said a suspicious van followed a middle school student home from the bus stop on Thursday and yelled, “Get in the van.”
CAPE CORAL Report: Teen was on crosswalk when she was hit The driver of the box truck told officers he didn’t see Kendra as she rode in front of him, and he started to go.
FORT MYERS BEACH Celebration of Jimmy Buffet Day at Margaritaville Friday was Jimmy Buffett Day at Margaritaville and Fort Myers Beach is gearing up for a fun party all weekend long.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte County deputies hold training for mental health encounters Charlotte County deputies are entering the community equipped with a new tool for handling mental health: the crisis initiative training.
Neighbors worried about flooding in Rotonda Heights Neighbors in Rotonda Heights are fed up with the flooding and they want to see it fixed.
ORLANDO Smart living moms reclaim their careers Betsy Gardner president and CEO of the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce started Relaunch, a program to help stay-at-home moms.
FORT MYERS BEACH A closer look at the gas leak that killed 2 men at Fort Myers Beach home A closer look at the gas leak that killed two men in Fort Myers Beach has revealed some new details leading up to the deaths.
SANIBEL Sanibel CVS Pharmacy reopening after Hurricane Ian The CVS Pharmacy in Sanibel is reopening nearly two years after Hurricane Ian caused severe damage to it.
FORT MYERS Woman transported after boat hits large wake under Midpoint Bridge A woman had to be transported to the hospital after suffering an injury when the boat she was in struck the wake of a yacht.
NEW YORK (AP) Trump has history sparking outrage for incidents around veterans even as military voters backed him The reported altercation at Arlington National Cemetery involving Donald Trump’s staff was far from the first time that veterans or the families of service members have criticized the former president for words or behavior they saw as disparaging.
NORTH FORT MYERS LCSO searching for missing endangered adult Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing person.
The Weather Authority: Scattered storms for your Saturday The Weather Authority is tracking afternoon scattered storms for Saturday this Labor Day weekend.
WINK NEWS SWFL Scoreboard: High School Football Week 2 The Golden Eagles took down the Cougars 64-7 to win the Crosstown Showdown for the 26th year in a row.
NAPLES Naples mayor speaks out after DUI arrest Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann has sent a statement to WINK News after being charged with a DUI.
FORT MYERS Woman stabbed at Fort Myers gas station Authorities responded to an active scene at a 7-eleven in Fort Myers after a woman was stabbed early Friday evening.
FORT MYERS FMPD investigating a van that followed a student from bus stop Police said a suspicious van followed a middle school student home from the bus stop on Thursday and yelled, “Get in the van.”
CAPE CORAL Report: Teen was on crosswalk when she was hit The driver of the box truck told officers he didn’t see Kendra as she rode in front of him, and he started to go.
FORT MYERS BEACH Celebration of Jimmy Buffet Day at Margaritaville Friday was Jimmy Buffett Day at Margaritaville and Fort Myers Beach is gearing up for a fun party all weekend long.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte County deputies hold training for mental health encounters Charlotte County deputies are entering the community equipped with a new tool for handling mental health: the crisis initiative training.
Neighbors worried about flooding in Rotonda Heights Neighbors in Rotonda Heights are fed up with the flooding and they want to see it fixed.
ORLANDO Smart living moms reclaim their careers Betsy Gardner president and CEO of the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce started Relaunch, a program to help stay-at-home moms.
FORT MYERS BEACH A closer look at the gas leak that killed 2 men at Fort Myers Beach home A closer look at the gas leak that killed two men in Fort Myers Beach has revealed some new details leading up to the deaths.
SANIBEL Sanibel CVS Pharmacy reopening after Hurricane Ian The CVS Pharmacy in Sanibel is reopening nearly two years after Hurricane Ian caused severe damage to it.
FORT MYERS Woman transported after boat hits large wake under Midpoint Bridge A woman had to be transported to the hospital after suffering an injury when the boat she was in struck the wake of a yacht.
NEW YORK (AP) Trump has history sparking outrage for incidents around veterans even as military voters backed him The reported altercation at Arlington National Cemetery involving Donald Trump’s staff was far from the first time that veterans or the families of service members have criticized the former president for words or behavior they saw as disparaging.
Raynaldo Ray Quiroga. Credit: Hendry County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators say a man recently accused of impersonating a law enforcement officer while holding up a pawnshop in Southwest Florida committed similar crimes in the region previously. On May 21, Raynoldo Ray Quiroga, 36, a convicted felon, was arrested after being accused of dressing up like a sheriff’s deputy and stealing guns from Capital Pawn in LaBelle on May 19. According to the arrest report WINK News received Tuesday, Quiroga handcuffed a pawnshop customer, two employees and ordered a second customer to sit still while he went to a safe and stole approximately six guns from it and placed them in the tactical vest he was wearing. Then, investigators say Quiroga helped up a customer he had handcuffed, released him and let him exit the pawnshop. There was no report of injuries to victims during the robbery. Quiroga reportedly used a gray 2010s Chrysler 300 to arrive and get away from the scene during the pawnshop robbery. Together, Hendry County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearm (ATF) tracked down Quiroga and arrested him. During the investigation, an ATF agent responded to the pawnshop and reviewed surveillance images from the time of the robbery. He remembered a similar incident that happened in 2019 in Fort Myers with a male who matched the suspect’s description. At that time, a suspect dressed as a sheriff’s deputy tried to get into a restricted area of a check-cashing business on Palm Beach Boulevard, but he was refused by employees, who called police. Fort Myers police named Quiroga as the suspect during that incident, but police were unable to make an arrest at the time. Investigators learned the address listed in Quiroga’s name and responded to the home in LaBelle, where they found a 2010s Chrysler 300 registered in Quiroga’s name. Law enforcement officers were given permission to enter the home by the homeowner and found several pieces of evidence that were used in the pawnshop robbery. While at the property, a man in the neighborhood approached investigators and told them he had seen a man running from behind the home. Both the homeowner and another person at the home also confirmed with investigators Quiroga lived at the home they were responding to. When the two were shown surveillance images of the suspect from the pawnshop, they both named Quiroga as the suspect. Eventually, on the night of the pawnshop robbery, Quiroga showed up at Hendry County Sheriff’s Office to be interviewed. He gave a detailed account of what he did on May 19, which included riding in a pickup truck with a man he said was his boss. Quiroga told investigators he and his boss drove to Palm Beach Blvd in Fort Myers, where they picked up two female prostitutes and then went to Cape Coral to drink alcohol and do drugs. He says they dropped of the women back at Palm Beach Blvd and then went to a job site in Cape Coral for a few hours before going fishing off a pier in Cape Coral. Quiroga told investigators his boss dropped him off at his mother’s home before she drove him to speak with investigators at HCSO. Investigators did not confirm or deny Quiroga’s narrative to be true or false in the arrest report. During the interview, both HCSO and ATF investigators also learned the phone number Quiroga shared with them matched the same number used to call Capital Pawn in LaBelle for information about various firearms. According to the report, a friend of Quiroga was interviewed on May 20 at HCSO. This man told investigators Quiroga asked him to help commit the robbery at the pawnshop. This man says Quiroga told him a high-ranking member of the Latin Kings street gang instructed Quiroga to get an envelope inside the pawnshop and was willing to pay $15,000 for it. The man told investigators Quiroga dressed in deputy-style attire at his home the day of the robbery. Then, Quiroga drove him in a gray 2010s Chrysler 300 to a Family Dollar store near the pawnshop and told him to walk to Capital Pawn as a customer to distract employees. He said it was planned for Quiroga to handcuff him when he responded to the shop as an officer to appear as a victim. Quiroga released the acting victim during the robbery, and he took a taxi back to his home. The friend told investigators Quiroga went to Immokalee after the robbery but did not know his exact whereabouts. Investigators said the man had not been paid as promised by Quiroga. Quiroga was later arrested following an investigation after he visited the HCSO location and remains in custody at Hendry County Jail. Quiroga faces charges for robbery with a firearm, three counts of kidnapping, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, using a firearm during the commission of a felony, grand theft of a firearm, impersonating law enforcement, tampering with evidence, and tampering with witnesses. Before the release of the arrest report, the stolen guns had not been recovered or found by law enforcement, and the report did not indicate they had been found yet either. The ATF is offering a reward for information leading to the recovery of those six weapons. If you have any information, you are being asked to call SWFL Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477). HCSO said Tuesday the friend has not been charged, at least not at this time. Or whether they would face any charges. Investigators confirmed Quiroga was convicted of armed robbery with a firearm in Lee County back in 2005. There is no further information at this time.