2 arrested for armed robbery at Cape Coral casino arcade

Two men have been arrested and are accused of an armed robbery at a Cape Coral casino arcade.

The Cape Coral Police Department confirmed to WINK News that Jwyanza Chito, 34, and 45-year-old Lenny Myers are the suspects in an armed robbery at the White Sands Arcade that occurred on Thursday.

The arcade is in the 2700 block of Del Prado Boulevard S. Both suspects fled with about $2,500 before officers arrived on scene, according to the Cape Coral Police Department.

“They went right up to the store employee and the one suspect actually held a gun on the counter and then demanded the money,” said Cape Coral Police Officer Brandon Sancho, who is the public information officer for the department.

Cape Coral police said a robbery at another casino arcade in their jurisdiction was thwarted when a patron at the Coral Palace Arcade at 1424 Cape Coral Parkway East noticed two men matching the description of Chito and Myers in the parking lot and notified an employee there.

“Thankfully that patron that was in the actual parking lot, you know kind of that red flag went off and they were able to say hey that doesn’t really look too good,” Sancho said.

The employee locked the doors and the two men left the parking lot, according to Cape Coral police. However, surveillance footage of their vehicle was found at this location.

Cape Coral police said they also found the gun used at the White Sands Arcade.

At least three other arcades were targeted between Wednesday and Thursday.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said Chito will face charges for an armed robbery at the Lucky Turtle Arcade in North Fort Myers.

Detectives with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office located Chito through the use of license plate readers, according to the sheriff’s office. He was found at a Fort Myers hotel, where authorities said they also found evidence matching the crime committed at the Lucky Turtle Arcade.

The sheriff’s office said they are working with other law enforcement to connect other suspects to the North Fort Myers incident.

A casino arcade, on US-41 just north of Winkler Avenue, in Fort Myers, was also hit. Fort Myers police have not provided any information on that case.

On Wednesday night two suspects got away with about $18,000 from a similar business in Iona, according to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers. Crime Stoppers said the crimes all seem linked, but at this point, no one faces charges in the Iona and Fort Myers incident.