Wednesday morning showers slowly move out through the dayNew Cape Coral City Council members to be sworn in
the weather authority Wednesday morning showers slowly move out through the day The Weather Authority is tracking rain and showers expected throughout the day before an approaching cold front drops temperatures.
CAPE CORAL New Cape Coral City Council members to be sworn in The City of Cape Coral is experiencing a change in leadership, as two new councilmembers are set to be sworn in.
lehigh acres Florida Highway Patrol investigating fatal hit-and-run involving motorcyclist The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a hit-and-run that left a motorcyclist dead in Lee County.
FEMA agrees to outside investigation into avoiding homes with Trump signs FEMA’s administrator has agreed to an outside investigation to find out why her employee gave orders to deny trump supporters aid after Hurricane Milton.
Denise Carlin sworn in as Lee County Schools superintendent It’s a big night for families with kids attending Lee County Schools! Dr. Denise Carlin was just sworn in as superintendent.
PORT CHARLOTTE 8 illegal immigrants arrested in Charlotte County Eight people have been arrested in Port Charlotte for being in the country illegally.
SANIBEL Memorial statue unveiled for exotic birds at Jerry’s Foods on Sanibel Island For over 40 years, Dick Muench displayed many of his exotic birds from Central and South America at Jerry’s Foods on Sanibel.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers veteran worried about FEMA code compliance letter One marine veteran is worried sick over having to raise his home.
Residents oppose U-Haul storage unit development in Collier County A lush line of trees in Collier County may turn into storage units, and neighbors are unhappy.
LEHIGH ACRES Parents want changes made to Lee County Schools JROTC The Lee County School District is making changes after 25 students were treated by emergency services for heat exhaustion at a local high school on Friday.
FORT MYERS BEACH La Ola speaks out a day after FEMA deadline A day after the FEMA deadline for temporary structures on Fort Myers Beach to be removed, the scenery remains largely unchanged.
FORT MYERS Neighbors react to plans for new Amazon warehouse in Fort Myers Amazon will soon have the largest building in Southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS Councilman Johnny Streets retires after nearly 20 years of service After nearly two decades of service, Fort Myers City Councilman Johnny Streets is retiring.
Local human trafficking survivor speaks out It’s a question many of us think we know the answer to: What is human trafficking? A Collier County woman told WINK her definition changed after she survived it.
Sheriff’s Office: Teen victim knew suspect in deadly Collier County shooting There is new information on the deadly shooting late Saturday of a teenage girl in Collier County.
the weather authority Wednesday morning showers slowly move out through the day The Weather Authority is tracking rain and showers expected throughout the day before an approaching cold front drops temperatures.
CAPE CORAL New Cape Coral City Council members to be sworn in The City of Cape Coral is experiencing a change in leadership, as two new councilmembers are set to be sworn in.
lehigh acres Florida Highway Patrol investigating fatal hit-and-run involving motorcyclist The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a hit-and-run that left a motorcyclist dead in Lee County.
FEMA agrees to outside investigation into avoiding homes with Trump signs FEMA’s administrator has agreed to an outside investigation to find out why her employee gave orders to deny trump supporters aid after Hurricane Milton.
Denise Carlin sworn in as Lee County Schools superintendent It’s a big night for families with kids attending Lee County Schools! Dr. Denise Carlin was just sworn in as superintendent.
PORT CHARLOTTE 8 illegal immigrants arrested in Charlotte County Eight people have been arrested in Port Charlotte for being in the country illegally.
SANIBEL Memorial statue unveiled for exotic birds at Jerry’s Foods on Sanibel Island For over 40 years, Dick Muench displayed many of his exotic birds from Central and South America at Jerry’s Foods on Sanibel.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers veteran worried about FEMA code compliance letter One marine veteran is worried sick over having to raise his home.
Residents oppose U-Haul storage unit development in Collier County A lush line of trees in Collier County may turn into storage units, and neighbors are unhappy.
LEHIGH ACRES Parents want changes made to Lee County Schools JROTC The Lee County School District is making changes after 25 students were treated by emergency services for heat exhaustion at a local high school on Friday.
FORT MYERS BEACH La Ola speaks out a day after FEMA deadline A day after the FEMA deadline for temporary structures on Fort Myers Beach to be removed, the scenery remains largely unchanged.
FORT MYERS Neighbors react to plans for new Amazon warehouse in Fort Myers Amazon will soon have the largest building in Southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS Councilman Johnny Streets retires after nearly 20 years of service After nearly two decades of service, Fort Myers City Councilman Johnny Streets is retiring.
Local human trafficking survivor speaks out It’s a question many of us think we know the answer to: What is human trafficking? A Collier County woman told WINK her definition changed after she survived it.
Sheriff’s Office: Teen victim knew suspect in deadly Collier County shooting There is new information on the deadly shooting late Saturday of a teenage girl in Collier County.
Victims in the Immokalee shooting. CREDIT: WINK News Newly released court documents reveal a potential murder plot in Collier County. Scott McCandless, one of two victims in the late-night shooting along Immokalee Road on June 1, believes the shooting was a hit. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office eventually arrested Julian Wolf and went to great lengths to build the case against him. Detectives traced his movements thanks to traffic cameras and license plate readers. The detectives said he was the passenger in a white van that followed a couple from the casino in Immokalee. The suspects then shot at their black truck eight times. Scotty McCandless and Amy Chesser were shot at the intersection of Immokalee Road and Twin Eagles Boulevard. They suffered gunshot wounds to the brain and survived. When detectives interviewed McCandless, he said his ex-wife threatened to have him killed before he got custody of their children. WINK News spoke with safety and security specialist Rich Kolko about the investigation by detectives. “This is exactly what detectives do. They use all the tools that are available to them at any given time. Whether it’s license plate readers, Department of Transportation cameras that are available, security cameras, cell phone towers, they take all these different bits of information intelligence, put it together, build that timeline, throw in some witness interviews. They can get a really tight case on this,” Kolko said. The shooting occurred two days before McCandless was to get more visitation rights with his two kids. The sheriff’s office report indicates that Wolf went to the ex-wife’s place of business and got into the passenger seat of the white van used in the shooting. While Wolf’s relationship is not defined in the report, a search for his social media revealed he is friends with the ex-wife’s boyfriend. Wolf’s 19-page arrest affidavit goes into painstaking detail on how detectives poured over surveillance video and traffic cam video and license plate readers to put Wolf in the passenger’s seat of the van used during the shooting. Could both McCandless’ ex-wife and boyfriend also face charges? WINK News asked a former policeman and now FGCU professor Dr. David Thomas for a concrete understanding. “If she was a participant in any way, now, they have the ability to charge her with conspiracy — so, it might be text messages because today, people do silly things — and they get on his phone and they text, and you’re not thinking that somebody’s gonna get a search warrant to be able to go back and pull your records, and so you have no idea, so that, you know, they’re digging through all that right now to see if they can put that package together without the boyfriend. If they can’t, then I’m sure there’ll be using him try to put pressure on him to give her up,” said Thomas. WINK News spoke with Walter Zalisko, a retired police chief turned private investigator, about the shooting. “I think the police have a very good case, to go after the ex-wife and her boyfriend,” said Zalisko. “Normally, in a case like this, where there are other people involved, the police will rely on a lot of the information that the shooter may want to give out, whether it’s to make a plea deal, because he’s not the only one involved, or three people or more that are involved. So he’s not going to want to be the only guy going taking the fall for this,” said Zalisko. The victims are continuing to recover in the hospital.