Dannielle Garcia

A series of small fires that burned less than an acre near US-41 at Hickory Drive in south Fort Myers has led to the arrest of a transient man. Charles De Robbio is accused of setting the fires behind a Napa Auto Parts store near San Carlos Park on Thursday morning. No injuries were reported. […]

Two kids in Cape Coral are facing battery charges after police say they sprayed someone with silly string. The incident happened on Saturday at an ice cream parlor at The Shops of Surfside in Cape Coral. Instead of arresting the kids responsible, the officers gave them notices to appear in court. Cristina Alemar, who works […]

Russia’s attack on Ukraine is impacting liquor stores in Southwest Florida. They are removing alcohol that is made in Russia. When most people think of vodka they think of Russia, but Russian vodka makes up just one percent of all vodka sold in the United States. At ABC Wine and Spirits, there is vodka on […]

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is looking to double its narcotics unit. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno likes to talk tough especially when it comes to drugs. “It’s literally poison on our streets and when you take it off it saves lives,” Marceno said in a one-on-one interview with WINK News in Oct. 2020. The […]

A teen who was shot in Bonita Springs on Wednesday was saved by a woman who swung into action. The shooting happened at Leitner Park. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating and has not identified who was shot. They did say he will likely survive. Deputies have also not said if they have made […]

In Lehigh Acres on Tuesday scores of vehicles lined up to receive their food from the Harry Chapin Food Bank. The distribution site at the old Copperhead Golf Course feeds more than 500 families a week. There are 150,000 people in Southwest Florida who are food insecure. WINK News is in the home stretch for […]

Construction on Colonial Boulevard at I-75 has begun on a project expected to cut down bumper-to-bumper traffic. The construction means a new traffic pattern that started on Monday. Colonial Boulevard is a headache, and there’s congestion on the best of days. That congestion now is made worse by construction. “It’s always one less lane available, […]

Two men have been arrested in connection with a Wednesday home robbery and car chase in Lehigh Acres. Willie Bell, 18, and 20-year-old Demetrius Beckworth are accused of leading Lee County deputies in a high-speed chase through neighborhoods and traffic that ended after the two drove to a canal. The two disregarded all form of […]

A 19-year-old accused of smuggling immigrants to Miami remains in Lee County Jail. A judge set bond at $21,750 for Abel Fernando Navas-Salazar during a Wednesday morning first appearance hearing. The Florida Highway Patrol said they pulled over a white Lincoln Navigator with what they described as a fraudulent temporary Texas license plate. This happened along […]

People steal almost everything from designer clothing, baby formula and even razors from Southwest Florida stores. Authorities say thieves do it most of the time to sell the stolen goods. It’s becoming a matter of routine at Crime Stoppers. The hunt for thieves like the suspect who ripped off $7,000 worth of stuff from Walmart. […]