Derrick Shaw

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. – An animal rescue shelter has been violating a zoning code for years, but they say they had no idea. WINK News learned someone filed a complaint. Now, almost 50 cats and kittens have just days to find a new home. About a week ago, Englewood Animal Rescue Sanctuary (EARS) found out they […]

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- Deputies are investigating the theft of a boat and trailer in East Naples. A 2003 black 30-foot Contender fishing boat with dual light-blue Yamaha 200 horsepower out-board motors was stolen around midnight on Tuesday, June 2. It was parked inside the Extra Space Storage located on Exchange Street. The boat’s trailer, a […]

LEE COUNTY, Fla. – A convicted gang member in the high-profile murder of two Cape Coral men was in court Thursday morning, asking for a reduced prison sentence. Prosecutors say Roderick Washington was part of the “Cash Feenz” gang when they killed Alexis and Jeffrey Sosa in 2006. Washington was granted the re-sentencing hearing after a […]

NAPLES, Fla. – The Naples Zoo is proud to introduce a brand new home for two of their snakes. The zoo’s Burmese python and reticulated python will now have a brand new state of the art place to slither around. The horseshoe type structure will give visitors a 180 degree look inside the snakes’ home, […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The Florida School Boards Association is dropping out of a lawsuit that contends the state’s largest private school voucher program is unconstitutional. The group’s board of directors voted Wednesday against pursuing the lawsuit any further. A circuit judge in May ruled the groups filing the lawsuit did not have a legal […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – A murder suspect took the stand during his trial and had a heated exchange with State Attorney Jeff Ashton, who was the lead prosecutor in the Casey Anthony case. David Damus told Ashton on Wednesday that that losing the Anthony trial made him “look bad” and added that the prosecutor wouldn’t […]

BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union’s executive branch has opened an antitrust investigation into certain business practices by online retailer Amazon in the distribution of e-books, which have become increasingly popular in recent years. The European Commission said Thursday that it will investigate certain clauses in Amazon’s contracts with publishers, including a requirement for publishers […]

PARIS (AP) – Police, immigration specialists and technology experts from 16 countries are seeking ways to tackle the growing problem of identity and document fraud that feeds the movement of extremists across borders, social welfare scams and traffickers preying on refugees. Thursday’s closed-door meeting in Paris of 180 officials from Europe, the U.S., Canada and […]

BERLIN (AP) – German lawmakers are mulling whether to replace their entire computer system after a sophisticated hacking attack against Parliament’s IT network. Parliamentary officials said last month that specialists were working to fix the security problem, but German media reported this week that large amounts of data are still being siphoned out by unknown […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea has reported a 10th death from the MERS virus, although officials maintain they believe the disease has peaked. The outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome has caused panic in South Korea. It has killed 10 and infected more than 120 people since the first case, a 68-year-old man […]