Missing 4-year-old home safe, father has warrant for arrest

Florida Department of Law Enforcement has canceled the Missing Child Alert for 4-year-old Tanner Swears in Coconut Creek, Broward County that was issued Saturday. Tanner’s father, Stephen Swears (who has legal custody) returned his son to a family friend after FDLE issued the alert for Tanner. The friend returned Tanner to his mom. According to […]

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Man arrested for assaulting off-duty Marco officer in Naples

Naples Police Department arrested William Simpson, 39 for assaulting an off-duty Marco Island police officer in downtown Naples early Saturday morning. According to Marco Island Police Department, Officer Hunter Howell let his department supervisor know he had been to the hospital to treat injures after he was hit by Simpson around 1:36 a.m. at 457 […]

Crews respond to car fire on McGregor Blvd in Fort Myers

Fort Myers Police Department along with other agencies responded to a car fire that has been cleared Saturday. Police responded to the scene along McGregor Boulevard between Colonial Boulevard and Royal Palm Square Boulevard. There are no reported injuries due to the incident. Credit: Viewer submitted video of McGregor car fire. 

Tractor-trailer catches fire on SR-80 in LaBelle near Walmart

Hendry County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vehicle fire involving a tractor-trailer in LaBelle Thursday night. HCSO along with other emergency units was on scene along State Road 80 near Ben Moore Drive near a Walmart. The sheriff’s office advised drivers to expect delays at the time of the response, which has since cleared. According […]

Police searching for wanted suspect near an elementary school in North Port

North Port Police Department is searching for a wanted suspect who fled police on foot near Cranberry Elementary School in North Port Thursday. The suspect, Robert Steven Harrelson, 41, is described as being 5’5′ and 170 lbs. He is wanted on multiple felonies for drugs and weapons. Police advise if you see him to call […]

Fort Myers man gets mandatory life sentence for armed robbery

Office of the State Attorney 20th Judicial Circuit reports Fort Myers man Rfeal Wigfals, 60, who is a Prison Release Re-Offender, now faces a mandatory life sentence following a two-day trial that ended Friday. Wigfals was found guilty of charges for Robbery With A Deadly Weapons While Masked and Possession Of A Firearm or Ammunition […]

Nursing home, caregivers sued for abuse of patient in Illinois

An Illinois nursing home is now being sued after a video was posted on Snapchat showing a caregiver taunting a 91-year-old dementia patient. Glenview Police Department charged Brayan Cortez and Jamie Montesa, caregivers at Abington of Glenview, after they posted a video to Snapchat of apparent elder abuse of one of their patients. Patient Margaret […]

Immokalee man killed in crash while riding bike on SR-29

Florida Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash involving a pedestrian north of Immokalee in Collier County Sunday morning. FHP confirmed Manuel Dejesus Nunez, 45, of Immokalee was hit and killed while riding a bicycle along State Road 29 around 7:30 a.m. According to the FHP crash report, a driver in a 2007 GMC Envoy […]

Glades County dogs and cats saved from death row

Viewers and Facebook followers on our social media page stepped in and supported helpless dogs and cats. Thirty potential pets were going to be put down if they weren’t adopted because a shelter in Glades County was packed. But a shelter in another county has stepped in to save any animals that don’t get adopted […]