Authorities say a southwest Florida homeless man brutally beheaded a wheelchair-bound man who was letting the suspect stay at his apartment. ...more

May 29, 2009

Law enforcement officers chased down four suspects in a Fort Myers jewelry store robbery Thursday night, capturing the men after their getaway car nearly crashed into trees lining Interstate 75, the Florida Highway Patrol said. One of the men was later shot by a Lee County sheriff's deputy but was expected to recover. ...more

December 5, 2008

A standoff with an armed man that sent bullets flying through a Port Charlotte neighborhood is over this morning. ...more

September 22, 2008

Three men doing construction work on a beachfront deck helped rescue a pilot whose small plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico near the shoreline Friday. ...more

August 30, 2008

BOCA GRANDE - Three men doing construction work on a beach-front deck helped rescue a pilot whose small plane crashed into the ocean just offshore today. ...more

August 29, 2008

Lee County Sheriff's detectives are looking for a person of interest in the weekend homicide of a 25-year-old woman. ...more

August 10, 2008

Lee County sheriff's officials say evidence they collected suggests a 54-year-old woman killed her husband, mother and herself. ...more

August 3, 2008

FORT MYERS - Sex offenders in Lee County will be charged to register with the state, which they are required to do by law. ...more

December 5, 2007

Four young men charged with unpremeditated murder in the shooting death of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor have not been strangers to police. Still, nothing came close to what they faced Saturday. ...more

December 2, 2007