LEE COUNTY, Fla. — After tying the knot, a Lehigh Acres groom spent his wedding night in the Lee County Jail after getting aggressive with his guests. Jeffery Johnson, 22, was arrested on Saturday, July 10, after acting belligerent around some of his wedding guests, deputies with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies arrived at Trinity Street East in Lehigh Acres and saw some wedding guests holding Johnson back from others. When deputies were taking control of the situation, Johnson is accused of kicking, hitting, and spitting on deputies. Once put into handcuffs, Johnson...
FORT MYERS, Fla.– A Lehigh Acres man was found guilty on Thursday for Battery on a Person 65 or Older. The jury returned with a guilty verdict after Michael Angelo Campos’s two-day trial in Lee County. On July 3, Campos reportedly got out of his pick-up truck and swung at an elderly man who was sitting in his own vehicle. The incident was called in by a woman who witnessed the incident and got Campos’s license plate number. The responding Cape Coral law enforcement officer reported the victim had bruising and a cut underneath his eye. The victim said he was punched in the...
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. – The Lee County Sheriff’s Office released a composite drawing of a male suspect involved in a deadly shooting in Lehigh Acres on June 28. The man is described as a black man in his mid-20s to early 30s with dreadlocks and a patchy beard. Deputies said the man was with a 5-foot 4-inch tall woman in her mid-20s to early 30s with blonde hair or highlights. A sketch of the woman in the car hasn’t been released. Investigators are also searching for the car the pair were driving. The car is described as a small four-door sedan, possibly a Hyundai Accent...
Dozens of cars rode through the streets of Fort Myers on Saturday to remind the public of the justice they’re looking for. Two suspects involved in the shooting death of Jairo Oropeza have yet to be arrested. “No one knows anything. It’s frustrating and we’re all angry. We want to know,” Yanis Oropeza, Jairo’s sister, said. Friends and family are reclaiming the crime scene by filling it with flowers and candles. Now, they’re raising money to buy the land. “Since he was a car guy we were thinking of making it into a car meet space where it’s a huge parking...
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla.– A gator tried cleansing its sins on Tuesday by going right up to a Lehigh Acres church. The encounter was captured on camera, including the pastor of Victory Church getting up close and personal with the big guy. “One of the daycare workers came in and was like ‘there’s a gator’,” said Daniel Gregory, lead pastor at the church. “I was like ‘funny’”. But there was no joke. A four foot gator crawled out of a nearby storm drain and right up to the place of worship. “He’s coming to church, get ready,” said Gregory...
FORT MYERS, Fla. – A Lehigh Acres man was sentenced to 29 years in federal prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a 2018 child porn arrest. A tip led to the arrest of 33-year-old John Breen in 2018 after he was accused of sexually battering two young girls and posting pictures online. According to court documents, the abuse went on between April 28 and July 20, 2018. Deputies said Breen took eight pictures of the abuse and uploaded them to a website. His email and phone number were linked to the account. According to his arrest report, investigators noted a rose...
LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Detectives are looking for a black four-door car that was involved in a deadly shooting last night in Lehigh Acres, officials said. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the shooting that left one person dead and sent another to Lee Memorial Hospital. Deputies said the shots were fired near Sunrise Boulevard and Genoa Avenue South. When deputies got to the scene, they found two men that had gotten shot. One was pronounced dead at the scene and the other received treatment at Lee Memorial. Deputies are looking for a vehicle and two people involved...