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Earl Antonio Joiner sentenced for 2016 murder

Earl Antonio Joiner was found guilty and sentenced to 25 years in prison for one count of second-degree murder. It is a 25-year minimum/mandatory sentence. He was also ordered to not have any contact with the victim’s family. Joiner was arrested in 2019 for the murder of his girlfriend, ...

Former masseuse sentenced to prison for sexual battery

Jeffrey Scott Kaplan, a former masseuse, has been found guilty of Sexual Battery and sentenced to prison, for a crime that occurred while he was working at a Fort Myers business. Kaplan was sentenced to seven years in prison followed by five years of Sex Offender Probation and was adjudicated a ...

Next veteran recognition Honor Flight #25 scheduled for Sept. 30

Collier-Lee Honor Flight is pleased to announce that the next Honor Flight, Flight #25, is scheduled to take place on Sept. 30. We extend a warm invitation to all military veterans from Collier and Lee County to register for consideration to participate for free in this extraordinary event. In ...

American Legion Post 90 in Cape Coral wins national press award

American Legion Post 90 in Cape Coral was awarded the prestigious American Legion Media Alliance Award for Best Public Relations Program. Post 90 of SW Florida was awarded first place in the nationwide competition for 2022-2023. Judges selected Post 90 over 95 entries from any Post in the ...

Convicted cop killer sentenced to life in prison

The man found guilty of killing a Fort Myers Police Officer in 2018 was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Monday in a Fort Myers court. Wisner Desmaret, 34, of Fort Myers, shot Officer Adam Jobbers-Miller, who had responded to an assault and larceny call at a gas ...

Cape’s property values jump more than 7%

While overall property valuation didn’t blow up into the double digits in 2022, the estimated property valuations throughout Lee County again increased overall, with Cape Coral again at the top of the podium. But Hurricane Ian — one of the the most devastating storms in Florida history ...