TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Office of Statewide Prosecution secured a multi-year prison sentence for a scammer that committed multiple white-collar crimes involving real estate and advertising property. Tabria Josey, along with an accomplice, fraudulently listed ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Registration for Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) is now open for the 2023-2024 school year in Lee, Collier, Hendry and Glades counties. The free educational program is available to 4-year-olds that reside in Florida, regardless of family income. Voluntary Prekindergarten is designed to give ...
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 ...
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Residents who want to save the Cape Coral Yacht Club Ballroom building are organizing for the Cape Coral City Council meeting Wednesday. Gloria Tate, a longtime resident and former council member, said she hopes there will be several who will voice their concerns about the Yacht Club during ...
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 ...
