6 vehicles stolen early Monday on Marco Island
Published: May 10, 2021 4:18 PM EDT
Updated: May 10, 2021 10:44 PM EDT
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Marco Island police said Monday six vehicles were stolen on the island early this morning, and another 14 were entered or burglarized.
Two of the stolen vehicles were recovered on the island, as was a vehicle stolen out of Pinellas County. The other four still have not been found.
The incidents occurred on Sheffield, Pepperwood, and Devon courts, Copeland Drive, and Ludlow Road.
The vehicles that have yet to be recovered:
• 2019 Black Lincoln Navigator Georgia License Plate RTC833
• 2017 White Ford F-350 (Raised Suspension) Florida License Plate 16GUB
The homicide of Johnny Jackson on the sand behind the Lani Kai Island Resort is the subject of a request for information this week by Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers to help tracking down the shooter responsible for Jackson s death.
Jackson and his cousin, Traviasia Blanks of Fort Myers, were part of a group attending a party. Jackson s brother Jordan Phillips, then a Lani Kai employee who was also a paying guest of the resort, was the host.
Later that night, Jackson was fatally shot and the suspect fled the scene. Over the last 10 months, an investigation has been ongoing by detectives with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
A teenage pedestrian was injured in a Lehigh Acres hit-and-run crash Tuesday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. An unknown vehicle was traveling south on Sunshine Boulevard around 5:27 a.m., the same time a 16-year-old boy from Lehigh Acres was walking south on Sunshine Boulevard, on the narrow paved shoulder of the road. Some […]
North Fort Myers man wanted for child abuse arrested thanks to Crime Stoppers tip
Published: April 23, 2021 11:32 AM EDT
Updated: April 23, 2021 1:51 PM EDT
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A man wanted for child abuse since October 2020 was found and arrested Thursday morning thanks to a tip sent to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers.
Within hours of receiving the tip, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals arrested North Fort Myers resident Bryan Vega Martinez, 29, in connection with an outstanding warrant for two counts of willful child abuse.
Vega had been on the run since Oct. 12, 2020, when he violated probation following an arrest for hitting a 14-month-old baby in the face to make it stop crying while caring for it.