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BENNINGTON â Florida police spoke Wednesday about seeing Leonard Forte walking and breathing without trouble, which prosecutors said contradicts Forteâs claims of being in such bad health his decades-old child sex case should be dropped.
Forte, 79, is accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl at his Landgrove vacation home back in 1987. A retired investigator in New York, he was convicted the following year, but the presiding judge ordered a new trial, saying the female prosecutor had prejudiced the jury by being too emotional.
Forte began presenting evidence this week that he is too sick to be retried; therefore, his three felony charges should be dismissed â assertions he has made since the 1990s. State prosecutors believe Forte has been lying all along and have been gathering supporting evidence.
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Deputies, state troopers respond to deadly crash on SR-80 in Hendry County
Published: January 20, 2021 9:23 PM EST
Updated: January 21, 2021 10:48 AM EST
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Hendry County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Highway Patrol responded to a deadly crash on State Road 80 in Hendry County Wednesday night.
According to the HCSO, deputies were at the scene of crash on SR-80 at Riverbend Resort Boulevard, where a car turned over and one person was ejected.
According to FHP, one person was killed in the crash, but it’s not confirmed the victim who was ejected from the vehicle was the individual pronounced dead.
FHP reported eastbound lanes of SR-80 were closed, while westbound were open as of 11:45 p.m.
Escaped Hendry County inmate brought back into custody
Published: January 20, 2021 7:33 AM EST
Updated: January 20, 2021 5:34 PM EST
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Hendry County Sheriff’s Office confirms Wednesday an inmate who escaped Tuesday night was brought back into custody by U.S. Marshals Service.
Inmate Miguel Nunez, 25, was brought back to Hendry County Jail after he escaped during an attempted transfer to SalusCare treatment facility in Fort Myers.
Inmate Miguel Nunez, 25, is seen after being brought back into custody Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 after his attempted escape from law enforcement that began Tuesday Jan. 19, 2021. Credit: Hendry County Sheriff’s Office.
HCSO says Tuesday night, after a transfer to a treatment facility in Lee County, and the release of custody of the inmate to the treatment center, the deputy was returning to the transport vehicle and heard someone shout out, “He’s running.”
Devan Patel, Naples Daily News
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11:21 am UTC Feb. 6, 2021
Devan Patel, Naples Daily News
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11:21 am UTC Feb. 6, 2021
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