A Sarasota man is facing three felony child neglect charges after police say his children were found living in dangerous and unsanitary conditions on two separate visits to the family’s home. According to the Sarasota Police Department, officers first encountered 48-year-old Tony Mayner in September 2025 while the Homeless OutreachContinue Reading
NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has arrested Albert “Shane” Sibert, 54, of North Fort Myers, following a wide-ranging investigation that uncovered financial crimes, illegal surveillance, and personal misconduct. Sibert faces multiple felony charges, including a scheme to defraud, grand theft, official misconduct, digitalContinue Reading
FORT MYERS, Fla.—The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has arrested two men, Oleh Turianskyi, 37, and Jovaniel Garcia Guzman, 32, on 10 counts each of possession of child sexual abuse material. Turianskyi, a Ukrainian national who overstayed his work visa, is also subject to removal proceedings. The arrests areContinue Reading
SARASOTA, Fla.—A man wanted for a 2006 capital sexual battery case in Florida has been arrested in Tennessee after 19 years on the run. Eleazar Briones-Vega, 50, was arrested without incident on Thursday, August 28, in White Pine, Tennessee, by a multi-agency task force. He was wanted on charges ofContinue Reading
Fort Myers, FL — Rachel Reloni Robinson has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after being adjudicated guilty of Aggravated Battery, Petit Theft, and Resisting a Merchant’s Efforts. Robinson was convicted in June following a jury trial in Lee County. The charges stem from a February 15, 2024, incidentContinue Reading
CAPE CORAL, Fla.—A Cape Coral man has been arrested on ten felony counts of possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), as part of a statewide initiative by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). Eduardo Antonio Arango Ruiz, 69, was arrested on August 18 and transported to the Lee CountyContinue Reading
COLLIER COUNTY, FL – A school crossing guard’s keen observation led to the arrest of a suspected thief just one day after he allegedly stole speakers from a Walmart. George Stidham Jr., 53, is now in the Collier County jail facing charges of retail theft and trespassing. According to SheriffContinue Reading
A 24-year-old man from Arcadia, Israel Rivas, was arrested this week after violently shaking his two-month-old infant in the parking lot of a Fort Myers bar, according to Lee County Sheriff’s Office detectives. Rivas had been at the Nauti Parrot Oasis with friends but agreed to stay outside with theContinue Reading
NAPLES, Fla. — A 47-year-old convicted felon is in custody after selling trafficking amounts of fentanyl to an undercover Collier County Sheriff’s Office detective. Faith Ann Martin of Naples was arrested Thursday and charged with fentanyl trafficking. Detectives with the Vice and Narcotics Bureau identified Martin as a known drugContinue Reading
VENICE, FL – A multi-agency operation conducted at Hotel Venezia during a three-day electronic dance music festival has resulted in the arrest of six individuals on 17 drug charges. The operation, which took place on Friday, August 1, was led by the Venice Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit in coordinationContinue Reading