COLLIER COUNTY, Florida – On Thursday, February 5, deputies with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office began investigating a suspicious incident reported near Lake Trafford Elementary School in Immokalee. Around 3:08 p.m., a group of children told deputies they were walking home along Lake Trafford Road, just outside the school, whenContinue Reading
NAPLES, Fla. – A Naples man was arrested Tuesday following a Collier County Sheriff’s Office investigation that determined he fatally shot his 13-year-old son last summer while handling a firearm under the influence of alcohol. According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, Gregory Anthony Zecca, 39, was arrested on aContinue Reading
Collier County, FL – More than two decades after a sexual battery in Golden Gate went unsolved, Collier County Sheriff’s Office detectives have arrested a suspect thanks to a DNA match and persistent investigative work. Rossel Moises Ponce Chirinos, 46, is currently in the Cocke County Jail in Tennessee awaitingContinue Reading
COLLIER COUNTY, FL – The Collier County Sheriff’s Office and the State Attorney’s Cold Case Homicide Unit announced the arrest of Julie Krinsky, 53, in connection with the 2012 murder of Joseph Godcharles. Krinsky was taken into custody Thursday morning in Beverly Hills, FL, where she currently resides. She facesContinue Reading
Naples, Florida – A fraud investigation took an unexpected turn when a suspect tried to impersonate the victim in an effort to shut down the case, only to be confronted by detectives and taken into custody. The incident began on November 29, 2025, when a victim reported to the NaplesContinue Reading
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