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An arrest warrant issued Monday for Cape Coral councilmember Patty L. Cummings charged her with three third degree felonies: Fraudulent Application for Driver License and two counts of False Swearing in Connection with or Arising Out of Voting or Elections.She surrendered at the Lee County Sheriff's Office Tuesday afternoon.
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A man shot and killed at least 16 people at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, and then fled into the night, sparking a massive search by hundreds of officers while frightened residents in multiple communities stayed locked in their homes Thursday under a shelter-in-place advisory.
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Denis Casseus, 44, Cape Coral, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for bank fraud and an illegal monetary transaction as part of a Paycheck Protection Program fraud scheme.
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A little-noticed, years-long court battle over a single-vehicle accident could have broad implications in a state where more than 1,000 people were killed by impaired drivers last year enters a crucial phase this week. A state prosecutor and defense lawyer are set to clash in a case that hinged over something that seemed a no-brainer: What is a car “crash”?
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Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Fort Myers Regional Operations Center assisted Pennsylvania State Police on October 2 with the arrest of Daniel Danzinger for a sexual assault that occurred in Springfield Township, Pennsylvania, in 2003.
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Christopher John Worrell of Naples, a member of the 'Proud Boys' extremist group, who disappeared days before his sentencing in the U.S. Capitol riot case in August, is now in FBI custody. The agency said Worrell was found unconscious his home in Naples after he attempted to covertly return to the Collier County address.
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Four people, two of them from Naples, involved in a theft ring that preyed on the campers being used for Hurricane Ian victims were arrested Wednesday by the Florida Highway Patrol and local law enforcement officials.
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Multiple people were fatally shot Saturday inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store, the city’s mayor has told a television station. A city council member says the shooter is dead.
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A Cape Coral mother and daughter will each serve prison sentences in a fraud case involving more than $500,000 and a senior citizen for whom they were hired as caretakers.
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Sentencing scheduled today in federal court in Washington D.C. for Naples resident Christopher Worrell has been cancelled and rescheduled at a later date while federal authorities are looking for him.