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Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno and Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Sheriff Chad Chronister signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday that would provide aid to each agency during Hurricane Season, should the need arise.
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The Lee County Sheriff’s Office removed the ability to comment on some social media posts last year, something that's well within their right to do, but prompting some to wonder why.Instagram comments ceased on July 28 of last year, but it’s unknown when the same occurred on Facebook. Law enforcement and citizen perspectives varied on the lack of comment availability on the Sheriff's Office's social media sites.
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On paper, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno and alleged serial swindler Malek Khalil line up as natural adversaries, not friends.Marceno is a popular lawman who grandstands over drug offenders and other defendants sent to the Lee County Jail, or “Marceno’s Motel,” as he calls it. Khalil has been found by civil courts to have committed fraud, racketeering, and theft in ripping off at least $2 million dollars from his victims in the murky world of pain and rehab clinics that cater to plaintiffs in personal injury lawsuits.
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Lee County deputies will be getting body cams, a cost of $2.5 million over 5 years, joining other SWFL law enforcement agencies that have been using them for years.
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When Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno needs to unwind, he likes to gamble – and his financial disclosure forms indicate it’s been an extremely lucrative vice for him.When Marceno filed his 2022 financial disclosure forms with the state last month, he listed $168,696 in extra income from gambling at Seminole Tribe casinos, including the Hard Rock in Hollywood.
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A group of residents gathered in Bonita Springs this week to address the ongoing threat of antisemitism in Southwest Florida.
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The Lee County Sheriff's Office has added another layer of crime-solving to its arsenal with the public unveiling of a new DNA machine.
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The countywide curfew was instituted immediately following the hurricane after reports of looting along U.S. 41 in Fort Myers.
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Information gleaned from an updated death tally after Hurricane Ian, released by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission, and data from local sheriff's offices indicates the statewide death toll is now at least 99.
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Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, and Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno addressed Pine Island residents' concerns for their safety following catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Ian.