September 26, 2015

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Thousands of people marked the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students by marching down Mexico City’s premier avenue in an atmosphere of defiant hope Saturday. Activists said the movement might bring justice for Mexico’s disappeared, though only two of the students’ remains have been identified by DNA analysis of […]

MELBOURNE, Fla. – A 20-year-old woman was arrested Saturday for riding a sea turtle according to the Orlando Sentinel. Melbourne police said Stephanie Marie Moore was photographed sitting or riding the turtle on a beach back in July. The picture went viral. Saturday Moore was arrested on a felony warrant and booked into the Brevard County Jail. […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Pope Francis is in Philadelphia this weekend, the fourth and final stop of his trip abroad that first took him to Cuba, then to Washington D.C. and New York. After his arrival in the City of Brotherly Love on Saturday morning, he celebrated Mass in front of more than 1,500 people at […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – A University of Florida student is in legal trouble after an alligator hide was found drying in his fraternity house’s backyard. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said 22-year-old Cristov Dosev was charged with illegal possession of an alligator skin after the discovery. Dosev was arrested on Wednesday after failing […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Lee County deputies are investigating a shooting near West Mariana Avenue and Piney Road. Neighbors say they heard several gunshots and saw a white truck drive by. “I had a friend text me that there was a shooting on our block and I didn’t hear anything. I was on my way to work […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is looking for a suspect who robbed a convenience store on Palm Beach Boulevard Thursday morning. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says the suspect walked into the Gulf Express Store around 4:30 a.m., covered in red plastic wrap. Deputies say the man walked up to the clerk and said “do the […]

NAPLES, Fla. – A man has died after he fell off a building Saturday morning. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed 32-year-old Selvin Velasquez-Nunez died at the hospital after falling 10 feet in a construction zone. It happened at 7:50 a.m. at 13520 Monticello Boulevard. The sheriff’s office said Vasquez-Nunez worked for S & B Framing […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Residents can drop off unused or expired medications at sheriff’s offices across Southwest Florida Saturday. This is the 10th year National Drug Take-Back Day has been looking to give you a safe way to dispose of the medications. Officials say medications should never be thrown away in the trash, or washed down […]

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. – Lee County Deputies say one man jumped from a burning car Saturday morning. WINK News was on scene after 2:30 a.m. near the Circle K at 4600 Bayline Drive. The car was charred when we arrived. The man, who didn’t want to be named, told us when he turned onto […]