Outside of the City of Fort Myers Police Department. Photo via WINK News. UPDATE The City of Fort Myers has responded to accusations of sex and tainted arrests at the Fort Myers Police Department. Two people, once convicted of dealing drugs, say Detective Donald Weathers and his superiors ignored salacious behavior by a confidential informant used for undercover drug buys. Chania Ware and Eugene Hunter were convicted of selling drugs to a woman who was working as a confidential informant for police. In another undercover drug deal, the informant claimed the suspect forced her to perform oral sex before the buy. That sex act, while working for the police department, violated rules and compromised the investigation. However, the department may have misstepped, according to the suit. Several members of the department, including detectives and senior staff, knew about the sex act, but didn’t stop using the woman for drug buys. A judge vacated Ware and Hunter’s sentences because police didn’t make defense attorneys aware of the problems with the informant before conviction. The apparent cover-up was discovered when the department conducted a massive audit in 2016. When confronted, the department claimed that detective Weathers lied about his knowledge about the sex act, and was ultimately fired. The city claims the current chief is cleaning house and not taking these type of things lightly. In an email, a city spokesperson pointed out everything laid out in the lawsuit happened before Chief Derrick Diggs took over. Diggs fired the detective at the center of this. [Read the full statement from the city below] However, there are four active duty members of the department named in this lawsuit and the city’s statement doesn’t address them. An attorney for Detective Donald Weathers told WINK News that Weathers disputed his termination, claiming that he never lied about the situation with the drug buy. The state attorney’s office said it would not comment on pending litigation. Chania Ware, Eugene Hunter and their attorney also did not respond to WINK News. Submit Copyright ©2024 Fort Myers Broadcasting. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without prior written consent.