Attorney wants 2 Lee County deputies fired after disputed arrest of client

Writer: Jack Lowenstein
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Surveillance image from property and moments leading to Lee County deputies arresting Enzo Vincenzi,53 Monday, June 10, 2019. Credit: Shared with WINK News.

An attorney wants two Lee County deputies to be fired from the sheriff’s office after he says their account of the arrest of his client does not match surveillance recordings.

The deputies are captured taking down a man on his own property after they were originally responding to the report of a suicidal person. Charges against the man have since been dropped by the state attorney’s office amid the dispute.

In June, Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested 53-year-old Enzo Vincenzi at his home in North Fort Myers for Obstruction of Justice and Resisting Arrest, and the nature of the arrest is now being disputed by Vincenzi and his attorney.

“My jaw dropped when I saw the video,” attorney Jerry Theophilopoulos, who is representing Vincenzi.

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