Naples-based fashion designer supports teen who was denied entrance to promStaying safe against rip currents
NAPLES Naples-based fashion designer supports teen who was denied entrance to prom Sophie Savidge is getting some swanky bow ties from Naples-based fashion designer Peter Jean-Marie.
FORT MYERS BEACH Staying safe against rip currents Mother Nature is throwing us for a loop. Right now, most of our beaches are at high risk for rip currents.
FORT MYERS Football officials work to keep the ‘Friday’ in Friday night lights Whether you think they are making good calls or bad ones, without officials there would be no Friday night lights.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE Army Corps prepares Lake Okeechobee ahead of ‘extremely active’ hurricane season This year, we had an abnormally wet dry season. The lake rose when it should have been receding.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral man charged with felony after allegedly backing into Publix employee A man on a grocery store run turned into a hit-and-run victim after he allegedly backed onto a Publix employee, according to the arrest report.
FORT MYERS Avoiding the “Summer Slide”: How to keep students engaged during the summer Every kid looks forward to summer, but they also face the “Summer Slide”, a term for students who aren’t mentally engaged over the summer.
NAPLES Details: Judge Judy files defamation suit against National Enquirer parent company Television personality Judge Judy Sheindlin, a resident of Collier County, filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against Accelerate360 and A360 Media LLC, the parent companies of the National Enquirer and InTouch Weekly.
CAPE CORAL Exclusive video shows why family of 13-year-old hit and killed in Cape Coral is filing civil rights complaint In a newly released exclusive video sent to WINK news, you can see the moments before a 13-year-old was fatally struck while riding his electric scooter in Cape Coral.
Tackling the teacher shortage in Lee County Are your kids losing out on the value of going to school because of inconsistency in who their teachers are?
6 bus crash victims identified; Immokalee community mourns loss Eight Mexican migrant farmworkers’ lives were cut short in an instant during a bus crash in Central Florida, and now we know who at least six of them were.
CAPE CORAL CCPD holds memorial service for fallen officers The Cape Coral Police Department, along with city employees took some time Wednesday to pray, thank, and honor the men and women who risk their lives every day to make sure our families are safe.
NAPLES Greater Naples Fire Rescue District starts Project Fire Buddies Greater Naples Fire is the first fire department to start a Project Fire Buddies program in Florida.
LEHIGH ACRES LCSO investigating shooting at Fleming Ecological Park in Lehigh Acres; 1 injured The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is reporting one person has been injured in a shooting near the Jim Fleming Ecological Park in Lehigh Acres, and though they haven’t arrested anyone, they are investigating.
LEHIGH ACRES Deputies investigating reports of man pulling rifle on Waste Pro worker in Lehigh Acres The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating reports of a man pulling a rifle on a garbage truck worker in Lehigh Acres.
Collier County Schools postpones possible school zoning changes The Collier County School Board voted four to one against two different proposals that could redraw school boundaries.
NAPLES Naples-based fashion designer supports teen who was denied entrance to prom Sophie Savidge is getting some swanky bow ties from Naples-based fashion designer Peter Jean-Marie.
FORT MYERS BEACH Staying safe against rip currents Mother Nature is throwing us for a loop. Right now, most of our beaches are at high risk for rip currents.
FORT MYERS Football officials work to keep the ‘Friday’ in Friday night lights Whether you think they are making good calls or bad ones, without officials there would be no Friday night lights.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE Army Corps prepares Lake Okeechobee ahead of ‘extremely active’ hurricane season This year, we had an abnormally wet dry season. The lake rose when it should have been receding.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral man charged with felony after allegedly backing into Publix employee A man on a grocery store run turned into a hit-and-run victim after he allegedly backed onto a Publix employee, according to the arrest report.
FORT MYERS Avoiding the “Summer Slide”: How to keep students engaged during the summer Every kid looks forward to summer, but they also face the “Summer Slide”, a term for students who aren’t mentally engaged over the summer.
NAPLES Details: Judge Judy files defamation suit against National Enquirer parent company Television personality Judge Judy Sheindlin, a resident of Collier County, filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against Accelerate360 and A360 Media LLC, the parent companies of the National Enquirer and InTouch Weekly.
CAPE CORAL Exclusive video shows why family of 13-year-old hit and killed in Cape Coral is filing civil rights complaint In a newly released exclusive video sent to WINK news, you can see the moments before a 13-year-old was fatally struck while riding his electric scooter in Cape Coral.
Tackling the teacher shortage in Lee County Are your kids losing out on the value of going to school because of inconsistency in who their teachers are?
6 bus crash victims identified; Immokalee community mourns loss Eight Mexican migrant farmworkers’ lives were cut short in an instant during a bus crash in Central Florida, and now we know who at least six of them were.
CAPE CORAL CCPD holds memorial service for fallen officers The Cape Coral Police Department, along with city employees took some time Wednesday to pray, thank, and honor the men and women who risk their lives every day to make sure our families are safe.
NAPLES Greater Naples Fire Rescue District starts Project Fire Buddies Greater Naples Fire is the first fire department to start a Project Fire Buddies program in Florida.
LEHIGH ACRES LCSO investigating shooting at Fleming Ecological Park in Lehigh Acres; 1 injured The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is reporting one person has been injured in a shooting near the Jim Fleming Ecological Park in Lehigh Acres, and though they haven’t arrested anyone, they are investigating.
LEHIGH ACRES Deputies investigating reports of man pulling rifle on Waste Pro worker in Lehigh Acres The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating reports of a man pulling a rifle on a garbage truck worker in Lehigh Acres.
Collier County Schools postpones possible school zoning changes The Collier County School Board voted four to one against two different proposals that could redraw school boundaries.
Carlos Javier Lobos, 44, was arrested in 2018 and accused of child molestation due to a typo on an arrest warrant. His lawyer says shortly after the false arrest, the sheriff’s office administratively expunged all records of it. Lobos is suing. (CREDIT: WINK News) An innocent Lee County man is suing the Lee County Sheriff’s Office over a typo that led to his wrongful arrest. Carlos Javier Lobos, 44, was arrested in 2018 and accused of child molestation. His lawyer says shortly after the false arrest, the sheriff’s office administratively expunged all records of it. While he was cleared of the crime after the detective realized the mistake, Lobos believes his name has been tainted after he was arrested in front of his family. Now, Lobos is fighting back. Lobos was arrested two years ago in his Cape Coral home by a U.S. Marshals task force, who should have been searching for Carlos Alberto Lobo, 34. “They arrested me in front of my wife and kids and, she was asking what, why, what was going on. And one of them told them it was because supposedly I was a child molester,” Lobos told WINK News. But the warrant was wrong. “All I want to do is clear my name,” he said. Within days of Lobos’ arrest, WINK News put in a public record request for documents. WINK found the warrant detailing the timeline of events leading from the initial complaint to the wrong guy’s arrest and release. In July of 2018, the Department of Children and Families reported a case of sexual abuse to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. In Aug. 2018, Special Victims Unit Det. Chris Meyer, of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, interviewed the family who said the suspect was an uncle, Carlos Lobo, who lives in Lehigh Acres. The family gave Lobo’s phone number to Meyer and said the suspect might have gone to Indiana or Miami. Meyer called the suspect and asked to interview him but Lobo hung up. In December 2018, a judge signed off on the warrant that has Carlos Lobos’ name on it instead of Carlos Lobo. A week later, Lobos is in handcuffs. WINK News found the detective’s interview with Lobos is riddled with confusion. “Did she say my name? Like, my name?” Lobos asked the detective. “Because I don’t know that person.” The detective asked Lobos if he knows who his accusers are. “No idea,” he said. Lobos said the phone number the detective called was not his own. “You didn’t talk to me, sir,” he said. By then, Lobos said he thought the detective could tell the details didn’t match up. Lobos said he has never lived in Lehigh Acres and has no family living there. The detective asked if Lobos was a common name. Lobos said his first name was, but his last name was not common. “I thought that they were just gonna let me go home. But that wasn’t the case,” Lobos told WINK News. Lobos says he was stripped and thrown in a jail cell for hours. Documents show the detective brought Lobos’s photo to the family. They told the detective he had the wrong guy. The detective ordered Lobos’ immediate release. “They said that the officer called and said, you know, he made a mistake and to let me go,” Lobos said. Lobos never received an apology. Days after Lobos’ arrest, the judge signed a new warrant and the right man, Carlos Alberto Lobo was arrested. But the damage was already done. “His friends wouldn’t talk to him anymore,” said Terry Cramer, the lawyer representing Lobos. “His family didn’t know what to think. And it was a mistaken identity.” Cramer said Lobos’s reputation as a family man and a hard-working business owner is still at stake. “Carlos doesn’t have any hard feelings,” Cramer said. “He’s an ordinary guy, and just wants to clear his name. He wants to move on with his life.” Lobos doesn’t know how the mistake was made. He said the detective would have to answer to that. WINK News asked the Lee County Sheriff’s Office for an interview to see if anything has changed to avoid making the same mistake, but they said they don’t comment on pending litigation. They also haven’t responded to the lawsuit. Carlos Alberto Lobo is due in court later this month on the charges against him. His attorney declined to comment.