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Lorenzo Gene Dukes (Credit: LCSO booking photo) A Fort Myers man was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for stealing and selling a bicycle. Lorenzo Gene Dukes, 41, was convicted of dealing in stolen property and false verification of ownership to a pawnbroker. In 2019, Dukes went into a bicycle shop and stole a bike from the showroom floor. The $3,000 bike happened to belong to a person who worked in the store. The crime was caught on surveillance video. Lee County Sheriff’s Office investigated and found that Dukes sold the bike, which had a serial number on it, to a pawn shop for $500. Dukes has an extensive criminal history dating back to 1997 in Lee County.