Dannielle Garcia

A dog in south Fort Myers found severely malnourished and in horrible conditions now has a second chance at life. 12-year-old Blanca was found tied to a short chain, in the heat, flea-infested, bleeding, and starved to the point of eating rocks. Now she has a new life, a new family, and a new name. […]

Eleven animals were removed from a home in Charlotte County after being forced to live in terrible conditions. One dog was less than half of what he was supposed to weigh. WINK News is not naming the owner of the animals because she isn’t facing any charges. However, that could change as animal control agents […]

An abused dog will find a new home soon after a judge ruled in favor of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday morning. The agency wanted to keep the dog away from its owner who is suspected of abusing it. A civil hearing was held for 22-year-old Marcus Chiddister, accused of beating Sheeba in the […]

Fort Myers police detectives are close to solving a 2008 homicide that killed Torry Chrisp but are asking for the public’s help. Chrisp, 22, was inside his Brookside Village apartment with friends when two masked men entered and began shooting, according to Fort Myers police. Chrisp fled outside and was chased by a vehicle and […]

An Immokalee High School teacher who sexted young girls will spend his summer in jail. Travis Westberry was arrested last year for inappropriately touching one student and sending nudes to another. Westberry was meant to be a guiding voice. He was the coach for the boy’s basketball team and teacher of young minds. Instead, the […]

If you are looking for a cheap apartment with a great view in Southwest Florida, good luck. Fort Myers is the second most overpriced rental market in the country, and businesses are having trouble keeping employees because of that high cost of living. As most people know firsthand, salaries here aren’t always matched up with […]

A woman is in custody after a major drug bust on Grand Ave in Fort Myers on Wednesday. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said Shenna Nicole Gentry was leaving her apartment complex when they arrived and detectives got her just in time. “When this Bearcat pulls up, it’s not just pull up, get out, and […]

A man has filed a lawsuit against the Cape Coral Police Department because he says an officer didn’t do a wellness check properly. Calvin Cotner was in California and hadn’t heard from his wife in Cape Coral. He called for a wellness check, and the officer said there were no signs of distress and left. […]

A man adjudicated guilty, is sentenced to 22 years in prison for a crash that killed his two sons after being left to die in a sinking car. Their father Kenneth Wayne Lawson withdrew his not guilty plea on four charges on Wednesday and changed his plea to no contest. And with that no contest […]

Graduate students in Southwest Florida are trapping dangerous rattlesnakes for research. It’s not what most people want to find in their yard but on Thursday a 14-year-old boy walking in an overgrown grassy area to go fishing was bitten by one of the snakes. He is recovering at a hospital ICU. It’s snake-mating season now, […]