Dannielle Garcia

A Fort Myers police officer is facing charges after stopping a woman who had drugs in her car with a little girl and not reporting it. Weeks later, that girl died in a car crash. Investigators say Officer Tyler Williams did not report child abuse in January and now, he says there wasn’t enough proof […]

Inmate Michael Edwards and his family did not receive the response they had hoped for from the Florida clemency board on Wednesday. Edwards was sentenced to a total of 60 years in prison almost 27 years ago. He was 30 years old, and his crime was for selling less than half of an ounce of […]

Sentenced to 60 years in prison for a nonviolent drug crime, a man has paid the price after he sold less than half of an ounce of cocaine to an ex-girlfriend who set him up. Under the three-strike law, he was not given any more chances. Inmate Michael Edwards is looking forward to the possibility […]

Two single moms who live at a troubled apartment complex say there is no help from the company running it to deal with bugs, lack of air conditioning, and crime plaguing their homes. Our crew visited Sunrise Towers apartments in Fort Myers on Tuesday, and they had trouble walking through the smell, mold and bugs […]

An entire classroom at Gateway Elementary was forced to quarantine after it had a confirmed COVID-19 case last week. The positive case was confirmed last Thursday. Since it involved elementary school students, who spend large amounts of time together, the Department of Health in Lee County and the School District of Lee County’s protocols are to […]

United Flight Airlines 175 is one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center on 9/11. A former flight attendant in Lee County knew the crew of Flight 175. We spoke with former flight attendant Corlin Tucker about losing her friends on 9/11. Tucker won’t ever forget when she watched the second plane […]

Since the beginning of 2020, we have reported on a number of young children who were involved in separate serious or deadly car crashes within or near Southwest Florida. The one thing in common about all these incidents is none of the children were restrained, either with a seat belt or in a car seat. […]

A 7-year-old boy is in the hospital after his mother ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle. It’s confirmed the child was not wearing a seat belt in the back seat of the car at the time of the crash. Now, both he and his mom are in critical condition. Wednesday night, state […]

A mother helped catch an accused sexual predator who, deputies say, was having sex with her 14-year-old daughter. Dane Ayers, a 20-year-old professional ice dancer, was arrested and deputies say he was having sex with the young girl at Hertz Arena. When Collier County detectives got the case, they had to find a way to […]

The Lee County School Board is currently considering a settlement with a ‘Jane Doe’ in a teacher sex abuse case. “We’re looking for justice and accountability,” said Attorney Dennis Webb in a 2019 interview with WINK News. Webb represents the victim and former student. In his lawsuit against The  School District of Lee County, Webb […]