Jack Lowenstein

Lee County Sheriff’s Office helped make an arrest in a 40-year-old cold case murder investigation. On Tuesday, LCSO worked with Muskego Police Department from Wisconsin to arrest John Bayerl, 78, at his home in Fort Myers for First Degree Murder. Bayerl is accused of killing his wife Dona Mae Bayerl, related to her May 6, […]

The arrest report for a teen who was elbowed in the face during detainment by a Lee County sheriff’s deputy was released Monday. According to the report, accused Bienviedo Roman, 17, and Deputy Blake Grossi had several run-ins prior to the time of Bienviedo’s arrest Thursday. According to the report, Bienviedo was arrested because of […]

Birds in Southwest Florida were found brutalized. X-ray images show white dots where 38 BBs hit and eventually caused the death of a vulture. This bird and a bald eagle are among three federally protect birds recently found dead in the past week. The vulture, a bald eagle and a hawk were all found shot […]

There is a prime piece of real estate with a potential to be anything in North Fort Myers right off the Caloosahatchee River. Neighbors are split on the possibility of a new marina and restaurant coming to their area. County-owned lot off Inlet Drive in the Waterway Estates in North Fort Myers is being considered […]

A Cape Coral teacher pled guilty for having sex with a child. He was accused back in 2017. James Harris, 43, was sentenced to 11 years in prison Monday for having sex with one of his students at Mariner High School in Cape Coral. According to the state attorney’s office press release, Harris pled guilty […]

A bicyclist was killed in a crash with a car in Bonita Springs. According to Florida Highway Patrol, Robert Thomas Miniger, 65, died in a crash on Bonita Beach Road Southwest west of Imperial Shores Boulevard in Bonita Springs Monday. According to the report, a driver in a 2012 Honda CRV was traveling eastbound on […]

Senior managers at Facebook knew about a data breach associated with campaign consulting firm Cambridge Analytica before it was first reported in the media in 2015, according to a U.K. Parliament report that concludes the company “deliberately misled” a wide-ranging investigation into disinformation, “fake news” and election interference. “Among the countless innocuous postings of celebrations […]

A 47-year-old man has been charged with killing three men at a bowling alley in Torrance last month, CBS Los Angeles reports. Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney John Chang said Reginald Leander Wallace, of Los Angeles, is charged with opening fire at Gable House Bowl on Jan. 4. Victims Michael Radford, 20, Astin Edwards, 28, […]

There is at least one fatality in a crash in DeSoto County. Florida Highway Patrol is responding to a fatal crash on the 500 block of N Brevard Avenue (US 17) in Arcadia Sunday. There is a roadblock on northbound lanes of US 17 near the crash in place. Drive cautiously, or seek an alternate […]

Law enforcement has confirmed the name of a sheriff’s deputy who elbowed a teen after he had been detained. On Friday, Lee County Sheriff’s Office placed Deputy Blake Grossi under administrative leave after he was recorded by a bystander elbowing a suspect in the face after detainment. Deputies were arresting Bienvenido Roman, 17, who Grossi […]