Traffic nightmare due to road and lane closures near eventful night in downtown Fort MyersFEMA gives Lee County another deadline extension for the flood insurance discount
LEE COUNTY When electronic signatures show up on documents you didn’t sign Customers of Bonita Springs AC company allege signature fraud When the headquarters of Bruno Total Home Performance was raided by the Cape Coral Police Department in January, it didn’t come as a surprise to several former customers of the company. The Florida Attorney General also has an active criminal investigation into the company as well […]
BONITA SPRINGS Investors accuse Bruno air conditioning of embezzlement in lawsuit Louis Bruno could be kicked out of his own company if investors get their way. Bruno Total Home Performance offices in Bonita Springs were raided by law enforcement in January, and the company is part of an active criminal investigation being conducted by the Florida attorney general. Investors Larry and Arby Lipman filed a lawsuit […]
FORT MYERS Sewage Spills: Hurricane Irma highlighted deficiencies in wastewater treatment In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma 88 million gallons of wastewater spilled into state waters, according to the Department of Environmental Protection. A million gallons of it came from the city of Arcadia where debris clogged a pump and pressurized pipes led to sewage spilling out of a manhole and into the Peace River. Julie […]
FORT MYERS Lawsuit against Bruno Total Home Performance alleges fraud and deceptive business practices Two weeks after a law enforcement raid on a prominent Bonita Springs air conditioning and home maintenance company, a former customer is taking legal action. Lance Henderson filed a lawsuit in Lee County against Bruno Total Home Performance and it’s owner Louis Bruno, as well as one of the company’s employees. The suit also named […]
BONITA SPRINGS Bonita couple gets free AC system upgrade after WINK News investigation Mark and Barbara Boocher said their air conditioning and heating system has not been functioning correctly since July. The couple claimed they paid $17,500 for a revamp of their air conditioning and heating system, which was supposed to include new ductwork. Months later the job was not completed. Last Tuesday, when police raided the Bonita […]
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral man says Bruno Home Performance signed him up for financing without his consent Lance Henderson said he was signed up for financing with Bruno Home Performance without them ever getting his consent to do so. On Tuesday, law enforcement raided the Bruno offices in Bonita Springs but they will not say what they were looking for or what they’re investigating. “It’s sad that they are taking advantage of […]
BONITA SPRINGS Police, attorney general investigating Bonita Springs air conditioning company The Cape Coral Police Department searched the offices of Bruno Air Conditioning Tuesday. The department would not comment about the raid, citing the ‘active investigation’. Since November, several Bruno customers have called and email WINK News with complaints that the company duped them out of thousands of dollars for air conditioning work. “It was like […]
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Downtown Fort Myers sees multiple new hotel projects If a person wants to stay in downtown Fort Myers right now, his or her only option is the 60-some room Hotel Indigo. But, not for long. The group that owns Hotel Indigo recently purchased land along MacGregor nearby the Edison Home to build a Hampton Inn. But is downtown busy enough to sustain this […]
FORT MYERS Most airlines increased flights to Southwest Florida in 2018 Air travel data from the US Department of Transportation shows that between January and September 2018 all but one airline increased flights through Southwest Florida International Airport. Frontier increased flights by more than 40 percent, the biggest jump for any airline analyzed by WINK News. Southwest Airlines was the only airline to have an decrease […]
Could farmers make money by helping clean up Florida’s water supply? It’s called “wetlaculture.” The marriage between agriculture and wetlands restoration is being pitched by scientists as the middle ground in the tug of war between the farming industry and environmentalists. “It’s an approach for putting more wetlands back on the landscape but it’s also an approach for allowing more sustainable agriculture as well,” said Dr. […]