Melissa Montoya

A 26-year-old Collier County man was arrested after deputies say he tried to steal materials from a construction site. Gabriel Arcia-Hernandez faces charges of burglary and grand theft. According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy came across a white Dodge Ram pickup with Arcia-Hernandez behind the when that was driving recklessly near the […]

A 34-year-old Fort Myers man has been found guilty of raping a co-worker following a 4-day trial in Lee County. Kyndall Tyree Hutchins, a sexual offender, assaulted an underage co-worker after he followed her into a nearby employee parking lot at the restaurant they worked at. The crime happened in August of 2020. After the […]

A 30-year-old Naples man was found guilty of aggravated battery following a 2-day trial in Collier County. The state attorney’s office said Juan Toro had been at a party and got into a verbal altercation with a woman and demanded she take off a sweatshirt he loaned her. When she refused, he pushed her into […]

The Collier County Supervisor of Elections office said it will begin mailing new voter information cards this week to all registered active voters. The mailing is a result of the local and statewide redistricting following the 2020 US Census. Voters are encouraged to review their new voter information card that lists their voting district for […]

The findings of an inspection for MW Horticulture remain under review following a site visit on Thursday, according to the San Carlos Park Fire District. That means a stop-work order remains in effect. Meanwhile, the first district has provided the recycling facility with an invoice of $152,514 for the work that was done there for […]

A 61-year-old Ohio man was found guilty of molesting a child less than 12 years old following a 2-day trial in Lee County. The State Attorney’s Office said Jeffrey Lynn Ross was arrested in March of 2021 after a victim came forward and reported past sexual abuse. Ross was investigated by the Cape Coral Police […]

A Golden Gate man was found guilty of molesting a child following a 3-day trial. The State Attorney’s Office said Jeyber Leonel Monje Mejia was arrested after a child told an adult that he was text messaging her to tell her she was attractive and to ask her for photos. The child also told the […]

Authorities are searching for a person of interest in a theft from a golf store in North Fort Myers. The theft happened on May 12 at Golf World at 19001 North Tamiami Trail. The subject visited the store four times in the last three weeks, according to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers. Authorities say a set […]

A 30-year-old Cape Coral man has been arrested for alleged involvement in a hit-and-run crash that left one person dead last October. Jesse Ford was arrested on Tuesday by the U.S. Marshals Regional Task Force, according to the Fort Myers Police Department. He faces charges of hit-and-run involving death and evidence-destroying in connection to the […]

MW Horticulture has been issued a notice of non-compliance and a stop-work order will remain in effect after a fire burned there continuously for almost a dozen days last month. The inspection of the facility was conducted on Friday by the San Carlos Fire District. The fire chief took the weekend to review what they […]