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The Lee County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit is providing the information listed below in continuing efforts to increase traffic safety awareness and educatio...

One person is dead following a domestic altercation in the Silverlakes community of Gateway.

On May 22, 2013 at 4:16 p.m., deputies responded to repo...

 The Florida Association of School Resource Officers (FASRO) will be awarding the Lee County Sheriff's Office "Agency of the Year" honors for 2013.  Thi...

A DUI sobriety checkpoint is scheduled for this weekend, beginning Friday, May 24, 2013. The operation will take place at an undisclosed location in Lee Coun...

How often do you hear a news report end with the phrase "the arrested youth was transported to the Juvenile Assessment Center?"  Do you ever wonder what happ...

On May 18, 2013, at 10:09 p.m., the Lee County Sheriff's Office received a call of a two-vehicle crash near the intersection of Pine Island Road and Commerce Cree...

On Saturday, May 18, 2013, at approximately 11:51 a.m., the Lee County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a robbery at the Chase Bank, located at 21331 Sout...

A sheriff’s deputy and his girlfriend are under arrest for marijuana charges. Piotr (pronounced Peter) Urbanski and Shannon Clancey (DOB 03-28-84) were arr...

Pursuant to Florida Statute 775.21 the Public Safety Information Act of 1997, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office is making formal community notification of a sexua...

UPDATE:

David Burholder has been located and was in good health. Thank you for your assistance in locating him.

Original Release sent today (5/15/...

Four carjacking suspects from Florida's east coast are in the Lee County Jail tonight. 

Intelligence gathered from the Hollywood, Florida Polic...

For more than 15 years, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Youth Services Section has provided the opportunity for students, ages 11 through 13, to participate in ...

The Juvenile Assessment Center (JAC) of Lee County is once again offering free drug test kits to parents of Lee County youth in an effort to curtail juvenile subs...

On Saturday, May 11, 2013, at approximately 2:07 a. m., the Lee County Sheriff's Office received a call in reference to an armed robbery which had just occurred a...

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office will honor our county's fallen officers at the 2013 Law Enforcement Memorial Service Wednesday, May 15 at 9:00 a.m. The ceremony...

With summer break upon us, the Sheriff's Office Youth Activities League (SYAL) is once again reaching out to kids and teens in Southwest Florida.  For the se...

On Thursday, May 9, 2012, at 11:12 p.m., calls were received about a traffic crash on Ben Hill Griffin Parkway. A motorcycle tried to take a curve at a high rate ...

Pursuant to Florida Statute 775.21 the Public Safety Information Act of 1997, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office is making formal community notification of a sexua...

Pursuant to Florida Statute 775.21 the Public Safety Information Act of 1997, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office is making formal community notification of a sexua...

Pursuant to Florida Statute 775.21 the Public Safety Information Act of 1997, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office is making formal community notification of a sexua...

On May 5, 2013, at approximately 11:55 p.m., sheriff's deputies responded to 2407 Ted Avenue S., Lehigh Acres in reference to an attempted robbery and shooti...

Pursuant to Florida Statute 775.21 the Public Safety Information Act of 1997, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office is making formal community notification of a sexua...

The Lee County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing adult.

Donald Hines, Sr. (DOB 6-29-56) was last seen at a...

A Lehigh Acres man has been charged with Second Degree Murder following his girlfriend's death in the hospital.

On April 2, 2013 deputies were called to 1...

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office Fraud Line has received dozens of complaints in the last week from residents who have received spam text messages, also known as...

Pursuant to Florida Statute 775.21 the Public Safety Information Act of 1997, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office is making formal community notification of a sexua...

A real estate scam that recently surfaced in Southwest Florida serves as a timely warning to those in the business of selling property and/or representing agents ...

Often times the victim remains silent, afraid to speak out. Her life is scarred from a violent crime and as a result she may suffer from substance abuse, depressi...

Lee County Sheriff’s Office employees completed the Ninth Annual "Fitness Challenge" this week. This was a voluntary, agency-wide, twelve-week weight ...

Would you knowingly allow a thief to have direct access to your checking account? Most likely the answer is a resounding no! Unfortunately, you may be doing just ...

Daniel Timothy Perry has been located and returned home safely.  

(Initial press release from March 15, 2013)

The Lee County Sheriff's...

On a recent Tuesday morning, the fraud line rang and a local taxi driver reported his concern for an elderly passenger he believed was being scammed in a sweepsta...

On March 11, 2013 at approximately 10:15 p.m., the Lee County Sheriff's Office received a call in reference to a robbery with a firearm at the Subway located at 2...

A trusted bookkeeper is charged with stealing more than $800,000 from her longtime employer to support a gambling habit.  An investigation by the Lee Co...

Sarah Stone has been adjudicated guilty and sentenced to 90 days in the Lee County Jail followed by 2 years Community Control and then 13 months State Probation.&...

For the second time in a row, law enforcement Sergeants of the Lee County Sheriff's Office have voted to decertify the International Union of Police Associations ...

Robbery detectives with the Lee County Sheriff's Office are releasing surveillance pictures of the suspect that committed the armed robbery on February 24 at the ...

On February 10, 2013 Lee County sheriff's deputies worked a single vehicle crash in St. James City involving a motor scooter.  The driver lost control of the...

Lee County deputies hope someone can help identify the man that has twice ripped off a local beauty supply store.

Deputies were called to Ulta, located at...

On March 4, 2013, Robert Schnepp was sentenced to 6 years in Florida State Prison followed by 24 years of probation after pleading guilty to the charges of G...