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Our Community Response Unit (CRU) was created to solve problems that arise in the community. CRU focuses on establishing and maintaining direct community contacts to foster grassroots partnerships to address and resolve quality of life issues.

The five branches of CRU are Community Outreach, Community Policing, Crime Prevention, Construction Special Investigations and Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Crime Prevention focuses on educating and training our community through programs, partnerships and initiatives. Community Policing establishes community safety teams at providing service and support through interaction and effective communication with homeownersโ€™ associations.

For more information please contact us at 239-477-1CRU (1278) or CRU@sheriffleefl.org.

SHERIFF CARMINE MARCENO

Sheriff Carmine Marceno created the Community Response Unit as part of his initiative to enhance community engagement throughout Lee County.

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Deputies are working a traffic crash at East Terry St and Imperial Pwy. All lanes of traffic are currenlty blocked. Please avoid this area as deputies work the crash.

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The Lee County Sheriff's Office is requesting the public's assistance in locating a missing endangered adult, Alexis Bechardย (W/F DOB: 07/06/1991).

Alexis is 5โ€™07โ€, 165lbs with strawberry blonde hair & brown eyes.

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Deputies are assisting with a traffic crash at Three Oaks Parkway and Roundstone Circle in Estero. At this time, all of Three Oaks Pkwy southbound is shutdown. Please avoid this area as this crash is being worked.

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๐’๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐จ will kick off the ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ this morning at 10AM. ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค!๐Ÿ† ... See MoreSee Less

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๐ŸšจMISSING ENDANGERED ADULT๐ŸšจThe Lee County Sheriff's Office is requesting the public's assistance in locating a missing endangered adult, Alexis Bechard (W/F DOB: 07/06/1991).Alexis is 5โ€™07โ€, 165lbs with strawberry blonde hair & brown eyes.She was last seen walking in the 7200blk of Cypress Dr in Fort Myers on September 14th. She was seen wearing a t shirt and jeans.If you have any information on the whereabouts of Alexis Bechard , please contact the Lee County Sheriffโ€™s Office at 239-477-1000 or SWFL Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS. ... See MoreSee Less

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๐ŸŒŸ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐‘๐„๐€๐ƒ๐˜ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐ˆ๐“ ?!๐ŸŒŸ Register for our upcoming READY (๐‘espond with ๐„mpowerment and ๐€wareness to ๐ƒefend ๐˜ourself) Class, held this ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, 9:19 at ๐Ÿ’๐๐Œ - ๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐†๐‚๐“๐‚ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ!The class starts with a virtual presentation to include topics such as situational awareness and safety tips, then ends with a self defense training session. Women of all ages starting at 13 years old are welcome. To register or for additional information, call 239-477-1CRU! #๐‹๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ๐†๐จ๐‹๐š๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ๐Ÿคฉ ... See MoreSee Less

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๐“๐‘๐€๐…๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐Š๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€๐Œ๐Ž๐”๐๐“๐’ ๐Ž๐… ๐๐€๐‘๐‚๐Ž๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐’ ๐‹๐„๐€๐ƒ ๐“๐Ž ๐’๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐Š ๐’๐„๐๐“๐„๐๐‚๐ˆ๐๐† "I've made this incredibly clear โ€” poison pushers are not welcome in Lee County and will face the consequences of their actions," stated ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐จ. "I'm grateful for our partnership with the State Attorney's Office and will continue work with our local and state partners to ensure our community is free of illegal narcotics." Members of our Narcotics Unit arrested and charged ๐„๐ง๐ซ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž "๐’๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค" ๐†๐จ๐ง๐ณ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ in 2024 for trafficking narcotics within Lee County. During the investigation, Gonzales sold over 610 grams of methamphetamine and 28 grams of cocaine. Gonzales pled guilty to the following counts: ๐“๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž (๐Ÿ‘ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ) ๐“๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž (๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ) ๐“๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž (๐Ÿ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ) Gonzales has been sentenced to seventeen (17) years in prison on each of the aforementioned counts. The sentences are to run concurrently. ... See MoreSee Less

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Today, we honor the more than ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—จ.๐—ฆ. ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ who work within the ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ'๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Thank you for your service to our Country and to the great residents of Lee County. Listen to their message about what Veterans Day means to them.
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Fake it until you make it? Yeah, that will lead you to a free room at the Marceno Motel. PLUS, another animal abuser is behind bars due to the quick actions of witnesses.
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