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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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17 Mar

๐Ÿšจ TRAFFIC ADVISORY ๐Ÿšจ

Deputies are working a single vehicle crash at the 19000 block of Palm Beach Boulevard. At this time, the west and eastbound lanes of Palm Beach Blvd are shutdown from the location of the crash to Goggin Road. Motorists are encouraged to avoid this area.

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14 Mar

๐ŸšจTRAFFIC ADVISORY๐Ÿšจ

Please be advised all northbound lanes of US 41 are closed at Emerson Square Blvd due to a multi-vehicle crash with injuries.

Motorists are encouraged to avoid the area & seek an alternate route.

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11 Mar

๐ŸšจTRAFFIC ADVISORY๐Ÿšจ

Please be advised all westbound lanes of State Rd 82 are closed at Bell Blvd due to a vehicle fire. No injuries reported.

Motorists are encouraged to avoid the area & seek an alternate route.

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11 Mar

๐ŸงŠOPERATION THAW & ORDER๐Ÿ”ฅ

Today Sheriff Carmine Marceno announced the conclusion of Operation Thaw & Order.

๐Ÿš” 70 Arrests
๐Ÿ’‰ 22.4 Kilos of Meth
๐Ÿ’Š15.8 Kilos of Ecstasy
โ„๏ธ4 Kilos of Cocaine
๐Ÿ”ซ 30 firearms
๐Ÿ’ฐ$396,000 seized
๐Ÿš— 1 Tesla Seized
๐Ÿš™ 3 Stolen Vehicles Recovered

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Lee County Sheriff's Office

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๐‹๐š๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐Ž๐”๐†๐‡ ๐’๐“๐”๐…๐…๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ Registration is still ๐Ž๐๐„๐! Sign up for the next R.E.A.D.Y class at our Gulf Coast Town Center Outreach Center held next Friday, 3:27, 4-6pm. Ages 13 & up are welcome! ๐™Ž๐™š๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š!!! ... See MoreSee Less

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Lee County Sheriff's Office

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๐–๐„'๐‘๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐๐“๐˜-๐–๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐‚๐Ÿ’ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„ ! ๐Ÿšฏ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธCheck this C4 squad out, Lee County! We are checking off ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™™๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฎ. During your commute, if you see an area that needs attention, you know what to do.๐Ÿ‘‡๐ŸผEmail ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ@๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ.๐จ๐ซ๐  and let us know where you'd like to see us! ... See MoreSee Less

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Lee County Sheriff's Office

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๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐— ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต?๐Ÿ–๏ธ๐Ÿ”† ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜† ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ!๐Ÿ˜Ž โ›๏ธ ... See MoreSee Less

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Lee County Sheriff's Office

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Sheriff Carmine Marceno spoke with local media this morning regarding suspect Worden Bourn, who was apprehended on the water near Cuba while attempting to evade arrest on charges from an LCSO Special Victims Unit investigation.Bourn is currently in the custody of the United States Marshals Service in Miami and is awaiting transport back to Lee County. ... See MoreSee Less

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๐‹๐ž๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ฎ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ฎ๐›๐š๐ง ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌA Fort Myers Beach sex offender, wanted for skipping court, was caught in Cuba while trying to flee U.S. charges.In December 2025, Worden Bourn was arrested for providing a minor with drugs and alcohol after a missing juvenile was located intoxicated and under the influence of narcotics on his sailboat. Bourn is a registered sex offender and after his arrest members of the Sexual Offender & Predator Unit are conducted a detailed review additionally charged him with four sex offender violations.In February 2026, ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. The LCSO Fugitive Warrants Unit learned he had ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐›๐จ๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐š.On February 26, Cuban officials made contact with Bourn in Cuba waters. Bourn claimed that his boat had run out of fuel and requested assistance to continue his trip. He was detained on outstanding failure-to-appear warrants.With the assistance of the ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐”.๐’. ๐„๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐š, ๐‚๐ฎ๐›๐š, ๐”.๐’. ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ and the ๐”.๐’. ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž,Bourn was extradited back to the United States.On Monday, members of the ๐”.๐’. ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐š ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ข๐›๐›๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ฎ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž retrieved Bourn from Cuba and returned him to the U.S.Bourn is currently booked in the Miami-Dade County Jail, awaiting extradition to Lee County. Upon his return, Bourn will be charged with additional sex offender violations for leaving the country. ... See MoreSee Less

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