Lee County

Three people drowned in a Lee County river over the weekend, after two friends reportedly tried to help a teen who had been struggling in the water.

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The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has released the harrowing 911 calls made Tuesday just before a deputy shot and killed a man after he took people hostage and claimed to have a bomb at a Florida bank, authorities said.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has released the harrowing 911 calls made Tuesday just before a deputy shot and killed a man after he took people hostage and claimed to have a bomb at a Florida bank, authorities said.

Authorities say a deputy shot and killed a man after he took people hostage and claimed to have a bomb at a Florida bank. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a Bank of America branch in Fort Myers shortly before noon Tuesday. As deputies entered the bank, dozens of people ran out. The sheriff says a man...

Wild video shows a Florida man throwing rocks inside a McDonald’s in Lee County.

A woman was arrested Tuesday in southwest Florida after her dog died with a body temperature reaching over 100 degrees.

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A convicted murderer facing the death penalty was caught on camera attacking his attorney in a Florida courtroom on Monday.

Joseph Zieler is convicted for the murder of a 11-year-old girl and her babysitter.

Jurors in southwest Florida have recommended the death penalty for a man convicted of killing an 11-year-old girl and her babysitter more than 30 years ago. Court records show that the Lee County jury voted 10-2 in favor of death for 60-year-old Joseph Zieler on Wednesday night after about five hours of deliberations. The same panel found Zieler guilty last...