Category: Lee County Sheriff’s Office

Florida Sheriff Defends Decision to Arrest and Perp Walk 10-Year-Old Boy

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno is defending his recent arrested and “perp-walk” of a 10-year-old boy for making online threats to “shoot up” his elementary school. Marceno then posted it on his department’s Facebook page. He told The Epoch Times that he cannot “overlook a threat” no matter how benign it may be—even…


Florida Sheriff Defends Arrest of 10-Year-Old in Alleged School Threat

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—The sheriff of Lee County, Florida, is defending his handling of the recent arrest of a 10-year-old boy for allegedly making online threats to “shoot up” his elementary school. Sheriff Carmine Marceno then posted information about the arrest on his department’s Facebook page, telling The Epoch Times that he can’t “overlook a threat” no…


Ten-Year-Old Florida Boy Arrested for Threatening Mass school Shooting

A 10-year-old boy was arrested on May 28 after he allegedly threatened to conduct a mass shooting at his Cape Coral school in Punta Gorda, Florida. Acting on a tip, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said a “threatening” text message was sent by a fifth-grade student on May 28. In a written statement from the…


10-Year-Old Florida Boy Arrested for Mass School Shooting Threat

A 10-year-old boy was arrested on May 28 after he allegedly threatened to conduct a mass shooting at his school in Cape Coral, Florida, officials said. Acting on a tip, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a “threatening” text message sent by a fifth-grade student on May 28. The School Threat Enforcement Team, which…


Florida Judge in Animal Abuse Case Grants Custody to Sheriff

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–A judge granted emergency custody of an allegedly abused dog to the Lee County Sheriff on May 12, in a civil hearing during which the dog’s owner had to be removed from the courtroom twice for disruptive behavior. At the center of the civil suit was a 2-year-old black-and-white Pitbull named Sheba, who…