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SHERIFF CARMINE MARCENO

LEE COUNTY SHERIFF

Thank you for visiting the official website of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. It’s an honor and privilege to serve as your Sheriff.

Your safety is my top priority. I am committed to ensuring our community is protected by the most skilled, dedicated, and innovative law enforcement team. We’re constantly looking ahead, embracing new ideas, and striving for excellence in everything we do.

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🚔 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗟𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗬 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚🚔

"Violent Crimes Detectives conducted 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀, sorted through 𝗱𝗼𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀, and used the latest and greatest pieces of technology to 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀," said Sheriff Carmine Marceno. "I am beyond proud of the hours detectives put in this case and anticipate a strong prosecution from our great State Attorney's Office."

On Wednesday, Violent Crimes Detectives arrested two Lehigh Acres men in connection with a house party shooting that injured four people.

𝗝𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 (𝟭𝟮/𝟮𝟮/𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟲) and 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 (𝟬𝟰/𝟭𝟬/𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟴) were charged with 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱-𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿, and 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗷𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁.

On July 10, 2nd Precinct Deputies responded to a shooting on Willard Avenue in Lehigh Acres involving multiple victims and juveniles fleeing the scene.

𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗺𝘀 were treated at a local hospital for various injuries, including 𝗴𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝘀, 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸.

Witnesses stated they saw an altercation on Willard Avenue. Following the disturbance, one of the shooters began firing upon a crowd of people before running to a white Toyota where second shooter was firing from the vehicle.

Using license plate readers, detectives identified the vehicle and began piecing together victim statements and 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.

On Wednesday, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service, the LCSO Fugitive Warrants Unit, and Violent Crimes Detectives, a search warrant was executed at Garlin’s home, where both suspects were arrested.

Both men have lengthy, violent, criminal histories with the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
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“𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞: 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨,” stated Sheriff Carmine Marceno.

This morning, Sheriff Carmine Marceno stood alongside Attorney General Uthmeier, Dr. Carlin from the Lee County School District, fellow community leaders, and our law enforcement partners at FDLE to discuss how our partnerships are working together to aggressively investigate child predators.

Together, we're working tirelessly around the clock to identify and arrest those who commit horrific crimes against children. We will continue working closely with the State Attorney’s Office and the Attorney General’s Office to ensure these individuals are held accountable and successfully prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Since Attorney General Uthmeier took office, more than 2,000 arrests have been made state-wide in these efforts; and that number will only continue to grow as law enforcement remains relentless in the fight to protect our children.

Protecting children is our top priority, and that commitment starts at home with parents. Through strong families, engaged parents, our schools, and partnerships across law enforcement and our communities, we can work together to keep our children safe.

“𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐞𝐫, 𝐅𝐃𝐋𝐄, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭, 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐱, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞: 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” — 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐨
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🚨 𝐋𝐈𝐕�

🚨 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 🚨

Sheriff Marceno and Attorney General Uthmeier will be joined by community leaders to discuss the impact of joint efforts to fight crime, and the continued commitment to protecting SWFL.

You can watch this on our agency Facebook & YouTube pages tomorrow, at 10:30AM!
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𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 🚤🤝

Proud to partner with our neighbors at DeSoto County Sheriff's Office for airboat training!

Training together helps ensure our teams are prepared to respond effectively and safely to whatever calls come our way. We appreciate the opportunity to strengthen our skills, build teamwork, and learn from one another.

Partnerships like this make our communities stronger and our response capabilities better. We’re grateful to DCSO for working alongside us!

#AirboatTraining #TrainingTogether #CommunityPartnership #PublicSafety #Teamwork #Preparedness
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This school year, we’re asking every driver in Lee County:

𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏. 𝐅𝐎𝐑. 𝐓𝐇𝐄. 𝐁𝐔𝐒.

BusPatrol is helping us hold dangerous drivers accountable, but our goal is bigger than citations: 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐲.

🚌 Slow down. Stay alert. 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 for the stop arm.🛑

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Congratulations to Lee County Sheriff's Office Manager, Trish Routte and her amazing team on receiving the 2026 Southeastern Crime Stoppers Premiere Management Award!
 
This prestigious recognition honors Trish Routte's extraordinary dedication and service to Crime Stoppers over the past 28 years. Throughout nearly three decades of commitment, she has devoted countless hours to advancing the Crime Stoppers mission and supporting law enforcement agencies across Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry, and Glades counties, helping to keep our communities safe.
 
Trish has been a tireless advocate for Crime Stoppers, building strong community partnerships, increasing public awareness of the program, and highlighting the many success stories that have made a positive impact throughout our region.
 
Trish's unwavering commitment, passion, and dedication have left a lasting legacy on Crime Stoppers and the communities it serves. We are all grateful for her years of service and congratulate her on this well-deserved honor.
 
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👏🏼 𝐋𝐂𝐒𝐎 𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝟖𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 👏🏼 

Sheriff Carmine Marceno is proud to announce the LCSO Narcotics Unit is the recipient of the 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴' 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.  Annually, the FNOA presents a conference that is widely attended by local, state, and federal law enforcement entities, where it has developed into the premiere event of the year for network and training. 

This year, LCSO’s Narcotics Unit clinched the award yet again, for their tireless efforts working to rid Lee County of poison. Over the last year, the Narcotics Unit made 191 arrests and executed 55 residential search warrants, which resulted in the following being seized:

* $500,000.00 U.S. currency
* Vehicles: 6
* Firearms: 87
* Fentanyl: 4+ kilograms
* Cocaine: 7+ kilograms
* Methamphetamine: 53 lbs
* Ecstasy: 16 kilograms
* Marijuana: 540 lbs
* Heroin: 72 grams
* Misc. Pills: 2500
* Synthetics: 2+ kilograms

Additionally, one of our very own was recognized as this year’s Narcotics Officer of the Year for their dedicated work putting one of Lee County’s most violent and repeat offenders behind bars following a lengthy investigation. 

“Awards don’t define our deputies, the results do. But this prestigious recognition confirms what I already know: the men and women of our Narcotics Unit are among the very best in the nation. They relentlessly hunt down drug dealers, dismantle criminal networks, and take the poison off our streets before it reaches another family. This is a testament to their hard work, sacrifice, and unwavering commitment to public safety. I am incredibly proud of this elite team and honored to serve alongside them,” stated Sheriff Marceno. 

𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 to our Narcotics Unit on these well deserved recognitions! ⭐

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A night that started with music ended in murder.

Nearly six years later, someone still knows the truth.

🎙️ The Season Two premiere of 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 is now available. In 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫, we revisit the unsolved murder of Stevie Gary and the questions that remain unanswered.

🎧 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲, 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞.🎧

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CALEA ACCREDITATION

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has been nationally accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement (CALEA) since 1991. The accreditation program requires agencies to comply with state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations and support services.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office invites the public to offer comments, commendation and other information regarding the Sheriff’s Office quality of services and performance or other information relevant to the accreditation process on the CALEA public access portal. To access the Public Comment Portal, go to http://cimrs2.calea.org/58.

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