LEHIGH ACRES, Fla.– A gator made itself at home at a Lehigh Acres community on Friday. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission got a call after the four-foot gator made its way from under a car to the back porch of a home. “I was actually just looking out my back porch and I seen him walking across the yard and I was like ‘Oh, that’s a gator,’” said Mackenzie Marinell. FWC dispatched Tracey Hansen, a gator trapper who has been wrangling for 30-years. “Got here and he had slipped out of the backyard,” said Hansen. “He was along the bushes. Had to chase him down.” In only a...
LEE COUNTY, Fla. – A Lehigh Acres man claimed a $500,000 top prize just two weeks before his 57th birthday. The Florida Lottery said Rainey Adams claimed the prize from the new MONEY MULTIPLIER Scratch-Off game at the Fort Myers District Office. He bought his winning ticket from Circle K, located at 16769 McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers. Players can win up to $500,000 by playing the $5 MONEY MULTIPLIER game, according to lottery officials. The ticket features more than $48 million in total cash prizes and give players an extra chance to win by matching the prize amounts in the Money...
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. – A fire ripped through a car and set a wooded area ablaze in Lehigh Acres Sunday afternoon. The fire started around 1 p.m. and left the car totaled, according to the car’s owner. Investigators have not yet said how the fire started. Crews said the fire has since been 100% contained and are working to clean up the area.
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LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. – A Lehigh Acres man, who lives on 59th Street West near Susan Ave North, said he had his mailbox smashed by a white van. Welter Almeida said it was around 6 p.m Friday night, when he heard a loud bang come from outside his house. “At first I was thinking, it has to be an ATV because their are a lot of ATV’s around here and sometimes they drive pretty fast and sometimes they can be irresponsible,” said Almeida. However, it was no ATV. Instead, a mysterious white van was to blame for smashing into the mailbox and then taking off. “They were going so fast! I’m...