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Southwest Florida News

News is happening all over Southwest Florida, everyday. Updated on a constant basis, SouthwestFlorida.com, with local news from Wink TV Channel 5, do our part in keeping you informed about the news and events throughout Southwest Florida's news area. If it's news worthy, and in Southwest Florida, you can read it here!

Man arrested on marijuana charges & for fake licenses
Detectives arrested a South Grove City man Wednesday on drug charges and for manufacturing fake driver’s licenses. Cory Lee Marquette, 20, of 3353 Ginsing Lane was arrested.

State set to close local detention facility
The Crossroads detention facility at the Charlotte and Glades county line has been rehabilitating teenage boys for nearly a quarter of a century. The facility is sparse.

Agency for disabled people rates Fla. providers
The state has updated its Medicaid provider ratings for Floridians with developmental disabilities.

Workshops set for gopher tortoise conservation
Wildlife officials will be conducting regional workshops for gopher tortoise conservation.

Prosecutor: Plea deals set in Fla. A&M hazing case
A prosecutor says two defendants accused of hazing a Florida A&M University band member are expected to plead guilty to lesser charges.

Water main break in Cape Coral creates big mess
Southbound Del Prado Boulevard at the Veterans Parkway intersection is down to one lane due to a water main break in front of the Bob Evans Restaurant.

Woman foils would-be robbery by chasing suspects
A Hobe Sound woman chased after four would-be robbers when she returned home from taking her husband to work and saw them climbing out of her window.

Fla. man pleads guilty to pointing laser at planes
The U.S. Attorney's Office says a 49-year-old man faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to aiming a laser pointer at a plane departing from Orlando International Airport.

Man's caretaker arrested for being accessory after murder
Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes Unit detectives arrested the caretaker of the man found murdered and buried in a grave alongside the victims home at 161 Avens Street in Port Charlotte.

Pit bull bites 3-year-old girl on face
Deputies say a 3-year-old girl was bitten in the face by her family's pit bull.

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