According to the SC Department of Corrections, 40-year-old Leo Jermaine Cheeks was found unresponsive in his cell at Lee ...

A months-long investigation by the Lee County Sheriff's Office and the State Bureau of Investigation resulted in the arrest of Jay Poulos. The 52-year-old Sanford man is charged with 20 counts of ...

The following day, on May 6, Kevin Joseph Jaimes, 30, of Fort Myers, learned he will spend 50 years in prison. Branning also ordered him to pay $1.9 million. A jury convicted him in April following ...

Taxpayers also paid $83,560.64 for two mobile sign trailers, one for the downtown jail and one for the stockade, identifying ...

A man sentenced in Lee County was recaptured Monday after escaping from a Hyde County prison last week, state officials said.

Adrian Zurita, a man previously convicted of a deadly hit-and-run, found himself back in jail after a recent arrest for driving under the influence in Lee County. RELATED:Man pleads guilty in ...

He remains inside the Lee County Jail. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office provided footage of Perez Nas’ arrest on their Facebook account. Viewer discretion is advised.

identifying them as the “Marceno Motel," which is what the sheriff and his office calls the Lee County Jail. The sheriff also has a small Tesla fleet, which the department says is pilot to ...