{"id":39596,"date":"2016-04-08T11:25:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T15:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=39596"},"modified":"2016-04-08T13:07:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T17:07:38","slug":"violent-offenders-sought-after-recent-outbursts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2016\/04\/violent-offenders-sought-after-recent-outbursts\/","title":{"rendered":"Violent Offenders Sought After Recent Outbursts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Southwest Florida is asking for the public\u2019s help tracking down four violent offenders, who have been arrested a collective 148 times in\u00a0Lee\u00a0County\u00a0alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-39596 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Christopher-Banks.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Christopher-Banks-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-39598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Christopher-Banks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Christopher-Banks-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-39598'>\n\t\t\t\tChristopher Banks\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Keeshall-Whitfield.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Keeshall-Whitfield-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-39600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Keeshall-Whitfield-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Keeshall-Whitfield-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-39600'>\n\t\t\t\tKeeshall Whitfield\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Mark-Deforge.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Mark-Deforge-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-39597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Mark-Deforge-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Mark-Deforge-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-39597'>\n\t\t\t\tMark Deforge\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Reginald-Tucker.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Reginald-Tucker-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-39599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Reginald-Tucker-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Reginald-Tucker-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-39599'>\n\t\t\t\tReginald Tucker\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Over the last three weeks, Keeshall Whitfield (DOB 9\/24\/75), Reginald Tucker (DOB 1\/1\/80), Christopher Banks (10\/2\/71) and Mark Deforge (DOB 1\/16\/74) have all committed acts of violence in the central part of\u00a0Lee\u00a0County.\u00a0 All are repeat offenders with lengthy criminal histories and each have active warrants for their arrest for battery charges.\u00a0 Whitfield, who has been booked 71 times into the jail, is wanted for getting into a physical altercation with a female just before Easter.\u00a0 Tucker, a documented gang member with 22 priors under his belt, is wanted for throwing the victim on the ground over a dispute regarding a bus pass.\u00a0 Banks, a 35 time offender, is wanted for throwing a chair and becoming violent with a victim who was trying to break up a verbal altercation between Banks and a female.\u00a0 Deforge is a registered convicted felon, who punched a female in the face and shoved her into a doorway on March 18.\u00a0 He has 20 prior arrests on his rap sheet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Anyone with information on the whereabouts of any of these four offenders is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477).\u00a0 All callers will remain anonymous and will be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.\u00a0 Tips may also be made online at\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.swflcrimestoppers.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swflcrimestoppers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: black;\" title=\"http:\/\/www.swflcrimestoppers.org\/\">www.swflcrimestoppers.org<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or by texting a tip to CRIMES (274637) Keyword: REWARD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Florida is asking for the public\u2019s help tracking down four violent offenders, who have been arrested a collective 148 times in\u00a0Lee\u00a0County\u00a0alone. 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