{"id":46407,"date":"2020-04-16T16:39:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T20:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=46407"},"modified":"2020-04-16T16:39:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T20:39:58","slug":"habitual-offender-in-custody-for-aggravated-assault-on-deputy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2020\/04\/habitual-offender-in-custody-for-aggravated-assault-on-deputy\/","title":{"rendered":"Habitual Offender in Custody for Aggravated Assault on Deputy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While responding to a shooting that occurred on Leeland Heights Boulevard in Lehigh Acres, Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office Deputies observed an unrelated physical altercation between Alonzo Russell, a habitual offender, and an additional subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Alonzo-Russell-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46409\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Alonzo-Russell-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Alonzo-Russell-1-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>Alonzo Russell Booking Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell retreated to his 2003 Cadillac Escalade and fled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office deputy was stationed in his vehicle at the intersection of Oleander Road and West Oregon Road stopping traffic from approaching the fleeing vehicle.&nbsp; At that time, Alonzo Russell accelerated toward the deputy\u2019s vehicle while traveling on the wrong side of the road.&nbsp; The deputy was forced to quickly place his vehicle into reverse to avoid a head-on collision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s out on bond from a December drug-trafficking arrest.&nbsp; He\u2019s a thug and put the community in danger,\u201d stated Sheriff Carmine Marceno. \u201cThankfully, no citizens or deputies were hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell continued to drive recklessly and at high speed through nearby yards until he jumped from the moving vehicle and fled.&nbsp; Russell ran through multiple yards until deputies cornered him and took him into custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alonzo Jacquanne Russell (DOB 02-18-1999) was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Fleeing and Eluding and Resisting an Officer without Violence.&nbsp; This was Russell\u2019s 12<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;arrest in Lee County including, but not limited to, arrests for Trafficking Fentanyl and six separate felony battery arrests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While responding to a shooting that occurred on Leeland Heights Boulevard in Lehigh Acres, Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office Deputies observed an unrelated physical altercation between Alonzo Russell, a habitual offender,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":46408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}