{"id":52084,"date":"2022-01-22T18:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T23:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=52084"},"modified":"2022-01-22T18:00:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T23:00:48","slug":"fort-myers-man-arrested-for-random-attacks-in-lehigh-acres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/01\/fort-myers-man-arrested-for-random-attacks-in-lehigh-acres\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Myers man arrested for random attacks in Lehigh Acres"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A man was arrested on Saturday afternoon following&nbsp;two random attacks&nbsp;in Lehigh Acres this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SWFL Crime Stoppers says the suspect has been identified as Carlton Gary, 44.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/download.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52085\" width=\"277\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/download.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/download-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><figcaption> Carlton Gary <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities say Gary is suspected of a battery on a 40-year-old woman at a Dollar Tree store on Lee Boulevard on Jan. 13. Deputies say he randomly struck the victim inside the store without any provocation then walked out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detectives believe this same man battered a 70-year-old man in the parking lot of the Walmart Supercenter in the 2000-block of Lee Blvd. on Jan. 12 just before 11 a.m. It was a random attack where the suspect walked towards the victim\u2019s vehicle and began punching him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators say neither of the two people the man attacked knew him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gary has been taken into custody and could face charges of burglary with assault or battery, aggravated battery on a person 65+ and second-degree petit theft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CrimeAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CrimeAlert<\/a> ? TWO RANDOM ATTACKS IN LEHIGH<br><br>Suspect described as a light skinned black male, early to mid-30s, apprx 5\u20199\u201d, heavy set with short hair\/bald. The suspect fled in a red Chrysler or Dodge Minivan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h5iT3jqcy6\">https:\/\/t.co\/h5iT3jqcy6<\/a> <br>If you can ID him, call 1-800-780-TIPS. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2PdXAgTEr8\">pic.twitter.com\/2PdXAgTEr8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SWFL Crime Stoppers (@SWFLCrime8477) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SWFLCrime8477\/status\/1483801417613725696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man was arrested on Saturday afternoon following&nbsp;two random attacks&nbsp;in Lehigh Acres this month. SWFL Crime Stoppers says the suspect has been identified as Carlton Gary, 44. Authorities say Gary&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":52085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[1048],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52084"}],"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=52084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52086,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52084\/revisions\/52086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}