{"id":55378,"date":"2022-10-03T17:57:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T21:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=55378"},"modified":"2022-10-03T17:57:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T21:57:57","slug":"state-attorneys-office-activates-hurricane-ian-response-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/10\/state-attorneys-office-activates-hurricane-ian-response-team\/","title":{"rendered":"STATE ATTORNEY\u2019S OFFICE ACTIVATES HURRICANE IAN RESPONSE TEAM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>State Attorney Amira Fox announces that the State Attorney\u2019s Office has activated its Hurricane Ian Response Team (HIRT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/priceGouging.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/priceGouging.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/priceGouging-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/priceGouging-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the public who suspect that they have become a victim of contractor fraud, unlicensed contracting, and hurricane-related scams may call 1.239.533.1342. Upon leaving a detailed message, including contact information, the State Attorney\u2019s Office Economic Crimes Unit will immediately respond. Our team of experienced prosecutors and investigators will assist in navigating the complaint process and ensure that complaints are forwarded to the appropriate law enforcement agencies responsible for investigating such frauds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur residents are suffering through a catastrophic event right now. We will not allow their pain to be worsened by unscrupulous contractors and fraudsters who may think this is an opportunity to prey on honest citizens,\u201d State Attorney Fox said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HIRT is available for all residents who live in Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, and Lee Counties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Attorney Amira Fox announces that the State Attorney\u2019s Office has activated its Hurricane Ian Response Team (HIRT). Members of the public who suspect that they have become a victim&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":55379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1759],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55378"}],"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=55378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55380,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55378\/revisions\/55380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}