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Florida man accused of breaking into home, stabbing woman while she was sleeping inside
A Florida man allegedly broke into a woman's home, stabbed her while she was sleeping and attempted to flee from deputies. A Florida man is facing charges after he allegedly broke into a woman's home, stabbed her while she was sleeping and attempted to run away from deputies. Bonnier Jose Sarmiento Lanza, 33, on Sunday broke into a woman's home on New York Drive in Tice, Florida, and stabbed her multiple times while she was sleeping, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office. Lanza also hit another person inside the home before fleeing the scene. Bonnier Jose Sarmiento Lanza, 33, is charged with two counts of burglary with battery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Florida sniper shoots, kills bank robber holding hostages through computer monitor: Video
Lee County Sheriff's Office released footage of the rescue of hostages held by suspect on February 6 at a Bank of America in Fort Myers, Florida. Video released by a Florida sheriff's office shows the moment a sniper had to shoot through a computer monitor, killing an suspected armed bank robber who was holding hostages. It all unfolded Feb. 6 at a Fort Myers Bank of America, the Lee County Sheriff's Office (LCSO), headed by Sheriff Carmine Marceno, said. Responding deputies discovered the suspect had a knife, and he had claimed he had a bomb while detaining a man and a woman. "We tried to negotiate with him continuously," Sheriff Marceno said in a previous press conference, adding that at one point the suspect held a knife to the female hostage's throat.