Cape Coral man wanted for probation violation after child abuse conviction
>> IT IS FRIDAY, WHICH MEANS TRISH ROUTE WITH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS IS HERE FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF FUGITIVE FRIDAY SHARE ISSUE. WE LOOKING OUT FOR THIS WEEK. QUITE THE LIST THIS WEEK. >> AND WE’RE STARTING OFF THAT LIST WITH A CONVICTED OFFENDER WHO HAS BEEN LINKED WITH SOME PRETTY SHADY ACTIVITIES LATELY. DETECTORS ARE ON THE HUNT FOR WARREN BORN WANTED ON A BENCH WARRANT FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR IN COURT FOR FAILING 4 COUNTS OF FAILING TO REGISTER AS A OFFENDER. WARREN WAS CONVICTED IN ALASKA BACK IN 2004 FOR KIDNAPPING AND THE ABUSE OF A 5 YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL AFTER SERVING HIS TIME IN PRISON, HE MOVED TO FLORIDA AND WAS SOON AFTER ARRESTED IN MONROE COUNTY FOR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A OFFENDER. HIS TRAVELS THEN TOOK HIM TO LEE COUNTY WHERE HE TOOK UP RESIDENCE ON FORT MYERS BEACH. THEY ARE MAY REMEMBER BORN FROM AN INCIDENT JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS WHEN A MISSING TEENAGER WAS FOUND ON HIS BOAT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND DRUNK AT MORE THAN TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT. HE SPENT A FEW DAYS BEHIND BARS FOR THAT INCIDENT AND THEN HAD A COURT DATE ON TUESDAY MORNING TO DEFEND HIS ACTIONS. BUT INSTEAD OF PLEADING HIS CASE, THE 64 YEAR-OLD WAS A NO SHOW. BORN IS 5, 8, 2, 100 POUNDS AND IS LIKELY TO STILL BE LAYING LOW IN EITHER THE FORT MYERS BEACH OR SAN CARLOS ISLAND AREA. NEXT UP IS A GUY WHO WAS JUST RELEASED FROM PRISON, BARELY 2 WEEKS AGO. AND ALREADY HE’S BACK IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW. A BRAND NEW WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF JAMES STEEN WAS ISSUED LAST WEEK AFTER HE VIOLATED HIS PROBATION FOLLOWING A CONVICTION FOR CHILD ABUSE. CAPE COPS WERE INITIALLY DISPATCHED IN RESPONSE TO A SUSPICIOUS PERSON WHO IS SPINNING ON PASSERSBY WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE. THEY LEARNED THAT THE 63 YEAR-OLD HAD ALSO APPROACHED A 7 YEAR-OLD AUTISTIC BOY AND STARTED MAKING NOISES AND GESTURES AT HIM. THE CHILDS MOM BECAME UNDERSTANDABLY ENRAGED AND TOLD TO STEP OFF. THAT’S WHEN DEAN HAULED OFF AND PUSH THE FEMALE BEEN GRABBED THE BOY BY THE SCRUFF OF ITS NECK, CAUSING HIM TO FALL. ALL OF WHICH WAS CORROBORATED BY WITNESSES. DEAN SPENT 3 WEEKS IN LEE COUNTY JAIL, FOLLOWED BY 5 MONTHS IN PRISON. HE WAS ONLY GRANTED HIS FREEDOM ON FEBRUARY. 1ST, BUT NOW HE’S VIOLATED THOSE CONDITIONS AND IS HEADED RIGHT BACK TO INCARCERATION. DEAN IS 5, 6, 175 POUNDS WITH 2 PREVIOUS ARRESTS FOR THEFT AND BURGLARY. ALSO ON THIS WEEK’S LIST OF LAWBREAKERS IS A 24 TIME OFFENDER WHO RACKED UP HIS FIRST FELONY ARREST JUST 11 YEARS OLD. JOHN TO GRANT IS NOW CONTINUING HIS CRIMINAL CAREER AFTER HE FAILED TO SHOW UP IN COURT AND A CHARGE OF FLEEING AND ELUDING OFFICERS AT HIGH SPEEDS. OFFICERS SAY THEY ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE GRAND OVER FOR A TRAFFIC STOP. BUT INSTEAD OF PULLING OVER AS MANDATED BY THE LAW, HE CHOSE TO BLOW A STOP SIGN AND THEN GUN THE GAS THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AT SPEEDS OF MORE THAN 75 MILES AN HOUR. HE ENDED UP CRASHING INTO A PALM TREE AND THEN FLED THE AREA ON FOOT. OFFICERS SPOTTED HIM A FEW HOURS LATER. LOITERING AROUND THE OLD NEWS PRESS BUILDING AT ONE 30 IN THE MORNING. HIS IRRESPONSIBLE ACTIONS LANDED HIM IN JAIL FOR 4 MONTHS, FOLLOWED BY PROBATION, WHICH SHE RECENTLY VIOLATED WHEN HE MOVED WITHOUT LETTING ANYONE KNOW OVER THE LAST 17 YEARS IS 28 YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A LONG LIST OF CRIMES TO INCLUDE BURGLARY, DRUGS, THEFT, PASSING FORGE BILLS, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, AND AGGRAVATED BATTERY ON A PREGNANT VICTIM. GRANT IS 5, 8, 175 POUNDS AND WAS LAST KNOWN TO BE LIVING IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS. AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST IS A WOMAN FACING AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY THROWING A CUP OF SCALDING HOT WATER AT A CHILD’S FACE. DETECTIVES SAY ABBY RESILIENCE WAS FRUSTRATED WITH THE CHILD OVER BAD BEHAVIOR WHEN SHE GRABBED THE WATER FROM THE MICROWAVE AND THREW IT AT HER. DESPITE CLEAR IMMEDIATE PAIN AND INJURIES, SHE WAITED UNTIL THE TO SEEK TREATMENT AT THAT POINT, DOCTORS HAD TO FOR THE CHILD TO A BURN CLINIC. SHE SUFFERED SECOND-DEGREE BURNS AROUND HER EYES, MOUTH THE CHEEK AND FOREHEAD SCARRING THAT WOULD MOST LIKELY BECOME PERMANENT RESILIENCE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE. THEY RELEASED 2 DAYS LATER ON BOND. SHE’S BEEN KICKING SUBSEQUENT COURT HEARINGS DOWN THE ROAD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW AND FINALLY GOT A CONCRETE DATE ON THE BOOKS LAST MONTH. BUT WHEN THE JUDGE CALLED HER NAME ON THE DOCKET, THE 39 YEAR-OLD WAS A NO SHOW. RESILIENCE IS 5 FOOT 160 POUNDS. AND UPON HER ARREST, SHE WILL BE HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE LEE COUNTY JAIL. AND AS ALWAYS, IF YOU RECOGNIZE ANY OF THE FUGITIVES WE FEATURED HERE TODAY, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL THE CRIME STOPPERS HOTLINE AT 1, 8, 107, 8, 0 TIPS. ALL CALLERS WILL REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CASH REWARD OF UP TO $3,000. DEFINITELY NEED THE PHONES TO AND LET US KNOW WHERE THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE SO WE CAN REDIRECT THEM BACK TO CUSTODY
Cape Coral man wanted for probation violation after child abuse conviction
Updated: 9:23 AM EST Feb 21, 2026
A man is accused of violating his probation after a child abuse conviction in Lee County, Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers said.According to Crime Stoppers, officers from the Cape Coral Police Department were initially called because James Deane, 63, was spitting on passersby. When officers arrived, they add, they learned that Deane had approached a child and started making sexual noises and gestures at them.Crime Stoppers says that Deane then grabbed the child by the scruff of the neck and pushed them to the ground. He was arrested and spent three months in jail, followed by five months in prison.Deane is accused of violating the terms of his probation. He is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 175 lbs.If you have information in this case, you are asked to contact Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477), on the P3 app, or on its website. You can remain anonymous, and if your tip leads to an arrest, you may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $3,000.DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.
CAPE CORAL, Fla. —
A man is accused of violating his probation after a child abuse conviction in Lee County, Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers said.
According to Crime Stoppers, officers from the Cape Coral Police Department were initially called because James Deane, 63, was spitting on passersby. When officers arrived, they add, they learned that Deane had approached a child and started making sexual noises and gestures at them.
Crime Stoppers says that Deane then grabbed the child by the scruff of the neck and pushed them to the ground. He was arrested and spent three months in jail, followed by five months in prison.
Deane is accused of violating the terms of his probation. He is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 175 lbs.
If you have information in this case, you are asked to contact Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477), on the P3 app, or on its website. You can remain anonymous, and if your tip leads to an arrest, you may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $3,000.
DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.