The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Steven Charles Whitney, a fugitive on their “Most Wanted” list for over three years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Whitney was captured in Eugene, Oregon, after evading law enforcement by using fake IDs and altering vehicle license plates.<\/p>\n
Whitney faced three active felony warrants in Charlotte County, including charges stemming from a 2022 incident where he allegedly chased and shot at teenagers in Punta Gorda.<\/p>\n
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The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Apprehension Unit located Whitney and contacted the Eugene Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police confirmed his presence in their jurisdiction and identified him as a suspect in an armed robbery case.<\/p>\n
When law enforcement attempted to serve an arrest warrant, Whitney barricaded himself inside a home but later surrendered. Police found fake IDs, 15 pounds of marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms, and multiple firearms in the home.<\/p>\n
Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell expressed relief at Whitney’s capture, saying his team showed diligence in locating him over 3,000 miles away.<\/p>\n
“This individual has been ducking law enforcement for far too long, and now his luck has finally run out,” said Prummell. “It proves that if you commit a violent crime in Charlotte County, we will not stop until we find you and hold you accountable, no matter where you hide.”<\/p>\n
Whitney faces multiple felony charges in Charlotte County, including failure to appear, violation of pre-trial release, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He will be extradited to Charlotte County after facing charges in Oregon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Steven Charles Whitney, a fugitive on their “Most Wanted”…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,853,7215],"class_list":["post-25020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-charlotte-county","tag-charlotte-county-sheriff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}