{"id":358529,"date":"2026-07-31T06:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/358529\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T06:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:26:14","slug":"lee-county-man-caught-in-woods-after-snatching-chain-off-victims-neck-deputies-say-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/358529\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee County man caught in woods after snatching chain off victim&#8217;s neck, deputies say | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"359\" data-end=\"531\">LEE COUNTY, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 A robbery suspect who deputies say fled on a tricycle was quickly caught hiding in nearby woods, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1011085741685696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"799\">Deputies responded to the Orange River Boulevard area after a robbery was reported. According to the sheriff&#8217;s office, investigators learned the suspect, Paul Sloan, ran up to the victim, grabbed a chain from the victim&#8217;s neck and pushed the victim to the ground.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"799\">The sheriff&#8217;s office said Sloan then fled the scene on a tricycle and hid in a nearby wooded area. Deputies canvassed the area and found Sloan standing next to the tricycle, according to investigators.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1010\" data-end=\"1244\">Due to the nature of the crime, the sheriff&#8217;s office said its Violent Crimes Unit detectives took over the investigation. Investigators said Sloan matched the suspect&#8217;s description and that they developed probable cause to arrest him.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1249\" data-end=\"1311\">Sloan was arrested on a charge of robbery by sudden snatching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEE COUNTY, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 A robbery suspect who deputies say fled on a tricycle was quickly caught&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,265,325,115],"class_list":["post-358529","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-crime","tag-lee","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358529","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=358529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}