{"id":428785,"date":"2026-10-15T19:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T19:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/428785\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T19:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T19:12:07","slug":"cape-coral-man-arrested-in-punta-gorda-on-suspended-license-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/428785\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral man arrested in Punta Gorda on suspended license charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\">WWSB<\/a>) &#8211; A Cape Coral man was arrested Monday in Punta Gorda on a misdemeanor charge of driving with a suspended license, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Mario Portillo, 30, was taken into custody near Taylor Road and Education Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A Charlotte County deputy wrote that a Sarasota County air unit reported a silver Toyota coupe was fleeing from the Venice Police Department and Sarasota County Sheriff\u2019s Office around 5 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/10\/15\/palmetto-man-arrested-after-narcotics-investigation-finds-trafficking-amounts-drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/10\/15\/palmetto-man-arrested-after-narcotics-investigation-finds-trafficking-amounts-drugs\/\">Palmetto man arrested after narcotics investigation finds trafficking amounts of drugs<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The deputy found the vehicle near the Punta Gorda intersection. The deputy said Portillo\u2019s driver\u2019s license was suspended, and the vehicle\u2019s registration was expired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Deputies stopped the vehicle, and Portillo was arrested without further incident. He was taken to the Charlotte County Jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The sheriff\u2019s office said Portillo\u2019s driver\u2019s license had been canceled indefinitely July 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Portillo was arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended license, first conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; A Cape Coral man was arrested Monday in Punta Gorda on a misdemeanor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,168502,210,11648,168500,168501,168503],"class_list":["post-428785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-man-arrested","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-charlotte-county-sheriffs-office","tag-mario-portillo-arrest","tag-punta-gorda-suspended-license","tag-venice-police-department-chase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428785","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=428785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}