Authorities in Fort Myers are actively searching for Michael Tion Archibald, who allegedly hit a police officer with his car during a traffic stop and fled the scene.<\/p>\n
The incident took place Saturday night in a parking lot at Colonial Boulevard and Treeline Avenue in Fort Myers, east of Interstate 75. The area was blocked off for hours as police investigated.<\/p>\n
Fort Myers Police confirmed the officer is in stable condition and remains hospitalized. Archibald reportedly hit the officer during a traffic stop at a 7-Eleven before driving away.<\/p>\n
The vehicle Archibald was driving is described as a black 2019 Chevrolet Corvette with Florida plates DJ78TI.<\/p>\n
Local community members have expressed concern for the safety of both law enforcement and gas station employees.<\/p>\n
“When I first heard about this, I was concerned about the safety of our law enforcement, but also the safety of employees in the store,” said Cory Sheldon, a local resident.<\/p>\n
Rachael Nolasco, another local, said, “That’s somebody’s family member that just got ran over while he’s doing a job to protect us in the community.”<\/p>\n
Debbie Stuard, also from the area, shared her thoughts.<\/p>\n
“You just hit not only a police officer, but he’s a human. And not knowing if he hurt him, if he killed him. I hope they get him,” Stuard said.<\/p>\n
Archibald has a history of similar incidents. In February 2024, he was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer after a traffic stop led to a scuffle. He was sentenced to probation and required to complete aggressive driving and anger management courses.<\/p>\n
If you see Archibald or the vehicle, authorities urge you not to approach. Call 911 immediately or submit a tip to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities in Fort Myers are actively searching for Michael Tion Archibald, who allegedly hit a police officer with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[31707,209,211,210,3737],"class_list":["post-49681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-7-eleven","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-fort-myers-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49681","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=49681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}