NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2014 A memorial continues to grow at the North Fort Myers intersection where Charlotte County Corrections Lt. William Garlick was killed in a motorcycle crash while riding home from work Saturday night.<\/p>\n
According to the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Garlick died when an SUV turned in front of his motorcycle at Cleveland and Delft Avenues. LCSO said the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n
Watch Fox 4’s Alex Orenczuk report on the memorial for Lt. William Garlick:<\/p>\n
‘We are heartbroken’: Family, community mourns the loss of Lt. William Garlick<\/p>\n
Garlick, was a corrections Lieutenant with the Charlotte County Sheriff\u2019s Office. His family said he dedicated his life to serving others and leading by example.<\/p>\n
His family said Garlick graduated from North Fort Myers High School before studying at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. <\/p>\n
He went on to serve as a CERT Team Leader and earned two Lifesaver Awards during his career, his family said. <\/p>\n
Sheriff Bill Prummell called him \u201ca dedicated member of the agency, a leader, a family man, and a friend to many.\u201d<\/p>\n
His daughter said Garlick was a loving father of two children and a devoted husband of 35 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad was a stoic man, steady, disciplined, and unwavering in his loyalty to the people he loved,\u201d she wrote in a statement shared with Fox 4. \u201cHe never asked for recognition; he simply showed up every day and did the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The Garlick Family.<\/p>\n
Lt. William Garlick died in a motorcycle crash while riding home from work on Saturday.<\/p>\n
A celebration of life is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. at the Babcock Ranch Field House, located at 43281 Cypress Parkway. The family said the service is open to the community.<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, the Garlick family requested donations be made to the Charlotte County Sheriff\u2019s Office \u201cShop With a Cop\u201d program.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are heartbroken,\u201d his daughter said, \u201cbut we are proud of the life he lived, the values he stood for, and the legacy he leaves behind.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2014 A memorial continues to grow at the North Fort Myers intersection where Charlotte…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,39338,11648,1776,5507,2337,39339,356,39340,14069,4198],"class_list":{"0":"post-67244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news","11":"tag-charlotte-county-correctional","12":"tag-charlotte-county-sheriffs-office","13":"tag-crash","14":"tag-death","15":"tag-fatal-crash","16":"tag-garlick","17":"tag-lee-county","18":"tag-lt-william-garlick","19":"tag-north-fort-myers-florida","20":"tag-orenczuk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67244","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=67244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}