{"id":94003,"date":"2025-12-23T19:11:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/94003\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T19:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:11:06","slug":"man-accused-of-providing-drugs-alcohol-to-teen-connected-to-previously-missing-bunche-beach-paddleboater-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/94003\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of providing drugs, alcohol to teen; connected to previously missing Bunche Beach paddleboater | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                LEE COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; The Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office has arrested a man accused of\u00a0<a id=\"OWA9fd44c7b-dd80-847a-9690-d8eaeff09f09\" class=\"x_x_fui-Link x_x____1q1shib x_x_f2hkw1w x_x_f3rmtva x_x_f1ewtqcl x_x_fyind8e x_x_f1k6fduh x_x_f1w7gpdv x_x_fk6fouc x_x_fjoy568 x_x_figsok6 x_x_f1s184ao x_x_f1mk8lai x_x_fnbmjn9 x_x_f1o700av x_x_f13mvf36 x_x_f1cmlufx x_x_f9n3di6 x_x_f1ids18y x_x_f1tx3yz7 x_x_f1deo86v x_x_f1eh06m1 x_x_f1iescvh x_x_fhgqx19 x_x_f1olyrje x_x_f1p93eir x_x_f1nev41a x_x_f1h8hb77 x_x_f1lqvz6u x_x_f10aw75t x_x_fsle3fq x_x_f17ae5zn x_x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/www.winknews.com\/news\/lee\/teen-found-safe-after-going-missing-in-bunche-beach\/article_b33ae01c-17f4-44fc-a7f1-e76c0e276038.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winknews.com\/news\/lee\/teen-found-safe-after-going-missing-in-bunche-beach\/article_b33ae01c-17f4-44fc-a7f1-e76c0e276038.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-ogsc=\"\">providing drugs and alcohol to a teenager<\/a>, adding that this is connected to a previously missing paddleboater in Bunche Beach.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Deputies arrested Worden Bourn, 63, following an investigation conducted by the sheriff\u2019s office major crimes unit.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old was reported missing and endangered on Sunday and was found safe later that day with the assistance of the sheriff\u2019s office, along with the United States Coast Guard and additional first responders.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Upon review of the teenager, deputies reported the individual was intoxicated and under the influence of narcotics while on the sailboat.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their investigation yielded that Bourn was in contact with the teenager and allegedly provided them with the abovementioned drugs and alcohol.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bourn, who according to LCSO, is a registered sexual offender but is not explicitly prohibited from contact with children; however, members of the Sexual Offender &amp; Predator Unit are conducting a detailed review to ensure that he is in compliance with his sexual offender registry obligations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The teenager has not disclosed any accounts of sexual abuse at this time, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This case remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bourn was taken into custody and remains inside the Lee County Jail. He faces drug delivery charges to a minor and possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Karsen is a Digital Specialist and has been with WINK News\u00a0since May 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEE COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; The Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office has arrested a man accused of\u00a0providing drugs and alcohol&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,325],"class_list":{"0":"post-94003","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-lee"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94003","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=94003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}