DUI/Traffic — Fort Myers, FL — reported 2026-07-15
SUMMARY
A former Lee County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 240 days in jail with credit for 171 days served, followed by four years of state probation.
KEY FACTS
- Incident type: DUI/Traffic
- Location: Fort Myers, FL
- Date reported: 2026-07-15
- Suspect: male, age 34
REPORTED DETAILS
- Matthew Curbelo, a 34-year-old former Lee County sheriff's deputy, was arrested after being clocked driving 63 mph in a 25 mph zone.
- Curbelo escaped the Lee County Jail by pressing buttons to open several doors and walking out.
- He was later found in the area of Vivas Court and First Street and remanded back to the Lee County Jail.
- Curbelo pleaded no contest to charges of escaping the jail after a drunken driving arrest, as well as a separate fraud case.
- He resigned from his post at the Lee County Sheriff's Office about six weeks before his DUI arrest.