Kaitlin Knapp

1 week ago | fox4now.com | Kaitlin Knapp

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Cape Coral police are investigating an attempted abduction of a juvenile who was waiting at a bus stop Wednesday morning. The juvenile reported that two men in a black SUV approached him while he was sitting at a bench at NE 41st Street & Andalusia Boulevard around 7:30 a.m.According to police, the passenger of the vehicle opened his door and lunged at the juvenile, who managed to escape on his bicycle and return home safely.

1 week ago | fox4now.com | Kaitlin Knapp

UPDATE 5:00 P.M.:The fire is at 20 acres with 30% containment. UPDATE 4:40 P.M.:The fire is now at 18 acres. Authorities say no structures are threatened at this time and no evacuations are in place. Drivers will not run into any road closures right now, but first responders say you can expect smoky conditions overnight. ORIGINAL STORY: Crews are battling a 10-acre brush fire near Old 41 Road and Rail Head Boulevard. The Florida Forest Service says there is no containment on the fire.

1 week ago | fox4now.com | Kaitlin Knapp

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. — Lee County commissioners are proposing tighter parking restrictions on Boca Grande, including two-hour limits downtown and no parking on several streets, raising concerns among local business owners who say the changes could hurt their operations. The proposed restrictions would limit parking to two hours in downtown Boca Grande and prohibit parking on the Gilchrist Avenue median and along 5th Street East and East Railroad Avenue.

1 week ago | fox4now.com | Kaitlin Knapp

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Behind every face and every action, there's a name. The search for those names is where the journey begins. Fox 4's Senior Reporter Kaitlin Knapp is on a mission to get to know the names we know, and perhaps find the ones we don't, along with the detectives working in the same communities you call home. In Fox 4's award-winning series "Sunshine Crimes," we are going across Southwest Florida to tell the stories of people waiting for justice.

1 week ago | fox4now.com | Kaitlin Knapp |Austin Schargorodski

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Police arrested a man after they say he attempted to rob a McDonald's and got into fight with employees. Cape Coral Police rushed to the McDonald's at 2541 Del Prado Blvd N around 4:11 a.m. on April 30 after reports of a robbery in progress. Surveillance video from the restaurant showed 32-year-old Bray Allen Bamberger speaking with an employee near the register when the conversation escalated into an argument.