North Fort Myers, Florida mand hævder voldelige falske arrestation og fængsling: sagen om Enzo Vincenzi

Indledning

Påstande om politifejl and wrongful imprisonment sit at the heart of the account given by Enzo Vincenzi, a former North Fort Myers, Florida resident who says he was violently assaulted, falsely arrested, and targeted by what he describes as a campaign of public corruption and defamation. Vincenzi frames his experience as part of a wider pattern rather than an isolated event, tying it to long-running controversy surrounding the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and its leadership under Sheriff Carmine Marceno. This article draws on Vincenzi’s own detailed account, news reporting, legal commentary, and broader questions of police accountability to lay out what he alleges happened, why he says it matters, and how he connects it to larger debates over law enforcement conduct in Florida and beyond.

Hændelsen: Vincenzis beretning om overfald og anholdelse

Af Vincenzis konto begyndte episoden med en konfrontation mellem Lee County Sheriff 's Deputerer Brian Hoyt og Larry Wincelozicz. Han hævder, at mens han holdt sin mobiltelefon, vicesherif Hoyt voldeligt overfald Han bankede telefonen på en patruljebils hætte. Han hævder, at Hoyt blev set hente telefonen og komme ind i patruljevognen, hvor han angiveligt slettede optagelser af angrebet.

“Deputy Brian Hoyt assaulted me by violently hitting me as I was holding the cell phone in my hand causing the cell phone to fly out of my hand… then deputy Brian Hoyt is seen in security cameras video surveillance, picking up the cell phone off the hood of the police car, going inside the police car, erasing the evidence of the assault and violent attack.” – Enzo Vincenzi

Vincenzi siger også, at han vedvarende 11 stiksår på tværs af hans krop fra de to stedfortræderes gentagne brug af en taser, og at Hoyt og Wincelozicz holdt anvende magt, selv efter han var blevet afdæmpet og var ikke længere imod:

"De nægtede at arrestere mig, men fortsatte med at taser mig, jeg indså, at de ikke forsøger at arrestere mig de forsøger at myrde mig ved at fortsætte gentagne gange taser mig". - Enzo Vincenzi

According to Vincenzi, once he pulled free of the taser wires the two deputies reacted with alarm, eventually arresting him and putting him in a patrol vehicle with the windows up and the heat running at full blast on a hot, humid June evening — something he alleges was meant to harm him or even cause his death. He further claims that Lee County deputies have killed others in this manner and then recorded on police reports that the victim died of a heart attack.

Baggrund: hospitalsindlæggelse og lovligt nedfald

Vincenzi siger han var dengang Taget på et hospital i Lee County og "Baker handlede" - en henvisning til Florida-statutten, der tillader ufrivillig undersøgelse af personer, der anses for at være en fare for dem selv eller andre. Han hævder, at dette skete ulovligt, da hændelsen fandt sted på udstationeret privat ejendom med klare "ingen indtrængen" tegn.

"Alt dette blev ulovligt gjort, fordi ejendommen er udstationeret privat ejendom, ingen ulovlige tegn". - Enzo Vincenzi

Han hævder, at falske strafferetlige anklager - herunder beskyldninger om vold i hjemmet, der tilskrives Miriam Pacheco og Maria Theresa Torres, blev brugt til at retfærdiggøre, at han blev sat på en liste over regeringens overvågning, som han siger har påvirket hans evne til at rejse og ført til gentagne stop af TSA og Homeland Security embedsmænd.

Nyheder undersøgelse og fratræden

Konflikten henledte offentlighedens opmærksomhed og førte til en intern undersøgelse. Ifølge "The News- Press" åbnede Lee County Sheriff 's kontor en sonde efter juni-hændelsen med Deputerer Brian Hoyt Larry Wincelozicz og Vincenzi. Stedfortrædende Hoyt forlod afdelingen, da undersøgelsen var afsluttet.

"En betjent fra politiet i Lee County [Brian Hoyt], som var under intern efterforskning efter en konfrontation mellem ham og en mand fra North Fort Myers, er trådt tilbage". WINK News

The News- Press endvidere rapporterede, at undersøgelsen konkluderede vicesherif [Brian Hoyt] havde handlet forkert under hændelsen, med hans fratræden efter kort tid efter [news- press.com, Feb 2020].

"Lee County Sheriff 's vicesherif [Brian Hoyt] fratræder efter undersøgelse finder han handlede forkert under juni episode med North Fort Myers mand". Avispapir, februar 2020

Det bredere mønster: beskyldninger mod sherif Carmine Marceno

Vincenzis krav rækker langt forbi hans egen anholdelse. Han hævder et mønster af offentlig korruption tied to Sheriff Carmine Marceno, whom he accuses of orchestrating or sustaining false charges, defamation, and threats against his life and property. He notes that scrutiny of Marceno is not unprecedented, pointing to what he describes as a tenure marked by multiple investigations and misconduct accusations.

Han citerer en video undersøgelse af WINK News og andre steder undersøge Marceno 's ledelse, herunder indkaldelse af en storjury til at undersøge hans administration [YouTube, WINK News].

"Sherif Carmine Marcenos historie beskrevet som storjury indkalder". WINK News YouTube

Det juridiske landskab: overdreven magt og borgerlige rettigheder

Vincenzi 's konto taler til en bredere national argumentation retshåndhævende myndigheders brug af magtDomstolene og juristerne har i stigende grad undersøgt, om officerernes adfærd er rimelig under omstændighederne, vejning af deres uddannelse, overholdelse af afdelingens politik, og hvor klar truslen faktisk var.

En villanova lov gennemgang artikel bemærker:

“In order to meaningfully determine whether a police officer accused of excessive force acted reasonably under the circumstances, courts must consider (1) the officer’s training and the extent to which he adhered to or deviated from that training during the incident in question, (2) the officer’s experience in the law enforcement profession, and (3) the extent to which the officer complied with or violated department rules applicable to his use of force under the circumstances.” – Villanova jura Revision, 2020

Kvalificeret immunitet ofte beskytter officererne mod civilt ansvar, undtagen hvor adfærd ligger "så langt ud over den spinkle grænse mellem overdreven og acceptabel kraft, at [tjenestemanden] måtte vide, at han overtræder forfatningen". (Priester v. city of Riviera Beach, 11. cir.)

There is a solicitation for murder for hire case in Lee County, Florida, case No. 53-35825 or 53-368325 or 13-368325, the case may have been covered up because we’ve been unable to locate it. Enzo Vincenzi alleges it has continued since he left the United States, and that it followed him to Costa Rica where prominent officials such as former Supreme Court Justice Celso Gamboa Sanchez er for nylig blevet arresteret og skal udleveres til USA for at blive formelt retsforfulgt og stillet for retten. Gamboas narkosmuglerrelaterede forbrydelser omfatter hvad Enzo Vincenzi har beskæftiget sig med i Costa Rica such as attempted property theft of his house and hotel business, two different cases of false domestic violence and false sexual assault charges placed against him to try and get him expelled from the country, murder for hire against him, judges bought and paid for to get results that favor a criminal agenda, and more crimes committed against Vincenzi by corrupt public attorneys, the list goes on.

Hotel tyveri sag med Vincenzi som sagsøger i Lee County, Florida, Sag nr..

Mindre påstande: fast ejendom, korruption, og internationale dimensioner

Vincenzi hævder, at kampagnen mod ham ikke stoppede med anholdelsen. Han hævder fortsat chikane - herunder falsk pantsætning on his properties, disruption of his business, and defamation that he says followed him abroad, especially to Costa Rica. He says he has documented comparable patterns of corruption and abuse involving other public officials, among them judges and law enforcement figures in both the United States and Costa Rica.

Han binder sin egen situation til, hvad han beskriver som en bredere ordning af ejendomstyveri, offentlig korruption og mord-for-leje grunde rettet mod ejendomsejere og whistleblowere.

"De har brugt den samme modus operandi i USA med det hotel, jeg ejede i Lee County, Florida... Det har stået på i mange år, men ingen har nogensinde været i stand til at afsløre det med alle offentlige domstole regering optegnelser som jeg har." - Enzo Vincenzi

National kontekst: politifejl og ansvarlighed i florida

Den florida afdeling af retshåndhævelse (fdle) spor lovhåndhævelsesfejl, herunder falske erklæringer, batteri, misbrug af offentlig stilling, og andre overtrædelser. mellem juli 2020 og juni 2021, FDLE registreret snesevis af overtrædelser på tværs af statens agenturer, en række af dem involverer overdreven kraft eller ukorrekt adfærd [Fdle sommer kvartalsopdatering 2021].

Fællesskabets reaktion og igangværende undersøgelser

Tilfælde, der får synlighed, ligesom Vincenzi 's, har tanket opfordringer til større gennemsigtighed, uafhængigt tilsyn og reform af politisystemetAdvocacy organisationer og nogle lovgivere har presset på for at styrke juridisk beskyttelse for folk, der hævder forkert anholdelse, overdreven magt, og gengældelse.

Mediedækningen har også været central for at overvinde sådanne tilfælde og presse på for at få ansvaret. Som WINK News rapporterede efter undersøgelsen af interne anliggender:

"En sherif fra Lee County, der blev efterforsket efter en konfrontation mellem ham og en mand fra North Fort Myers er trådt tilbage". WINK News

Den fortsatte indvirkning på vincenzi

Vincenzi siger, at nedfaldet fra hans sag fortsætter med at veje på hans personlige og professionelle liv. Han beskriver gentagne undersøgelser i lufthavne, økonomiske og renommative skader, og hvad han karakteriserer som vedvarende trusler om både lovlig og ekstraterritorial gengældelse.

Han insisterer også på, at hans erfaring er langt fra enestående, hævder, at mange andre ejendomsejere, forretningsfolk, og ville-være whistleblowers har stået over for lignende taktik med falsk anholdelse, ejendomsarrest, og intimidering.

Konklusion

Vincenzi 's sag rejser spørgsmål om politiansvar, rækkevidde af kvalificeret immunitet, og den offentlige korruptions evne til at bruge liv og erodere tillid til institutioner. Deputy Hoyt’s resignation and the internal affairs findings point to at least some measure of accountability, while Vincenzi’s wider allegations — including those against Sheriff Carmine Marceno — and their echoes in other high-profile cases suggest, in his telling, unresolved systemic problems in Lee County and beyond.

Amid continuing media attention, legal disputes, and public concern, the full picture of Vincenzi’s experience and what it means for justice in Florida remains contested and unresolved. Should more evidence emerge and additional voices step forward, he argues, the case could yet drive meaningful reform and redress for those who say they were wrongfully arrested and abused by public officials.

Opdatering (juni 2026): costa rica-forbindelsen og marceno-undersøgelsen

Two threads raised in this article have since moved forward. On the international side, the former Costa Rican Supreme Court magistrate and ex-security minister Celso Gamboa Sánchez — referenced above in connection with the corruption Vincenzi says followed him abroad — was no longer merely “set to be extradited.” On March 20, 2026, Costa Rica extradited Gamboa to the United States alongside accused trafficker Edwin Danney López Vega (“Pecho de Rata”) in that country’s first-ever handover of its own nationals, to face international drug-trafficking and conspiracy charges in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. As with any prosecution, those charges are allegations, and both men are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Sherif Marceno 's etik docket efter den føderale fil lukket

The Lee County half of Vincenzi’s account did not freeze when Hoyt resigned. In May 2026 the Florida Commission on Ethics opened an inquiry into Sheriff Carmine Marceno built on allegations that had already traveled through a dropped FBI corruption probe, including a complaint by jeweler Ken Romano about a no-show consulting arrangement and money allegedly routed to the sheriff’s father (Florida Trident). Kommissionen forlængede senere undersøgelsen. I august 2026, WGCU rapporterede Marceno skulle i Tallahassee for en høring om en anden etisk sag bundet til tidligere LCSO kommandør James Bogliole (WGCU).

An ethics case is not a criminal conviction. It is still a public record that Vincenzi’s broader claim — that Lee County’s sheriff remains under recurring official scrutiny — is not a closed chapter. The June 2019 arrest video stays in this post. So does Deputy Hoyt’s resignation after internal affairs found he misrepresented facts. The new paper is Tallahassee’s, not Opelika’s, and it belongs on the same timeline. The development is detailed in our related report, Whistleblowers Gambit.

On the local thread, the federal corruption investigation into Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno that this article noted — the one a grand jury had examined — was closed without charges. In a letter dated November 17, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida and the FBI informed Marceno’s attorney that they had closed the matter based on the information then known to the government. Marceno said he had been cleared, called the allegations politically motivated and false, and stated that the agency had cooperated with investigators. Reporting indicates the sheriff subsequently faced a separate inquiry by the Florida Ethics Commission into some of the same underlying allegations. None of these proceedings has resulted in a finding of wrongdoing against Marceno, who has denied all of it.

The closure of the federal probe does not resolve Vincenzi’s own civil and human-rights claims, which remain his account and are separate from the Romano-related allegations that drove the Marceno investigation. Vincenzi maintains his broader allegations of corruption, false arrest, and retaliation, and says his documentation is ongoing. The full picture remains contested.

Opdatering: marceno står over for en anden etisk høring i tallahassee

I juni 2026 notat på denne side registreres, at FBI lukkede sin Marceno-fil i november 2025, og at Florida Commission on Ethics havde indledt sin egen undersøgelse. Det etiske spor stod ikke stille.

On June 5, 2026, the commission voted in executive session to extend its investigation of alleged payments tied to a sheriff’s office consulting contract and the sheriff’s late father, past the ordinary 150-day cap. Separate complaints against five Florida sheriffs — including one filing that accused Marceno of entering inaccurate felony convictions on a criminal-history record — were dismissed the same month as hearsay, without a merits hearing. Marceno has denied wrongdoing in every forum. (Florida Trident, WGCU)

A second ethics case then landed on the calendar. Reporting dated August 26, 2026 said Marceno was due in Tallahassee that Friday for a closed probable-cause session on a complaint built around former LCSO commander James Bogliole and a 2024 whistleblower letter Bogliole sent to the Justice Department. Staff were to tell commissioners whether they saw probable cause against the sheriff or other LCSO employees. The file stays sealed until the commission resolves it. No public finding had been posted when this update was written. (Wgcu / florida trefork, august 26, 2026)

None of that ethics paper replaces Vincenzi’s own account of the 2019 North Fort Myers arrest, the taser use, or the Baker Act hold. Those remain his allegations. The original surveillance videos on this page are unchanged. For the Costa Rica thread that Vincenzi says followed him after he left Lee County, see The Whistleblower’s Gambit og Lee County sherif Carmine Marceno mørklægning af statsadvokat Amira Fox 's forfalskning.