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Published: April 6, 2021 4:43 PM EDT
Updated: April 6, 2021 6:20 PM EDT
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office claims it acted in “good faith” in response to a lawsuit accusing deputies of arresting an innocent man for a crime against a child.
The arrest was the result of a misspelling. The real guy deputies were looking for is named Carlos Lobo, but the guy they arrested was Carlos Lobos. Lobos filed a lawsuit and on Monday the sheriff’s office responded.
In 2018, a U.S. Marshals Task Force arrested Lobos in front of his family at his Cape Coral home.
After he filed suit this year, WINK News revealed now expunged public records that showed Lobos had been mixed up with the other man and had no connection to the alleged crime.
Answers to some of your unemployment questions as second stimulus programs roll out
Published: January 7, 2021 4:48 PM EST
Updated: January 7, 2021 5:46 PM EST
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A new year brings with it fresh questions related to unemployment.
Many of you are writing in to WINK News about payments, a lack of them, or partial payments. There are questions about Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) those are the unemployment programs continued in the stimulus bill on top of the new programs, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) and Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC).
Lindsey Bates wrote in saying she was collecting PUA, and then she was asked to apply for the Extended Benefits program. She asked, “Now my claim says my claim status is suspended but I am monetarily eligible. What does all this mean?”
As the state begins to roll out changes and extensions to unemployment compensation, courtesy of the new stimulus bill, some Floridians worry it won’t be smooth. Community activist Vanessa Brito, who’s been helping decipher and guide people through the unemployment system for months, is preparing for the worst. “I want people to be prepared for […]
According to the CONNECT website Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis has directed Florida Department of Economic Opportunity to waive the waiting week, work search and work registration requirements for claimants through Feb. 27, 2021. WINK News discovered the change ahead of when this provision would have expired Jan. 2, 2021. We did not see an announcement […]