Florida’s sheriffs have been in the news lately for their no-nonsense approach as liberal cities come under fire for enacting pro-crime policies such as eliminating cash bail and reducing incarceration. The Lee County Sheriff is no exception.
Sheriff Carmine Marceno, originally from New York, has taken a tough stance on criminals who think they can “play” in his county, warning that he will “hunt them down.” The sheriff accused the liberal city of trying to take a tough stance on criminal activity.
“My message is… clear: If you think you can sell poison or commit a crime, stay away from Lee County and the entire state of Florida. We are ready, we will absolutely find you and hunt you down. , to enforce the scope of the law,” he said in an interview with FOX News Digital.
He said he’s also noticed far-left people fleeing New York and California and heading to Florida in search of the safety net laid out by the DeSantis administration. But then, the sheriff claimed, they would begin voting for the same political views that had turned their town into anarchy.
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Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno. (Lee County Sheriff’s Office)
“They want to leave California. They want to leave New York. OK. And they come to states like Florida, where they have law and order, but they don’t change their minds. ” he said. “You left a place where there was chaos where people could rob, steal, loot, do drugs in a safe haven. And you were angry that it was so bad there. , and here we are still doing the same thing. Same action, same result.”
The sheriff sent a clear message to those who continue to vote for far-left policies: return to the lawless state of the past.
“I always tell people, but it’s probably not popular with some people. If you don’t like living by law and order, have a nice day. Get out. Get back where you came from. Because we don’t want you here.” “We welcome you to our great state of Florida. But if you think illegality will lead the way, criminals.” If you believe that people should roam the streets, stealing and robbing and, God forbid, poisoning and killing innocent people, then you do it.” Not who we want here. You can go back and live illegally. ”
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The sheriff noted how people in New York were being punched in the face in unmotivated attacks.
“The world has gone crazy,” he said.
The sheriff regularly goes viral on TikTok for videos of him making large-scale drug busts or dancing with a SWAT team outside a shuttered drug den.
Lee County Sheriff Marceno conducts drug bust. (Lee County Sheriff’s Office)
Commenters called him “more than a gangster” and “the best sheriff in America.”
Another commenter said, “Brother takes out all the bad guys and makes a track to diss them.”
Since being elected in 2018, the sheriff has executed nearly 800 search warrants and worked on more than 3,300 drug cases, including just under 2,000 physical arrests.
He warned that criminals attempting to cause mayhem will be guaranteed a stay at the Marceno Motel (the sheriff’s nickname for the county jail).
The general tone of Florida sheriffs is very different from law enforcement agencies in other cities.
At an April 2022 press conference, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson said home invaders should ideally be shot.
“If someone breaks into your home, you’re welcome to shoot them,” he said. “Actually, I would like you to do that.”
This comment went viral again in parallel with an article. New York woman arrested for attempting to remove squatters from her property.
Sheriff Johnson began his career with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office in 1993. (Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office)
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Prime Minister Boris Johnson stood by his comments and said they were “unsurprising.”
“I said [at the press conference] If you shoot accurately and kill the guy, you’ll save taxpayers money. He also said that if someone is killed in a home invasion, there is zero chance they will re-offend. And we like the odds, and we do,” he told FOX News Digital.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd made headlines for instructing gun-owning residents to “grate cheese” robbers.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd warns against home intruders. You will get something like grated cheese.
A Florida sheriff told FOX News Digital that the idea that the criminal justice system is racist is “fiction” and makes him “want to puke.”
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The Lee County Sheriff asked him not to vote on the possibility of criminal sympathizers in his county.
“I regularly tell people: If you don’t like that I defend law and order, and you don’t like that we jail bad guys, then I’m not the one to vote. Quit. I think it’s better. Vote for me,” he said.
