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LEE COUNTY, Fla. - A former corrections officer with Lee County escaped from jail after he was arrested for an alleged DUI, according to the sheriff's office. The backstory ...

A former Lee County deputy escaped from jail after a DUI arrest, according to the sheriff's office. Matthew Curbelo, who was also a deputy, passed through three secured doors and investigators say he ...

LEE COUNTY, Florida (WFTX) -- A former corrections officer used his knowledge of the Lee County jail to briefly escape custody following his arrest for DUI, according to the Lee County Sheriff's ...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A former corrections officer used his knowledge of the Lee County jail to briefly escape custody following his arrest for DUI, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.