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Lee County Sheriff speaks on unusual video made by department
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno speaks about an unusual video his department made and their choice of using humor to showcase local crimes.
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Local authorities in Florida released an unusual video of a woman throwing a brick through her ex-boyfriend’s window after she initially denied the act and was arrested for her crime.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office released a video on Facebook last week that they said shows Sabrina Coyne, 34, launching a “first date” brick through the window of a Bonita Springs house several days prior. The edited clip, which includes both doorbell camera and police bodycam footage, is captioned, “Woman throws brick through window – ‘It wasn’t me.'”
“Here we have … domestic violence. Very, very unpredictable and could be deadly at times, so we have a zero-tolerance policy,” Sheriff Carmine Marceno of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Digital. “It’s amazing when it comes to crimes of passion and domestic violence how things get so hot and so crazy. And then we have to come in and clean things up.”
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Officers arrived at the residence after the homeowner was woken up by a loud crash and banging on the front door. Marceno said that although Coyne claimed to have been married to the man, they only had a domestic relationship and had been separated.
“She rolls up to the house. She finds the sentimental brick from their first date … and then she proceeds to throw it through a window, which, you know, thank God nobody was hurt during this incident,” he said. “No two people fall out of love at the same time, and no matter how frustrated or upset you are … you can’t throw a brick through somebody’s window.”
A woman is seen on video throwing a “first date” brick through her ex-boyfriend’s window. (Lee County Sheriff’s Office)
In the video shared by police, an officer is heard asking the woman alleged to be Coyne, “Did you launch anything in there?” She responds, “No,” before the video cuts to footage that appears to show her throwing the brick.
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Sabrina Coyne, 34, was arrested after police said she threw a brick through her ex-boyfriend’s window. (Lee County Sheriff’s Office)
“I didn’t break the window, I did not break the window!” says the woman who police identified as Coyne. “Officer, officer, I did not break the window.” The word “Wrong” in all caps is repeatedly displayed on the screen each time the suspect denies her crime.
“She denies doing anything, even though it’s clearly caught on video, she denies it,” Marceno said.
The song “It Wasn’t Me” by Rik Rok and Shaggy plays in the background of the video created by the sheriff’s office.
Marceno said his department values transparency and has a large social media presence.
“We have such amazing residents here in Lee County. It’s not their job to find out what we’re doing. It’s our job to deliver that information,” he said. “When you use a little bit of humor … you’re not making light of a situation, but you’re kind of showing people, ‘Hey, this is what took place. Thank God nobody was hurt.’ You’re getting that information out and maybe just using a little bit of humor, which gives it a little cutting edge.”
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The video, released by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, allegedly shows Coyne throwing a brick through her ex-boyfriend’s window. (Lee County Sheriff’s Office)
Coyne was arrested and charged with criminal mischief and throwing a deadly missile into an occupied dwelling, police said. She was later released after posting bond, according to Marceno and online records with the sheriff’s office.
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“No matter what’s going on … take a breath … cool minds prevail because we’re not going to tolerate domestic violence,” Marceno said. “That one snapshot in time could define many more days, nights, months and years down the road.”
Mollie Markowitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Email tips to [email protected]. She joined Fox in 2019 and made her way from producing live news coverage to true-crime documentaries at Fox Nation. She has interviewed Ted Bundy survivors, the children of notorious serial killers, survivor Lisa McVey, members of law enforcement and families impacted by traumatic crime.Currently, she covers national crime stories for Fox News Digital. You can follow Mollie on LinkedIn.