Fort Myers Booking Reports

Fort Myers booking reports are processed through the Lee County Sheriff's Office. Fort Myers is the county seat of Lee County with close to 100,000 residents. The city has its own police department, but all jail bookings go through the county system. When someone is arrested in Fort Myers, the Lee County Sheriff handles the intake and booking at the county jail. These booking records are public and available for search and copying under Florida law.

Fort Myers Arrest Booking Process

The Lee County Sheriff's Office runs the jail system that handles Fort Myers bookings. The sheriff's main office is at 2115 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in Fort Myers. When the Fort Myers Police Department or any other agency makes an arrest in the city, the person goes to the Lee County jail for booking. Staff take fingerprints, a booking photo, and log all the charge details into the system.

Fort Myers does not operate its own jail. The county jail serves all cities in Lee County, from Fort Myers to Cape Coral, Bonita Springs, and beyond. The booking process creates a report that includes the person's name, charges, arrest date, and bond amount. This report becomes a public record at the time of booking. You can search for it or request a copy through the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

The Fort Myers Police handle the arrest side. But once someone is in custody and heading to jail, it becomes a county matter. The booking report lives in the Lee County system. If you need information about someone booked after a Fort Myers arrest, call the sheriff's office at 239-477-1700.

Search Fort Myers Booking Records

The Lee County Sheriff's Office provides an arrest search tool on their website. You can search by name to find people currently in custody or recently booked after Fort Myers arrests. The tool shows basic booking information including charges, bond amount, and facility location. This is a free public tool that anyone can use.

If you cannot find what you need online, call the Lee County Sheriff at 239-477-1700. Staff can look up records by name or booking number. For formal copies of Fort Myers booking reports, you can file a public records request. The request can be made by phone, in writing, or in person at the sheriff's office on Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. There may be a small fee for copies, but the search itself costs nothing.

The Florida Department of Corrections inmate search is another option. This statewide tool covers people serving time in state prison. If someone arrested in Fort Myers was sentenced to a state facility, their record appears here. The database refreshes each week, with release dates and location changes updated nightly.

The screenshot above shows the Florida Department of Corrections search portal. It searches across all state prison databases at once, covering active inmates, released inmates, supervised populations, and fugitives from Fort Myers cases and all other Florida cities.

Fort Myers Booking Records Are Public

Florida's public records law makes Fort Myers booking reports open to everyone. Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes says all state, county, and municipal records are open for personal inspection and copying by any person. You have the right to see a Fort Myers booking report. You do not need to be a resident of Lee County. You do not need to give a reason for your request.

The agency that holds the record must let you inspect it at a reasonable time. They can charge for copies, but the fee must be reasonable. Under Chapter 943, some booking details are restricted. Juvenile records stay private unless the charge is a felony. Medical and mental health information from the booking is not part of the public record. If a Fort Myers booking has been sealed or expunged, it will not show up in any search.

Note: The Lee County Sheriff must acknowledge your records request promptly and respond in good faith.

Booking Photos from Fort Myers

Every person booked at the Lee County jail after a Fort Myers arrest gets a booking photo taken. It is part of the standard intake process. The photo goes into the booking report and is usually a public record. It may show up in online search tools or be provided as part of a records request.

If your Fort Myers booking photo ends up on a for-profit website that wants money to take it down, Florida law is on your side. Florida Statute 901.43 bans these removal fees. Send a written request, and the site must remove the photo within 10 days. Failure to comply means a $1,000 per day penalty. If the site puts the photo back up, the penalty jumps to $5,000 per day. This protection covers Fort Myers and all Florida booking photos.

State Resources for Fort Myers Cases

Beyond the county system, Florida has several state-level resources that may show records from Fort Myers arrests. The Florida Department of State keeps a master list of all 67 county jails with contact information and links to their search pages. This includes Lee County. The list is a good reference if you need to find the right agency for a Fort Myers booking report.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement can be reached at 850-410-7000. FDLE handles criminal history information and formal background checks at the state level. They also run the sexual offender and predator search where you can check for registered offenders in the Fort Myers area.

The county jails directory shown above from the Florida Department of State lists every county jail in the state, including Lee County which handles Fort Myers bookings.

Bond After a Fort Myers Arrest

After booking at the Lee County jail, a person from a Fort Myers arrest may be eligible for bond. The bond amount depends on the charges. Some offenses have a preset bond amount from the county bond schedule. Others require a judge to set the amount at a first appearance hearing, which happens within 24 hours of the arrest.

Family members can call the Lee County Sheriff at 239-477-1700 to check on bond status for someone booked after a Fort Myers arrest. Once bond is posted, the person gets released and the booking report updates to reflect that. You can post bond at the jail, use a bail bond company, or in some cases pay online. The booking record remains in the system after release. It does not get erased just because the person bonded out.

Fort Myers Case Records

If a Fort Myers case goes through the courts and results in sentencing, additional records get created. Chapter 921 covers sentencing procedures in Florida. State prison sentences put the person in the Department of Corrections system, which has its own searchable database. Chapter 948 covers probation and community control for cases that do not result in prison time. Both create separate records that link back to the original Fort Myers booking.

For cases that end in county jail time, the sentence gets served at the Lee County facility. The booking report from the initial arrest stays as the core record, updated with sentencing and release details as the case moves forward.

Lee County Booking Reports

Fort Myers is the county seat of Lee County. All booking reports go through the Lee County Sheriff's Office, which serves Fort Myers, Cape Coral, and other cities in the county. For full details on the county booking system and search tools, visit the Lee County page.

View Lee County Booking Reports

Nearby Cities

Cape Coral is the closest large city to Fort Myers. It shares the same Lee County booking system.