The pairing of Yanko Romero and Brandt Diaz in a shared cell has raised questions about whether the Lee County Sheriff's ...

A Fort Myers man accused of fatally shooting a man he did not know days later assaulted his cellmate during his sleep.

It's been a week since a shocking incident in Fort Myers, where police reported that Yanko Romero, 41, shot and killed 25-year-old Alex Johnson in an unprovoked attack.

Diaz was asleep around 3 a.m. when his cellmate Yanko Romero — a man facing murder charges — beat him repeatedly in the face, leaving him unconscious on the floor.

Yanko Romero, 41, was in court June 11 for a pretrial detention hearing, where state prosecutors asked that he remain in custody without bond. Lee Circuit Judge Nicholas Thompson OK'd Assistant ...

From Fort Myers to a Jailhouse Assault Yanko Romero, 41, was already in custody for the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Alex Johnson, a fisherman killed by gunfire to the neck and head near the ...