A Florida sheriff is laying down the law for those thinking about moving from the blue states to the Sunshine State.
Carmine Marceno of Lee County in southwest Florida has been causing a media frenzy lately for his no-nonsense approach to crime and incarceration.
Marceno, a New Yorker by birth, said he pulls no punches when it comes to dealing with criminals who think they can “play” in his county.
He told Fox News: ‘My message… is clear. If you think you can sell poison and commit crimes, stay away from Lee County and the entire great state of Florida.
“We are ready and we will absolutely find him, we will pursue him and we will charge him to the fullest extent of the law.”
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno has made a name for himself as a no-nonsense law enforcer who hopes the balance of his state doesn’t shift due to the arrival of liberals from the now dangerous and nasty blue states.
He went on to note, as many have, that a flood of liberals from New York and California have been flocking to Florida for several years now for a number of reasons including safety, sunshine and favorable tax breaks.
Marceno worries that those same people who choose to flee their home states because Democratic-led environments have become chaotic, crime-ridden cities with sky-high taxes and nothing to show them, are moving to Florida just to vote. for the same. type of leadership that led to the ruin of their once functional cities.
‘They want to leave California. They want to leave New York. Well. And then they come to a state like Florida, where law and order reigns, and they don’t change their views,” he said.
‘You left a place where there is havoc, where people can steal, steal, loot, consume drugs in safe havens. And then you get upset that it’s so bad there, and you come here and keep doing the same thing. Same action, same result.’
The sheriff has a tough but fair message for those thinking about importing their blue-state mentality to Florida: ‘Leave. Go back to where you came from because we don’t want you here.’
The sheriff has a tough but fair message for those thinking about importing their blue-state mentality to Florida: ‘Leave. Go back to where you came from because we don’t want you here.’
‘We welcome everyone to our great state of Florida. But if you believe that anarchy leads the way, if you believe that criminals should roam the streets and steal and, God forbid, sell poison in the streets and kill innocent people, you are not the person we want here. You can go back and live without law.”
He looked at some of the relentless crimes that have been plaguing the streets of New York, including a budding epidemic of people getting punched in the face.
“The world has gone crazy,” he said.
He hopes voters who don’t prioritize law and order won’t vote for him.
“I will routinely tell people: If you don’t like me standing up for law and order, and you don’t like us putting bad people in jail, I’m not the person to vote for.” I’d rather you not vote for me.’
Four of the 10 fastest-growing cities in the United States are in Florida, according to LinkedIn data. Sarasota, Tampa, Jacksonville and Orlando are among the places where the largest number of Americans have moved in recent years.
On a per capita basis, the 10 fastest-growing cities in the United States were all in the South, including four in Florida, three in Texas and two in North Carolina.
Marceno, however, does not have an impeccable record. After her divorce from him in 2017, Deanna Williams (pictured) entered into a consensual relationship with him that led to a lawsuit.
Marceno was the plaintiff in a paternity suit filed when Deanna Williams (right) became sheriff. Williams had an abortion and the result of any paternity test that was possibly performed was never made public.
Marceno has established himself as something of a social media superstar.
According to Fox, the sheriff and his team often go viral for videos of his large-scale drug busts and videos of him and his SWAT team having fun outside busted drug dens.
Some fans call him “America’s Greatest Sheriff.”
Marceno was elected to his position in 2018 and has since executed nearly 2,000 physical arrests, 800 search warrants and worked on some 3,300 drug cases; the local jail has been nicknamed the Marceno Motel.
Marceno, however, does not have an impeccable public record. Just after being appointed sheriff of Lee County in 2018, he was sued by a woman who claimed to be pregnant with her child.
Deanna Williams claimed to have entered into a consensual relationship with Marceno, which he confirmed, before being dumped after telling him she was pregnant.
In November 2018, Williams filed a paternity lawsuit against Marceno demanding sole custody of the child who was due to be born in the spring of 2019.
He said Marceno did not want the child to be born and had offered to pay for an abortion.
Williams ultimately gave birth to a stillborn child and the lawsuit was subsequently dismissed.