A Florida sheriff is laying down the law for those considering moving from the blue states to the Sunshine State.
Carmine Marceno of Lee County – on the southwest side of 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 makes no bones about dealing with criminals who think they can “play” in his country.
He told Fox News: “My message… is clear. If you think you can deal poison and commit crime, stay away from Lee County and the entire great state of Florida.
“We are ready, and we will absolutely find you, track you down and charge you to the fullest extent of the law.”
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno has made a name for himself as a no-nonsense enforcer of the law, hoping the balance in his state doesn’t shift due to the arrival of liberals from now dangerous and obnoxious blue states.
He further noted, as many have, that for several years there has been a stream of liberals from New York and California flowing to Florida for a number of reasons, including safety, sunshine and favorable tax breaks.
Marceno worries about those same people who choose to flee their home states because Democratic-led environments have turned into chaotic, crime-ridden cities with sky-high taxes and nothing to show for, moving to Florida just for the same thing. to vote. kind of leadership that led to the demise of their once functional cities.
“They want to leave California. They want to leave New York. Okay. And then they end up in a state like Florida, where we have law and order, and they don’t change their minds,” he said.
“You have left a place of devastation, where people can rob, steal, loot and use drugs in safe havens. And then you’re angry because it’s so bad there, and you come here and you still do the same thing. Same action, same result.’
The sheriff has a tough but fair message to those thinking of importing their blue state mentality to Florida: “Leave. Go back where you came from, because we don’t want you here.’
The sheriff has a tough but fair message to those thinking of importing their blue state mentality to Florida: “Leave. Go back where you came from because we don’t want you here.”
“We welcome everyone to our great state of Florida. But if you think that lawlessness is the way, if you believe that criminals should roam the streets and steal and rob and, God forbid, distribute poison in the streets and kill innocent people, then you are not the person we are talking about here. want to have. You can go back and live in lawlessness.”
He noted some brutal crimes plaguing the streets of New York, including a burgeoning epidemic of people being punched in the face.
“The world has gone mad,” he said.
He hopes that voters who do not prioritize public order will not vote for him.
“I will routinely tell people, if you don’t like the fact that I stand for law and order, and if you don’t like the fact that we’re locking up bad people, I’m not the person to vote for. I’d rather you not vote for me.’
According to data from LinkedIn, four of the ten fastest growing cities in America are in Florida. Sarasota, Tampa, Jacksonville and Orlando are all among the places where the largest number of Americans have moved in recent years.
Per capita, the ten fastest growing cities in America were all in the South, including four in Florida, three in Texas and two in North Carolina.
However, Marceno does not have a flawless record. After his divorce 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 around the time he became sheriff by Deanna Williams (right). Williams suffered a miscarriage and the result of any paternity test 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 because of videos of their large-scale drug busts and videos of him and his SWAT team outside busted drug dens.
Some fans call him the “best sheriff in America.”
Marceno was elected to his post in 2018 and has since made nearly 2,000 physical arrests, executed 800 search warrants and handled some 3,300 drug cases — the local jail has been nicknamed the Marceno Motel.
However, Marceno does not have an impeccable track record. Shortly after he was appointed Lee County Sheriff in 2018, he was sued by a woman who claimed to be pregnant with his child.