Man who rushed in to aid girl bitten in Boca Grande shark attack now facing deportation
One of the men entering the water from Boca Grande then to help A 9 -year -old girl bitten by a shark this monthLuis Alvarez was arrested for a few days later for driving a unlicensed car. He’s now in Collier County Prison deportation.
31 -year -old Alvarez from Lehigh Acres was stopped while driving at West Main Street in Immocalee at 1:30 on June 14 at 1:30. The Collier County Sheriff Office arrest report says that he uses a gray SUV with the Rhode Island label.
Alvarez called a picture of the employment authorization card on his phone. In the report, the Spanish arrest officer said that he had been in the country for 2 1/2 years and had not received any driver’s license.
LEAH Lendel, a 9-year-old Shark-Ismmarlama victim of Brander, took a photo at the Tampa General Hospital, where doctors held his hand again after being attacked on the shores of Boca Grande on June 11th.
Alverez was arrested for driving unlicensed cars and issued a warning because there were no headlights.
The arrest report says that Alvarez is from Nicaragua, Boaco. Court records show that he was held in prison. US immigration and customs protection. On July 9, a judge is scheduled to prevent.
Leah Lendel was subjected to serious injuries after being bitten by a shark, a few meters away from the beach on Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island. His hand almost broke, but a quick action at the scene and a airline to Tampa General Hospital, allowed surgeons to re -put his hand back. Healing.
Raynel Lugo, who also helped during the rescue, said that Alvarez first entered the water to scare the shark and help Lendel’s sister in an interview with Fox4 News, who first informed the Alverez arrest.
The reservation of Luis Avarez was arrested on charges of a driving in June, after helping to save a 9 -year -old girl in Boca Grande in June.
“Leah jumped to that area to reveal him when he helped Leah, Lug said Lugo in his interview. “He deepened underwater, he doesn’t even care about sharks. He really deepened. Probably faced the shark.”
A Lee County Sheriff Office of a MP of the deputy who responds to the call shows three men standing next to the water because Leah is treated by EMS.
Alvarez, through a interpreter, said to those who first answered like an eight -meter shark. Experts then said that it was probably a bull shark, one of the more aggressive sharks in Florida waters.
Bradenton and his family Shark-Raising victim Leah Lendel were besieged by some doctors who held his hand again at Tampa General Hospital on June 19 at a news conference. Lendel was attacked on the shores of Boca Grande on June 11th.
Court records show that Alvarez has no history of arrest in Collier County. Lee County was arrested for four times by December 2023 for similar charges. He paid a fine or hid by three different judges. In the last case, the judge published a D6 suspension on June 23, so Alvarez did not pay the fine and could not apply for a license.
Alvarez is represented by lawyer Jose Calvo in 2024. It could not be reached for a comment.
This article was initially published in Fort Myers News-Press: Luis Alvarez ran to help after biting shark, now it is deported
