pas.fdle.state.fl.us, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement site, lets members of the public see if they or someone they know is reported missing or wanted by authorities. Users type at least part of the person's name into the system, plus other information they might know such as gender, age or race.

"There are a lot of individuals out there who do not realize they have a warrant for their arrest," Jennifer McCord, a spokeswoman for the FDLE, said Monday. Also, "we'd like for individual citizens to help law enforcement in tracking some of these individuals down."

People can leave anonymous tips on the site if they know the location of someone listed.

The site already lets people enter identification numbers for items ranging from household appliances to vehicles and license plates to see if they've been reported stolen.

State sets up hot line to report arson suspects

TALLAHASSEE -- With the state the driest it's been in a century, officials have set up a hot line and are offering up to $5,000 for information leading to wildfire arson arrests.

Division of Forestry officials say individuals should not follow or try to make contact with someone they suspect of arson. Instead, they should note as much information as possible, including a description of the person and any vehicle involved and a tag number, and call this toll-free number: 1-800-342-5869. It is answered around the clock.

Arson is reported as the leading cause of fires in the state, responsible for 122 so far this year, nearly a fourth of the total.

Last year, 119 people were arrested in arson fires.

Deputy responding to call, three others die in crash

FORT MYERS -- The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that killed a Lee County deputy and three others.

Cpl. Alfredo Banos, 52, a 10-year veteran, was responding early Saturday to a call about a man threatening people with a machete when his patrol car slid into the path of an oncoming car.

Also killed were the other car's driver, Taide Zamora, 26; and passengers Armando Zamora, 30, and Gabriel Godines, 16. Zamora's third passenger, Procoro Vazquez-Sanchez, 19, was in fair condition Monday at a hospital.

The four men from Immokalee were on their way to work, investigators said.

FBI says most of Brinks’ missing $3.5-million found

FORT MYERS -- Investigators have found most of the money taken during a multimillion-dollar burglary at a Brinks' warehouse, but not the man the FBI suspects was behind it.

Henry Von Schwarc, the Brinks courier who investigators say walked out of the warehouse with $3.5-million in cash during his Labor Day weekend shift, is still on the run.

Following a trail of safety deposit boxes in Texas, agents found about $2.4-million of the loot last month, the FBI said. German police seized about $700,000 in October when they arrested two men described as Von Schwarc's accomplices.

The FBI says Von Schwarc's wife and daughter left for their native Czech Republic in the weeks before the burglary. After the burglary, agents found the Von Schwarcs' home bare, except for his Brinks uniform and some empty money bags.

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