'Gangster' Florida Sheriff Tells Criminals Who Try to 'Play' His County: 'We Will Hunt You Down'

Florida sheriffs have been making news of late for doing their jobs. I say that not as a commentary on said sheriffs, but as a sad observation that in parts of this country, violent repeat criminals rule the streets.

One such Florida sheriff is Lee County's Carmine Marceno, whose hard line on criminals who think they can "play" in his county is crystal clear:

My message … is clear. If you think you can deal poison and commit crime, stay clear of Lee County and all the great state of Florida. We're ready, and we will absolutely find you, hunt you down, and charge you to force the extent of the law.

Raise your hand if you don't think Sheriff Marceno meant every word he said.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Marceno also talked about people "fleeing" to Florida from New York and California for safety reasons but then voting the same way they did in their previous respective states.

They want to leave California. They want to leave New York. Okay. And then they come down to a state like Florida, where we are law and order, and they don't change their views.
You left a place where there's havoc, where people can rob, steal, loot, do drugs in safe havens. And then you're upset that it's so bad there, and you come here and still do the same thing. Same action, same result.

Exactly. Moreover, "they" flee high taxes and high cost of living — principally, high real estate costs — only to continue to vote like they voted before they fled what their previous votes led to.

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Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno has sparked controversy by suggesting that Democrats fleeing liberal cities should "go back" to their states of origin. His comments, made during a press conference and reported by Fox News, have ignited a debate on social… pic.twitter.com/2a7C4SQlIm
— dustin mills (@dustinemills24) May 13, 2024

What's that thing about "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results?"

To the above point, Sheriff Marceno has a clear, intentionally politically-incorrect, message:

I tell people all the time, and it's probably not popular to some. If you don't like living with law and order, have a nice day. 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 think lawlessness leads the way, if you believe that criminals should roam the streets and steal and rob and, God forbid, deal poison to the streets and kill innocent people, you're not the person we want here. You can go back and live with lawlessness.

Any questions?

Here's more:

The sheriff routinely goes viral on TikTok for his massive drug busts and videos with him dancing with his SWAT team outside of the shut down drug dens.
Commenters called him "more gangster than gangsters" and "the best sheriff in America."
"Bro is taking out all the villains and making a diss track of them," another commentator said.
Since the sheriff was elected in 2018, he has executed nearly 800 search warrants and worked over 3,300 cases in narcotics, with just under 2,000 physical arrests.
He warned criminals trying to bring mayhem that they will be guaranteed a place at the Marceno Motel – a nickname the sheriff uses for the county jail.

Badass? Hell yass.