Golf Course Resident Arrested For Vandalizing Golf Course
On April 27, 2010, deputies with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to the San Carlos Golf Club, located at 7420 Constitution Circle, Fort Myers, in reference to vandalism to the golf course. Deputies met with the manager of the club, who advised the course has had an ongoing problem involving unknown individuals spraying chemicals on the greens during the overnight hours. To date, the chemicals have caused an estimated fifty-thousand dollars in damage.
Due to the nature of the incident, Delta District detectives, assigned to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division, assumed the investigation. Detectives learned Green #2 was damaged by the chemical, and a trail of dead grass led directly to the rear of a home located at 17556 Laurel Valley Road, Fort Myers. During the course of the investigation, detectives learned from several other residents that the person who lives in the home, identified as Carlton Edward Abrahamson (DOB 10/18/42), was responsible for the damage due to his anger over being disturbed by golfers.
On June 16, 2010, at approximately 2:05 A.M., the Lee County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a security guard working at the course who encountered Abrahamson spraying chemicals on the greens. The security guard detained the suspect, who was then taken into custody upon deputy’s arrival.
Abrahamson has been charged with one count of felony Damage to Property/Criminal Mischief.
He has been transported to the Lee County Jail. A mug shot and additional information is available on the Sheriff’s Office website at www.sheriffleefl.org under Arrest & Inmates / Search Lee County Arrests.