James Curtis
•1/1/2026

A Port Charlotte man was arrested Wednesday after he was accused of inappropriately communicating with a child online.
According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, Justin Bryant Fife, 38, was arrested at his home on Dalton Boulevard.
Fife is facing charges of using a computer to seduce/lure a child and transmission of harmful material by electronic device, according to the sheriff's office's arrest database.
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