Former employee accused of slashing tires on 29 Amazon vans after firing

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) — A former Amazon employee faces charges after allegedly vandalizing nearly 30 delivery vans at a Fort Myers warehouse following his termination.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office responded to a call on Friday reporting that 29 Amazon delivery vans had been damaged overnight at the warehouse on Logistics Drive. The vans had slashed tires and punctures on the vehicles' bodies.

Additionally, 23 key fobs were missing from the facility. Detectives later recovered the fobs after they were thrown into the Caloosahatchee River.

The business owner told detectives that a recently terminated employee, identified as Anthony Gillio, could have a connection to the vandalism. Detectives used a license plate reader to track Gillio to the area near the Amazon facility at the time of the incident.

"Our Fourth Precinct detectives go out there. They scan, they look at surveillance, they scan the property. They find the keys, the gloves and everything that he used to commit that crime in the water. It was thrown in the water by the suspect," a Lee County Sheriff's Office spokesperson said. "Suspect obviously gets interviewed shortly after that and arrested."

Gillio is charged with grand theft, criminal mischief and tampering with evidence.