HENDRY COUNTY SHERIFF
LaBelle
Ronald Edwin Lee, Sr. (R)

Born Clewiston, FL, April 28, 1942 Education Clewiston High School; AA degree and Police Science Certificate, Edison Junior College; BS degree, criminology, Florida State University; elementary education, University of South Florida; real estate salesperson license, Florida Real Estate Academy; numerous law enforcement seminars and classes Wife Cathy Children Two Church Methodist Career Clewiston Police Department, 1966-1968; Detective Sergeant, Clewiston Police Department, 1972-1973; Chief of Police, Clewiston Police Department, 1973-1976; Deputy Sheriff, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, 1977-1978; Office of the State Attorney, 20th Judicial Circuit, 1979-1996; elected Sheriff, 1997-2001; Corporate Investigator, United States Sugar Corporation, 2001-2003; re-elected Sheriff, 2004 Military US Army, 1964-1966; retired Master Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Air/Naval Gun Fire, Liaison Company, Airborne Unit 1979-1997 Honors and Affiliations Citizen of the Year Award, La Belle Chamber of Commerce, 2001; Board of Directors, Good Wheels, Inc., Secretary, Hendry Glades Behavioral Health Center; member, Lions Club, Inc., Vice President, La Belle Kiwanis , American Legion, La Belle Chamber of Commerce, La Belle Heritage Museum, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, Masons and Scottish Rite; executive member, Southwest Florida Boy Scouts of America Council; Board of Directors of Southwest Florida Safety Council; 2006 Sheriff of the Year, Southwest Florida Crime Prevention and Community Policing Association Region 9.