ALVA – On November 12, 2020, Florida Highway Patrol Troopers responded to a two-vehicle road rage incident on State Road 80 (Palm Beach Boulevard) and Styles Road, in Alva, Lee County. In the incident, both vehicles were traveling westbound on State Road 80. The female victim, along with a minor child passenger, was driving a sedan type of vehicle. The suspect driver, later identified as Gregory Dale Snowden (DOB 10-14-61), of Lehigh Acres, was driving his 2018 Chevrolet 3500 Pickup Truck.

While driving, Snowden brandished a 9 mm Ruger handgun. During the incident, the right front of the Chevrolet Pickup Truck collided with the left side of the sedan, causing significant damage to the driver’s side door of the sedan. Post collision, the sedan traveled across the eastbound lanes of State Road 80 and came to a stop in the south shoulder ditch. There were no injuries involved.

Snowden was arrested and booked into the Lee County Jail for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, child endangerment, improper exhibition of a firearm, and reckless driving.