Crime News

Lee deputies arrested three men after they broke into a Fort Myers auto shop Sunday evening, the Lee County Sheriff's Office reports. William Otis Carter, 38, Timothy Frederic Baker, 32, and Gregory Patrick Baker, 37, are charged with burglary to a business and grand theft. Full story »

Bond was set at $135,000 for an East Naples woman who Collier County sheriff’s deputies say led them on a chase through a residential neighborhood Saturday morning before ramming a patrol car and being taken into custody after being tased. Full story »

A former vice president for construction at Stock Development is asking a jury to award him punitive damages against the high-profile developer, saying top executives set him up to take a fall for cutting down a bald eagle nest at Lely Resort in 2003. After a three-day trial in 2006, a jury acquitted Bonita Springs resident Joseph Ulrich, 43, of breaking federal eagle protection laws. Ulrich then filed a civil lawsuit accusing Stock Development, four subsidiaries and Stock CEO Brian Stock and Stock President Bob Imig of fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Full story »

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A letter contending three innocent men were arrested on armed robbery and beating charges in a crime involving a high-ranking Collier sheriff’s official’s son — who is Sheriff Don Hunter’s godson — has resulted in the prosecutor dropping charges against two of the men. Full story »

A North Naples mother who admitted losing her temper and repeatedly beating her 3-year-old daughter has been sentenced to 10 years in a state prison and lost her parental rights to the child. Full story »

A man who went to get his father’s vehicle — after a woman who was driving it was arrested on drug charges — found evidence the unidentified woman may have stolen some money and jewelry, Lee County Sheriff’s Office reports show. Full story »

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Closing arguments will start Monday morning in the murder and child abuse trial involving the May 2007 death of a 3-year-old Lee County boy. Kashon Scott, 30, is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in the death of his girlfriend’s son, Zahid Jones. Full story »

A Naples woman who embezzled from her employer, paying herself and two sons, was given a chance to start paying $246,000 in restitution so she could better her chances at sentencing. Full story »

A Golden Gate Estates woman has been sent to prison for two years for having sex with a 16-year-old runaway who stayed at her home. Collier Circuit Judge Elizabeth Krier imposed the prison term this week as part of a plea agreement that also requires Holly Louise Gee, 33, of 2930 Golden Gate Blvd. E., to serve eight years of sex-offender probation with an ankle monitor after her release from prison. Full story »

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An unmarked pickup issued to a veteran of the Collier County Sheriff’s Office vanished on Wednesday afternoon. Sheriff’s deputies quickly mobilized, on the lookout for the vehicle after it was reported stolen by the 18-year veteran. Problem is, the pickup wasn’t actually stolen.
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A 23-year-old man was arrested Thursday on felony charges after Collier County Sheriff's deputies say he stole a laptop computer from the North Naples Country Club where he worked and then sold it to a pawn shop for cash. Full story »