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Voting precincts analysis

Election Day is Tuesday and before all of the votes are counted you can read our analysis on Lee County voting precincts.

Which precinct has the highest voter turnout?

Which has the lowest?

Which has the most Democrats?

Which has the most Republicans?

Find out in today’s The News-Press.

This story will be posted Monday on news-press.com.

Sports: Minority football coaches lacking in Lee, Collier

The estimated 500 African-American high school football players in Lee and Collier counties have zero men of their race in varsity head coaching positions. Since 1969, there have been 101 varsity head football coaching hires in Lee County. Four times those hires have gone to African-Americans and there are none presently. Where are all the black head coaches.

This story will be posted Tuesday on news-press.com.

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Special page: Get the latest hurricane headlines, be ready should a storm threaten, check Atlantic and other regions’ satellite views and learn about Southwest Florida’s hurricane history.

5:01 p.m.

MIAMI ? Tropical Storm Tomas has formed in the Atlantic, becoming the season’s 19th named storm.

Several tropical storm warnings were issued today for several areas including Barbados, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, and Trinidad and Tobago.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Tomas was about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of Barbados on this afternoon. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph). It was expected to pass over the Windward Islands on Saturday and could become a hurricane by Sunday.

Meanwhile, Bermuda canceled ferry services and urged islanders to secure their boats as Tropical Storm Shary swirled toward the tiny British Atlantic territory.

2:31 p.m.

At 2 p.m., Tropical Storm Shary was moving north-northwest near 12 mph and this general motion is expected to continue through this afternoon.

A turn toward the northeast accompanied by an increase in forward speed is expected tonight and Saturday morning.

On the forecast track, the center of Shary is expected to pass near or just east of Bermuda tonight and early Saturday.

Recent satellite data indicate that maximum sustained winds have increased to near 60 mph with higher gusts.

Some additional strengthening is forecast this afternoon and tonight.

Tropical-storm force winds extend outward up to 100 miles.

6:20 a.m. update

MIAMI ? A tropical storm warning has been issued for Bermuda as Tropical Storm Shary approaches in the Atlantic.

Shary’s maximum sustained winds early Friday are near 40 mph (65 kph). Some strengthening is expected later in the day but the National Hurricane Center in Miami says weakening is likely over the weekend.

Shary’s center is expected to pass near or east of Bermuda on Friday night. Wind and tropical storm conditions are expected in Bermuda by the afternoon.

Shary is located about 265 miles (425 kilometers) south of Bermuda and moving northwest near 18 mph (30 kph).

Tropical Storm Tomas forms off South America

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Doug MacGregor: America’s Wasteland

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To report a crime or suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Naples Police and Fire Department at 213-4844, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office at 774-4434, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office 239-477-1000 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              239-477-1000      end_of_the_skype_highlighting or the Marco Island Police Department at 389-5050.

? Lee County woman accused of stabbing boyfriend

? 2 men accused of attacking pregnant woman

Flee/elude arrest

? An 18-year-old Golden Gate man was arrested by Collier County Sheriff’s Office deputies Tuesday after fleeing a marked patrol vehicle with activated lights in Golden Gate.

Daniel Rivera Rojas, of the 1800 block of 48th Terrace Southwest, was charged with fleeing and eluding a marked unit after he accelerated to 60 mph to avoid the patrol car on a 25-mph street.

He was also charged with driving with an invalid license, failing to register motor vehicle, and attaching a tag not assigned

Domestic violence arrest

? Jennifer Ann Hicks, 29, of a withheld Golden Gate Estates address, was arrested by Collier deputies at a withheld address Tuesday. She was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with no intent to kill and violating her state probation for child neglect.

DUI arrests

? Juan Carlos Buenorodriguez, 38, of the 2000 block of River Reach, East Naples, was arrested by Collier deputies Tuesday at Airport-Pulling Road and Davis Boulevard.

? Kristopher Scott Makocy, 26, of the 9200 block of Pineapple Road, Fort Myers, was arrested Wednesday by Lee deputies near Broadway Avenue and U.S. 41 South in Lee County.

? Bryan C. Scariano,26, of the 19000 block of Casa Verde Way, Fort Myers, was arrested Wednesday by Cape Coral police in Lee County.

? Ryan Richard Solano, 29, of the 3200 block of Pine Ridge Road, North Naples, was arrested by Collier deputies Tuesday at U.S. 41 and Pelican Bay Boulevard South. He was also charged with refusing to take a breath test.

? Timothy M. Thompson, 50, of the 100 block of 14th Street Southwest, Golden Gate Estates, was arrested by Collier deputies Monday at Golden Gate Boulevard and Second Street Southeast.

? Javier Torres De La O, 36, of the 13000 block of Bonita Beach Road, Bonita Springs, was arrested Wednesday by Lee deputies at the jail on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Fort Myers. He was charged with driving while license suspended/second offense and a capias warrant for DUI/third offense.

Drug arrests

? Hersueen V. Pugh, 28, of the 2400 block of Chadwick Circle, Immokalee, was arrested Wednesday by Fort Myers police in Lee County. He was charged with disturbing the peace and possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana.

Other arrests

? Alfred Junior Everett III, 22, of Lehigh Acres, was arrested by Naples police Tuesday at 1900 Ninth Street North. He was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

? Julio Cesar Rodriguez, 26, of the 3100 block of Southwest 41st Street, Naples, was arrested Tuesday by Lee deputies near U.S. 41 South and Bonita Beach Road in Bonita Springs. He was charged with carrying a concealed weapon.

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Police Beat is compiled and written by the Naples Daily News staff/ contributors from oral and written reports by Naples police, Collier Sheriff‘s Office, Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Marco police and other agencies. Arrests indicate suspicion of crime, not guilt.

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VIDEO: Watch Alex Sink’s alleged violation of debate rules during commercial break

8:20 A.M. — PALM BEACH GARDENS (AP) ? A South Florida couple is headed to court on charges that they allegedly arranged for their neighborhood ducks to be killed.

Robert and Blain Aymond of Palm Beach Gardens are set to appear before a judge on Monday for a non-jury trial. Authorities say the couple hired a trapper to remove eight birds they had corralled in their patio and had them euthanized at a shelter. A Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office investigation found that the “no kill” shelter euthanized the birds because the Aymonds had given a large donation.

The Aymonds insist they did nothing wrong. At a pretrial hearing last month, the courtroom was filled with supporters of the ducks wearing yellow ribbons in their honor.

South Florida couple in court for ducks’ deaths

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