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? Thanksgiving shopper arrested on grand theft charge
? 2 arrested in Thanksgiving shopping spree — in home
? Bonita Springs man falls victim to bogus e-mail requesting money
? Bonita family’s Thanksgiving argument ends with arrest after woman throws piggy bank at sister
? Thieves break through drywall to get into Comcast office to steal cash
Drug arrests
? Eric Christian Sparkman, 31, of the 4300 block of 22nd Place S.W., Golden Gate, was charged with felony possession of an opium derivative, possession of narcotic paraphernalia (a syringe), and driving with his license is revoked, second offense, after he was arrested Thursday night at a Dumpster behind an East Naples shopping center. It was a month after he’d been released from prison after serving a roughly 1½-year sentence for four drug convictions. Sparkman told him he didn’t want to go back to prison and was about to flee, reports said, when the deputy grabbed him and handcuffed him.
? Serena Kelly, 30, of the 3000 block of Sandy Lane, East Naples, who was arrested by deputies at 10:22 p.m. Thursday near U.S. 41 and Bayshore Drive after being spotted without seatbelts and trying to hide something between the seats, reports say. Kelly had two warrants for her arrest on charges she violated probation on trespassing and obstruction charges. She told the deputy name was Roberta, reports say, and was charged with providing a false name, possession of an opium derivative, possession of a synthetic narcotic, possession of drug paraphernalia, and violating probation, after a deputy found oxycodone and methadone in a pill holder inside her purse.
? Andrew James Litteral, 27, of the 1700 block of 41st Street, Naples, was arrested Wednesday by Lee deputies near U.S. 41 South and Kenwood Avenue in Fort Myers. He was charged with selling opium or a derivative.
? A 15-year-old boy who lives in the 7300 block of Coolidge Road, Fort Myers, was arrested Wednesday by Lee deputies near U.S. 41 South and San Carlos Boulevard in Fort Myers. He was charged with possession of paraphernalia and two counts of possession of more than 20 grams of a controlled substance without a prescription.
? Joshua Charles Martell, 19, of the 22000 block of Fountain Lakes Boulevard, Estero, was arrested Thursday by Lee deputies in Lee County. He was charged with possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana.
Battery arrests
? Alyssia Michele Currington, 26, of Cape Coral, was arrested by deputies shortly after 12 a.m. Thursday after she and her boyfriend fought over who was going to drive home from Coastland Center mall in Naples. She left him there, but felt bad and returned to pick him up. But reports say they continued arguing, he got out and walked toward a gas station, where she grabbed his shirt, kicked a cigar out of his hand, and pushed him.
DUI arrests
? Benjamin Emanuel Kolb, 21, of the 1200 block of Cypress Woods Drive, Naples, was stopped by Naples police at 2:13 a.m. Thursday shortly after he sat at a flashing yellow light at 8th Street South and Third Avenue South, preventing other vehicles from moving.
? Gloria Ann Kleis, 52, of the 1100 block of Forest Mere Drive, Bonita Springs, was arrested by Collier deputies just before 1 a.m. Thursday after a report of a woman passed out in her car by a fast-food restaurant near Immokalee Road and U.S. 41 North.
? Lauren Suzanne Demarest, 26, of the 2800 block of Mizzen Way, North Naples, was arrested at 1:38 a.m. Thursday on Goodlette-Frank Road by a deputy who said he saw her car suddenly stop, swerve from lane to lane and speed eastbound on Pine Ridge Road.
? James Edward Doughty, 63, of the 10000 Block of Noah’s Circle, East Naples, was charged with DUI third violation in 10 years after deputies responded to a crash on Thomasson Drive and Lighthouse Lane at 7:30 p.m. Thursday that landed him in a hospital, where he was charged.
? Chelsea Elisa Stephens, 21, whose address was not released because she is the daughter of a Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputy, was arrested Thursday by Fort Myers police in Lee County.
Other arrests
? William James Burgess, 55, of the 17000 block of Boat Club Drive, Fort Myers, was arrested Wednesday by Lee deputies in Lee County. He was arrested on warrants charging him with burglary of a conveyance, grand theft and failure to appear on grand theft and burglary charges.
? A 16-year-old girl who lives in the 8300 block of Coral Drive, Fort Myers, was arrested Thursday by Lee deputies near College Parkway and South Pointe Boulevard in Fort Myers. She was charged with burglary with battery. She is accused of reaching through a car window and punching another girl in the face.
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.
