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Police Beat: Oct. 30, 2010
Crime Incidents Database with Map
To report a crime or any suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at 477-1000 or you can remain anonymous and call Crime Stoppers at 332-5555 or 1-800-780-TIPS.
? Booty call turned bad: Woman says date destroyed phone, hit her
Other arrests
? Hunter Jeremy Elder, 21, of the 24000 block of Deitz Drive, Bonita Springs, was arrested Monday by Lee deputies at Kmart, 3302 Bonita Beach Road, Bonita Springs. He was charged with petty theft/second offense. He is accused of taking two shirts valued at $11.98 each, removing the price tags and putting them inside his other clothes.
Other incidents
? A red lawn chair was reported damaged when someone set fire to it Monday in the 19000 block of Skidmore Way in Fort Myers.
Police Beat is compiled and written by the Bonita Daily News staff from oral and written reports by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies. Arrests indicate suspicion of crime, not guilt.
Hodges University is expanding its facilities, most notably with a $12 million building to be added to its Fort Myers campus, the private, non-profit university announced Thursday.
The three-story, 45,000-square foot building will go up adjacent to the Fort Myers campus’ existing 60,000-square foot main building, on Colonial Boulevard, and is expected to be finished by early 2012.
The new building will be used to add and expand degree programs, but specific programs to be housed there were not named as part of Thursday’s announcement. Since establishing the Fort Myers location in 2005, enrollment there has grown nearly 80 percent, according to a press release.
“Our institution has seen unprecedented growth, and this new facility will help us maintain the highest quality educational experience that our community expects when they choose Hodges University to achieve their educational and career goals,” said Jeanette Brock, the university’s executive vice president of academic affairs.
Earlier this year, Hodges opened a new science and technology building at its Naples campus, and will soon begin work to add a new access road and increased parking there. In Immokalee, the university has plans to remodel portions of its learning site at the Harvest Center at Jubilation, primarily to add classrooms for its growing English as a Second Language program.
Crime Incidents Database with Map
To report a crime or any suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at 477-1000 or you can remain anonymous and call Crime Stoppers at 332-5555 or 1-800-780-TIPS.
? Man accused of leaving animals in maggot-infested pen without food and water
Other arrests
? Anthony Grege Dillon, 23, of the 8300 block of Laurel Lakes Way, Naples, was arrested Tuesday by Lee deputies in the 19000 block of Pine Run Lane in Fort Myers. He was charged with making a false report to law enforcement and misuse of 911. He is accused of falsely saying his mother-in-law beat, choked and threw him to the ground after he and his wife argued about a dog.
? Bo Daryl Clark, 25, of the 10000 block of Illinois Street, Bonita Springs, was arrested Tuesday by Lee deputies on Bonita Beach Road in Bonita Springs. He was charged with burglary, grand theft, illegal use of credit cards and four counts of forgery. He is accused of stealing a credit card and using it at several stores.
DUI arrests
? John Arthur Ericksen, 18, of the 15000 block of Briar Ridge Circle, Fort Myers, was arrested Tuesday by Lee deputies near Island Park Road and U.S. 41 South in Fort Myers. He was charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He failed field sobriety tests, but did not have the smell of alcohol on him. He consented to a urinalysis test.
Police Beat is compiled and written by the Bonita Daily News staff from oral and written reports by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies. Arrests indicate suspicion of crime, not guilt.
Crime Incidents Database with Map
To report a crime or any suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at 477-1000 or you can remain anonymous and call Crime Stoppers at 332-5555 or 1-800-780-TIPS.
? Handgun reported stolen found on Bonita Springs man
? Chinese restaurant owner falls victim to purse snatching incident
? Three women charged with battery after fighting at Estero club
? Deputies searching for man who robbed three Dollar Tree employees
DUI arrests
? Robert W. Hoeth, 39, of the 6600 block of Huntington Lakes Circle, Naples, was arrested Friday by Cape Coral police in Lee County.
? Lynette E. Pratt, 40, of the 14000 block of Bald Eagle Drive, Fort Myers, was arrested Saturday by Lee deputies in the 13000 block of Fiddlesticks Boulevard in Fort Myers.
? Pedro Aranda, 48, of the 27000 block of Idaho Street, Bonita Springs, was arrested Saturday by Lee deputies near Old U.S. 41 South and Rosemary Drive in Bonita Springs. He was charged with four counts of property damage, and one each for driving while his license was suspended for more than four months, refusal, hit-and-run, driving while license suspended/habitual offender and DUI/third or more in less than 10 years.
? Marcos Pedro Gaspar, 21, of the 10000 block of Sandy Hollow Lane, Bonita Springs, was arrested Monday by Lee deputies near home. He was charged with DUI, property damage and driving without a valid license.
Drug arrest
? Scott Randall Nichols, 24, of the 19000 block of Tampa Road, Fort Myers, was arrested Saturday by Lee deputies near Cypress View Drive and Pine Chase Road in Fort Myers. He was charged with possession of more than 20 grams of marijuana.
Grand theft
? A television valued at $500 was reported stolen Friday from a house in the 17000 block of Old Harmony Drive in Fort Myers.
? A 2007 Pontiac valued at $12,000 was reported stolen Sunday from the 26000 block of Morton Grove Drive in Bonita Springs.
? A silver dollar, iPod and jewelry with a total value of $730 were reported stolen Friday from a house in the 24000 block of Coral Drive in Fort Myers.
Police Beat is compiled and written by the Bonita Daily News staff from oral and written reports by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies. Arrests indicate suspicion of crime, not guilt.
Crime Incidents Database with Map
To report a crime or any suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at 477-1000 or you can remain anonymous and call Crime Stoppers at 332-5555 or 1-800-780-TIPS.
? Deflowered: Fort Myers man says 11 orchids stolen from greenhouse
? Possession of live sand dollars costly for Bonita Springs man
Other arrests
? Two 15-year-old boys, one who lives in the 8600 block of Nottingham Pointe Way, Fort Myers, the other in the 7500 block of Georgian Bay Circle, Fort Myers, were arrested Wednesday by Lee deputies, the first one at home, the other at jail. They were each charged with burglary and petty theft. They are accused of breaking into The Legends concession stand and stealing candy and alcohol.
Drug arrests
? Tiro James Navara, 39, of the 11000 block of Sunshine Drive, Bonita Springs, was arrested Wednesday by Lee deputies in Lee County. He was charged with possession of paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and possession of cocaine.
Grand theft
? A trailer, riding mower and tolls with a total value of $7,200 were reported stolen Wednesday from J.D. Tree Service, 16591 Gator Road in Fort Myers.
Police Beat is compiled and written by the Bonita Daily News staff from oral and written reports by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies. Arrests indicate suspicion of crime, not guilt.