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Collier deputies: Man at “recovery house” kicks a cop

DUI arrests

? Leigh Anne Tubbs, 41, of the 1400 block of Butterfield Court, Marco Island, was arrested by Collier deputies at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday following a report of a traffic crash at 2634 U.S. 41 East in East Naples.

Witness Kenneth Bares, 28, whose residency was included in reports, told police he saw the Silver Chey SUV driven by Tubbs back into a black Ford Taurus in the parking lot and begin to drive away. Bares, according to police reports, attempted to stop Tubbs from driving because he thought she was intoxicated. Tubbs was charged with DUI and DUI property damage.

? Matthew Ryan Lund, 35, of the 300 block of Egret Avenue, North Naples, was arrested by Collier deputies shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday following a traffic stop of the black Porsche he was driving near the intersection of Sixth Street North and 94th Avenue North in North Naples. Lund was charged with DUI.

? Zachary Michael Anderson, 18, of the 3200 block of 66th Street SW, East Naples, was arrested by Collier deputies Saturday following a traffic stop on Vanderbilt Beach Road in North Naples. Anderson was charged with DUI.

? Todd Allen Whitaker, 46, of the 100 block of Valley Stream Drive, East Naples, was arrested by Collier deputies Friday night following a report of an intoxicated man attempting to buy alcohol from Hammock Cove Liquors, 4380 Thomasson Dr., East Naples. The clerk informed the Sheriff’s Office that Whitaker was then sitting in his car with the engine running outside the store, according to reports. Whitaker was charged with DUI.

Domestic battery arrests

? Michael Wells Meriwether, 41, of the 3500 block of Plantation Way, of the Bayshore area of Naples, was arrested by Collier deputies at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday after the deputies heard a woman screaming for help from a taxi cab near the intersection of U.S. 41 North and Pine Ridge Road. The woman told police she wanted out of the cab, but neither her boyfriend nor the cab driver were listening to her. Meriwether was arrested and charged with violating a no contact order in place following a domestic battery charge of four days earlier, deputies reported.

? Jaciel Blanco, 26, whose East Naples address was redacted from reports, was arrested by Collier deputies Saturday after they were called to his home about a domestic disturbance. The victim told deputies Blanco told her to cook dinner, punched her in the face, picked up a knife and grabbed her by the chin and continued to punch her in the face and slammed her head against the wall. The couple’s 5-year-old son saw this happen, according to reports. Blanco was charged with battery.

? Ruben R. Berry, 41, of the 9700 block of Carolina Street, Bonita Springs, was arrested by Collier deputies and charged with punching his girlfriend in the face after she said she would take him to a homeless shelter, according to reports. The couple was in a parking lot outside a fast food restaurant at 15265 Collier Blvd., North Naples, at about 7 p.m. Saturday. Berry was charged with domestic battery.

Other arrests

? Rogelio Echevarriasuarez, 42, of the 9000 block of 38th Street SW, Miami, was charged with possession of fraudulent credit cards and illegal use of a credit card after Collier deputies were called to the Publix grocery store, 4370 Thomasson Dr., at Hammock Cove in East Naples. When Echevarriasuarez attempted to buy two cartons of cigarettes, the clerk learned from the credit card company that the card was fraudulent and to call police, according to reports. Deputies found three more credit cards, including two Green Dot cards and an American Express card, in his wallet, according to reports. The numbers of the Green Dot cards were not valid and the American Express was a corporate card reported stolen and cancelled Sept. 15, 2008, deputies said. Echevarriasuarez was charged with possession of counterfeit credit cards and fraudulent use of credit cards.

? Christopher Steven Jarbathe, 20, of an unknown address near Rookery Bay, Naples, according to reports, was arrested by Collier deputies following a traffic stop near the intersection of Santa Barbara Boulevard and Recreation Lane on Friday night. Jarbathe told deputies his name was Castra Francois, but when he got the birthday for a person by that name incorrect, deputies decided to check his fingerprints to properly identify him. Jarbathe was charged with fraudulent impersonation by providing false information to a law enforcement officer and a repeat offense of driving with his license suspended.

? Marco Silguero, 21, of the 400 block of 16th Street SE, Immokalee was arrested by Collier deputies at about 4:30 in the morning Saturday following a report that Silguero punched a woman in the face causing her to fall to the ground at Club Ultra, 15495 U.S. 41 N., North Naples. Silguero suffered a cut on his chin when being removed from the club prior to deputies’ arrival, per reports. The suspect and the victim were taken to NCH North Collier Hospital, deputies said. Silguero was charged with battery.

? Liborio Gonzalez, 25, of the 1700 block of 41st Street SW, Golden Gate city, was arrested by Collier deputies at about 3 a.m. Saturday when deputies said they saw Gonzalez swing his fists at a group of men standing outside Gonzalez’s apartment complex. The men were relaxed and just talking at the time, deputies said, and they were able to avoid getting hit. Gonzales was charged with disorderly intoxication.

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.