69-year-old sentenced to prison for exploiting an elderly Naples couple

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Naples, Florida – The Collier County Sheriff’s Office has announced that a 69-year-old woman has been sentenced to prison for exploiting an elderly Naples couple for more than $100,000 in the form of jewelry, cash, and a new car. On Friday, Lynn Marie Keller was sentenced to 10 years in prison and five years of … Read more

Two in custody after fleeing suspect crashes into a deputy’s patrol car head-on

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Two people are behind bars following a scary collision involving a Collier County Sheriff’s Office deputy. CCSO reports that the deputy escaped injury Tuesday when his patrol car was struck head-on by a fleeing suspect wanted on felony arrest warrants. 49-year-old Alexandre Baud is in the Collier County Jail on various felonies, including aggravated battery … Read more

Collier County Sheriff’s Office announces arrest warrant for Vicente Ramirez in connection to overnight homicide

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The Collier County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect in an overnight homicide. According to CCSO, the warrant charges 33-year-old Vicente Ramirez with second-degree murder. Around 2:32 a.m., CCSO deputies responded to El Catrin Sports Bar and Nightclub at 12275 Collier Boulevard regarding two people who had been stabbed. At the scene, deputies found … Read more

Three Florida Men Indicted On Capital Sexual Battery Of Minor & Lascivious Molestation

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Grand jury indictments were filed today for two Naples men and an Immokalee man for multiple child sex crimes. Cristian Cruz Lopez, 27, and Randy Eugene Schoolcraft, 43, both of Naples, and Pedro Lucas Escalante Morales, 27, of Immokalee were charged with lewd or Lascivious molestation (life felony), capital sexual battery of a child less … Read more

Collier County Sheriff’s Office announces Michael Anthony Maldonado indicted for first-degree murder

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The Collier County Sheriff’s Office has announced that 25-year-old Michael Anthony Maldonado, of Immokalee, Florida, had been indicted on one count of First-Degree Murder, Attempted First Degree Murder Firearm Causing Great Bodily Harm, and Shooting At/Into an Occupied Vehicle. Maldonado is accused of crashing his vehicle into another vehicle containing two individuals. He allegedly exited … Read more