Two women charged with stealing jewelry, car from mother
A woman released from the hospital after an apparent overdose has been charged with stealing her mother’s jewelry and car, pawning the jewelry and signing a check of her mother’s to give to a locksmith.
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Siblings say man fired gun in house, threatened them then took off on a bicycle
A Fort Myers transient was arrested Thursday and charged with firing a gun in a house and threatening two people – one of whom he wanted to date. He fled the scene on a bicycle.
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Dangerous intersections: U.S. 41 is accident central throughout south Lee
The Daily News reviewed crash reports from 2006 through 2008 for 22 intersections south of Daniels Parkway, determining which had the most accidents and the highest crash rates compared with traffic volume. Of about 1,400 crashes in the three-year period of the Daily News analysis, about half were rear-end collisions. Another 450 weren’t classified. Fewer than 300 were either side-swipes or angled collisions and 33 were head-on crashes.
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Bad economy? Collier commission candidates raise nearly $300,000
The five Republicans running for the two open seats on the Collier County Commission have raised a combined total of more than $297,000 for their war chests, according to a Daily News records search of each candidate’s financial records from Jan. 1, 2009, through July 27. The financial records include filing information from the most recent campaign treasurer report, due July 23. The most recent reports cover contributions and expenditures from April 1 through July 16.
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Collier School Board candidates get money from teachers, Realtors, lawyers
Their coffers might not be getting any bigger, but Collier County School Board candidates have brought in a significant amount of money for the 2010 election. Dave Carpenter, the qualifying officer for the Collier County Supervisor of Elections Office, said that while commission races are bringing in more money, School Board candidates “are trying to run on the same kind of money they did 20 years ago.”
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VIDEO: Man dead after shooting at deputy in Lehigh Acres
A man is dead after exchanging fire with a deputy who went to the home to serve a warrant.
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