WATCH LIVE: FDLE announces results of theft ring operation

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 26, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is holding a news conference Wednesday afternoon in Fort Myers. FDLE will announce the results of Operation “Thou Shalt Not Steal” involving a theft ring charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in church donations throughout the United States. The news conference is expected to start at 2:30 p.m. at FDLE’s Regional Operations Center. WATCH LIVE: The post WATCH LIVE: FDLE announces results of theft ring operation appeared first on NBC2 News. NBC2 (WBBH-TV)

Police search for man who stole $700 at Cape Coral ATM

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 26, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. – Cape Coral police are searching for a man who used someone’s bank information to steal $700. The Cape Coral Police Department said the suspect used compromised bank information to steal from a victim using an ATM at Wells Fargo, 1608 Cape Coral Parkway West. The incident happened on March 19. Now, CCPD is trying to identify the suspect. Anyone with information is asked to call CCPD at (239) 574-3223 in reference to case #21-006381. The post Police search for man who stole $700 at Cape Coral ATM appeared first on NBC2 News. NBC2 (WBBH-TV)

Neighbor caught watching Lee County mother & daughter shower

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 25, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

LEE COUNTY, Fla – A Fort Myers man is accused of using a phone to spy on his neighbor as she showered with her young daughter. The woman spotted a red phone propped up in her master shower window in their home off McGregor Boulevard, according to deputies. She screamed for her husband, who ran out of the house looking for the suspect, with the help of other neighbors. Lee County deputies arrived and found footprints leading from near the bathroom window. A short time later, they found Anthony Cardinale. Cardinale confessed he was watching the woman and her daughter, and told deputies...

Fort Myers police search for shooter off MLK Boulevard

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 25, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

FORT MYERS, Fla.– The Fort Myers Police Department is searching for a man who shot at a car near the intersection of Cranford Avenue and Lime Street on Tuesday afternoon. The man shot at the car then took off running, police said. Neighbors said they heard five or six shots. At this time, no shooting victim has been found. Police have set up a large perimeter to search for the shooter. This is a developing story. The post Fort Myers police search for shooter off MLK Boulevard appeared first on NBC2 News. NBC2 (WBBH-TV)

Detectives continue search for killer in 2003 Collier County cold case

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 25, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

IMMOKALEE, Fla. – Investigators are asking for information on an unsolved Collier County murder from nearly 18 years ago. According to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers, the body of Catalina Lechuga was found near Rose Avenue and East Delaware Avenue in Immokalee in 2003. A deputy with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office discovered the 39-year-old’s body in a wooded-area after they were flagged down by someone who found the body, officials said. Investigators said Lechuga had died from multiple stab wounds. Authorities are asking anyone with information on the woman’s...

Florida dad threatened mom, killed son; help came too late

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 25, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida father is accused of murdering his 4-year-old son before killing himself after threatening the boy’s mother. Court records show the man had sent numerous threatening texts to the boy’s mother and put a tracking device on her car in the days leading up to the deaths. She sought help from authorities, but it came too late. The South Florida SunSentinel reports that court documents released Monday show John Michael Stacey, 47, threatening and stalking Alison Kessler in the days before he shot their son, Greyson Kessler, and himself during a visitation...

WATCH: Cars driving nose to bumper on Fort Myers highway

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 25, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

FORT MYERS, Fla.– An interesting tow job caught the attention of drivers on Colonial Boulevard over the weekend. A video taken from a nearby car’s passenger seat shows a the front bumper of a green car connected to the back bumper of a white car, pushing it down the busy boulevard. In the nearly two minute long video, the two cars separate as they near a stop light before connecting to push the car again at the stoplight. While some who travel the busy road daily find the video comical, the Florida Highway Patrol doesn’t. “It’s just a recipe for a problem,”...

Cape Coral woman accused of crashing car into home

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 23, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. – A Cape Coral woman is accused of crashing into a Cape Coral home Saturday morning. Cara Gritten, 29, is facing several charges including DUI with property damage. Gritten is accused of driving off the roadway on SE 20th Court and smashing into a victim’s home. The victim, Lauri Langone, said this is the third incident in which a car has collided into her residence. “You can’t even believe what it looks like inside. It’s like a bomb went off! I am still finding glass on the opposite end of the house,” explained Langone. “And to think, my God if...

Packages of cocaine keep washing ashore the Florida Keys

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 23, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

ISLAMORADA, Fla. (AP) — Packages of cocaine keep washing ashore the Florida Keys. The most recent packages washed up on Wednesday and Thursday on the Islamorada shoreline. Each package weighed about 2.4 pounds (1.1 kilograms), Adam Hoffner, a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman, told the Miami Herald. On Monday night, anglers in Lower Matecumbe Key found a 2.4-pound (1.1 kilogram) package of cocaine. At the start of the month, a boater off Marathon discovered a large sack filled with five bundles of marijuana weighing 62 pounds. In late April, boaters found a large sack offshore of Key Largo...

Team of Charlotte County detectives take on cold case murders

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 21, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – Once a murder case goes cold it can be nearly impossible to solve. But the three-man team in Charlotte county said they’ll talk to anyone and go anywhere to find answers. Mike Vogel and Mike Gandy work cold cases. Back in 2009, they and their third partner were assigned 18 cases. Now, they’re down to 15. Most recently solving the 30-year-old murder of Sharon Gill. “It makes you feel good that you can help somebody like that,” Detective Mike Gandy said. “It just makes it a little bit easier to live with, I think. I don’t think you...

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