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Collier County authorities warning of jury duty scam

NAPLES, Fla.- Authorities in Collier County are warning residents of a jury duty phone scam. Multiple people have received suspicious telephone calls from someone claiming to be “Lt. Graham” from the...

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Info is routinely collected from your license plate and there’s little you...

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Cameras on road signs are collecting your license plate number with the date, time, location and speed of your car then storing the information in a database for as many as three...

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Team Home Depot Comes Together to Build Homes

IMMOKALEE, Fla. – More than 250 volunteers from The Home Depot put their skills to work Wednesday morning, to help Habitat for Humanity of Collier County build homes. Volunteers did everything from...

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Naples man faces charges of soliciting minors for sex

NAPLES, Fla. — A former Naples gymnastics teacher admitted to police that he engaged in sexually explicit online communication with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl, leading to his arrest....

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Salvation Army focuses in on SWFL’s trafficking problem

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Salvation Army held an anti-human trafficking seminar in Ft. Myers for the first time Wednesday.

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Authorities investigating Immokalee house fire

IMMOKALEE, Fla. – A home was undergoing renovations when a fire broke out; crews were able to exterminate it before it spread.   Authorities are investigating the cause of the flames..

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RSW adds first-ever direct flights to Nassau

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FULL INTERVIEW: Two Naples students receive JROTC’s highest honor

Golden Gate High School students Jacob Roberts and Hunter Gonzales received the JROTC’s highest honor, the Medal of Heroism, on Thursday. Roberts was honored for saving a drowning child and Gonzales...

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Golden Gate HS JROTC cadets receive Medal of Heroism

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Marine patrols to step up boating education for holiday

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Authorities involved in daycare dispute over child’s injuries

NORTH NAPLES, Fla. – A two-year-old’s parents are demanding answers after their son returned home from Noah’s Ark with bruises and scratches. The daycare’s owner said the pre-schooler got hurt from...

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Former Collier deputy who awoke from coma with Taco Bell craving heads home

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Man wanted in Collier County Lowe’s thefts

NAPLES, Fla.- A man is suspected in three grand thefts and a petty theft at Lowe’s, 12730 Tamiami Trail, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. The thefts at the Lowe’s store took place...

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East Naples health care patient dumped 100 miles away

EAST NAPLES, Fla.- Workers took a patient against his will from the Willough psychiatric hospital and left him more than a 100 miles away at a Sarasota homeless shelter, the Sarasota Police Department...

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New accusations surface against former Naples gym coach

NAPLES, Fla.- New allegations are surfacing against a former gymnastics coach as more teens from an East Naples gym come forward about his alleged inappropriate behavior. Moises Renobato, 25, is...

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North Naples nuisance gator gets released

LABELLE, Fla.- If you have ever wondered if large nuisance gators get released, the answer is yes. A North Naples 12-foot nuisance gator that sits at more than 400 lbs is living proof at Townsend and...

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Collier County Sheriff’s Office investigating report of North Naples gunshots

NORTH NAPLES, Fla. — Authorities from the Collier County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a report that shots were fired around 2 a.m. Saturday morning on the 1100 block of Turtle Creek Drive in the...

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Naples man dead after crash that blocked U.S. 41 in North Naples

NORTH NAPLES, Fla. — A Naples man died in a Tuesday crash that temporarily blocked U.S. 41 just south of Immokalee Road, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

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I-75 southbound reopens after crash on Alligator Alley at mile marker 90

NAPLES, Fla. — Interstate 75 is clear after a crash temporarily blocked southbound lanes near mile marker 90, a few miles east of the entrance to Alligator Alley, Florida Highway Patrol officials said....

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Search on for woman who allegedly made fraudulent $800 Burger King gift card...

NAPLES, Fla. — Authorities are searching for a woman who allegedly purchased $800 in Burger King gift cards using a fraudulent credit card Friday in Naples. The same woman tried to use the credit card...

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