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Tag: Collier County Sheriff’s Office

Collier County dispatchers travel to Louisana to assist after Hurricane Ida

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.– Collier County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers have traveled to Lafourche Parish, Louisana to assist with communication after Hurricane Ida. The dispatchers spent Saturday morning training with Communications staff at the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office to learn their phone and radio system, according to their Facebook page. According to officials in the area, there is widespread damage from the storm as well as gasoline shortages and poor cell phone coverage. Dispatchers from other areas have also come to assist Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office as they...

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Man leads Collier deputies on highspeed chase through Naples

NAPLES, Fla. — The driver of a black Toyota sedan hit the gas on Golden Gate Parkway instead of pulling over when Collier County deputies tried to pull him over. Part of the chase was caught on camera. “It seems like there’s a hot pursuit,” said Alexander Castrillo, a Naples resident, who was watching the video for the first time.  The chase started out in, of all places, morning rush hour traffic in Naples. Deputies spotted the vehicle on Golden Gate Parkway near Livingston Road. They said 22-year-old Karusse Santaella-Blanco was driving erratically and cutting people...

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Man dead after shooting at Naples home

NAPLES, Fla. – A man was shot and killed during an attempted home invasion in a Naples gated community early Saturday morning. Detectives said the shooting happened in Raffia Preserve around 4:30 a.m. and that the suspect shot through the front door of a home with people inside. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office confirmed nobody inside the home was shot. A resident went outside armed with a gun where a confrontation started between the resident and the suspect, according to CCSO deputies. The resident did shoot the suspect. The man was taken to the hospital where he died from...

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Naples man arrested for crashing car into concrete pole during high-speed chase

NAPLES, Fla. – A Naples man was arrested for crashing a car into a concrete pole during a high-speed chase in Collier County. Collier County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Joshua Whipple, 40, after the chase. A deputy saw a car driving without working tag lights that appeared to be avoiding the deputy’s patrol car. CCSO said the deputy tried conducting a traffic stop, but the car sped up and ran a red light on Airport-Pulling Road South. The driver was going about 80 mph on Airport before turning on Davis Boulevard, where he went over 100 mph, according to deputies....

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Three people arrested during Golden Gate drug bust

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.– Collier County deputies arrested three people on drug charges after a narcotics bust at their Golden Gate home. On Thursday, Collier County deputies and SWAT members executed a search warrant for 4375 22nd Place Southwest. According to a Facebook post, law enforcement found Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Heroin, Crack Cocaine, Fentanyl and Suboxone. Officials also seized a handgun, nearly $8,000 cash, and drug paraphernalia. When deputies arrived at the house, a man and woman were seen leaving. Darren Lee Pollard and Nicole Naples Poulsen were both arrested after...

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East Naples drug house shuttered by Collier deputies

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.– Collier County deputies shuttered a house in East Naples on Tuesday. Deputies began receiving calls about the home in December 2019. According to officials, deputies have followed up on 92 calls at 5329 Trammell Street. Neighbors continued to call in complaints about drug sales, loud noise and unsanitary conditions at the house. Electricity theft has even reportedly occurred. Three search warrants have been executed at the Trammell house which has resulted in around 24 arrests for drug-related charges. Firearms with ammunition, thousands of dollars in...

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Drunk man arrested for donuts in Naples parking lot

NAPLES, Fla.– A man was arrested for sending his car spinning in circles in the parking lot of a Naples strip mall.  Previous coverage – WATCH: Drivers caught on camera turning donuts in Collier County On Saturday, deputies arrested a man for doing donuts in the parking lot of the Charlemagne Plaza off Rattlesnake Hammock Road.  “It’s definitely not very smart,” said Naples resident Cynthia Powell. “It’s very dangerous, it’s very risky.” Collier County Sheriff’s Deputies were out patrolling when they saw 39-year-old Julio Angel Alvarado doing donuts in the parking...

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