Deputies: 4 arrested for smash-and-grab car burglaries

A quartet from South Florida was arrested Wednesday in East Naples and accused in a smash-and-grab burglary from a local gym.

Collier deputies first became suspicious around 3:15 p.m. when two men fled from a Chevrolet HHR that was in ditch on 99th Avenue North. They later found a woman's stolen checkbook, IDs and credit cards inside the vehicle, according to an arrest report.

Deputies also found other IDs, credit cards and checks that appeared to have been stolen, the report said.

Markeis Renard Berry, 37, and Darryl Dixon, 25, both of Fort Lauderdale, each face charges of grand theft, burglary and conspiracy to utter a forged instrument.

Melissa Lavell, 27, of Boynton Beach, faces charges of grand theft, uttering a forged instrument and violation of state probation.

Carol Ann Watts, 41, of Fort Lauderdale, faces a charge of attempting to utter a stolen check.