• Boxer shorts burglar gets two life sentences, plus 30 years Published 11/19/2009 at 5:27 p.m.

  A burglar caught in his boxer shorts as he fled a Naples Park home was sentenced today to two-consecutive life prison terms followed by 30 years.

• Collier judge rejects deputy’s attempt to force reinstatement by Rambosk Published 11/18/2009 at 8:43 p.m.

  A former Collier County deputy’s attempt to get reinstated was halted Wednesday when a judge agreed state law gives Sheriff Kevin Rambosk the right to hire and fire deputies.

• Court Notebook: Billy Morgan gets 10 years in neighbor's rape Published 11/18/2009 at 2:59 p.m.

  Billy Morgan, now 17, was sentenced last week to two concurrent 10-year terms after pleading to sexual battery and burglary with assault or battery.

• Court Notebook: Burglar’s gamble leads to hefty sentence Published 11/18/2009 at 2:56 p.m.

  Jorge Rodriguez faced life in prison for breaking into an ex-girlfriend’s home, ripping off her clothing and then taking photos and videos of her nude body.

• Court Notebook: Judge finds jury misconduct, paraplegic will get new trial Published 11/18/2009 at 2:52 p.m.

  An East Naples woman who lost a lawsuit that claimed doctors’ negligence caused her to become paralyzed will get a new trial after a judge determined the verdict was tainted by juror misconduct.

• Court Notebook: Immokalee man pleads to attempted lewd and lascivious molestation Published 11/18/2009 at 2:49 p.m.

  An Immokalee man gets five years for touching a 10-year-old.

• State court denies Collier County’s appeal in case against clerk Published 11/17/2009 at 8:21 p.m.

  A state appellate court has denied the Collier County Commission’s attempt to ask the state Supreme Court to consider its long battle with Collier Clerk of Courts Dwight Brock. The three-judge Second District Court of Appeal in Lakeland denied both ...

• Bonita man arraigned in federal bank, mail fraud case Published 11/16/2009 at 9:14 p.m.

  A former manager for a local home builder was arraigned Monday on charges he paid friends for bogus inspections of vacant lots in Collier, Lee and Charlotte counties in return for more than $270,000 in kickbacks. Lawrence L. Ripley Jr., ...

• Lawsuit against card club alleges sleight of hand Published 11/15/2009 at 5:43 p.m.

  A former landlord for Bridge Club of Southwest Florida is alleging the newly formed Bridge Deck Club of Naples has pulled a quick shuffle and dealt them a bust. The landlord’s woes began after the nonprofit club packed up on ...

• Estero bride-to-be faces foreclosure despite paying her bills. Clerical error or fraud? Published 11/14/2009 at 2:31 p.m.

  Due to a typographical error in a $55,954.55 lien mistakenly filed against her parents’ property next door, a Cleveland bank was going after Natalie Pickens of Estero and her parents, Cheryl and Jeffry Pickens, in an attempt to get Natalie ...

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