CRIME & SAFETY
Naples motorcyclist, 36, killed in Felda crash
A Friday afternoon crash killed a 36-year-old Naples man after a truck towing a trailer turned in front of him in rural Felda, authorities say. At about 2:45 pm, the truck driver, a 60-year-old man from Milford, Delaware, was heading north on S.R. 29, south of Morris Taylor Road; the motorcyclist was heading south.
Lehigh Acres senior caretaker accused of stealing over $70K of patients’ jewelry
A senior caretaker has been arrested for allegedly stealing over $70,000 of her patients’ jewelry and pawning it. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, 57-year-old Ericka Maxwell was arrested on Tuesday after she reportedly stole and pawned her jewelry that belonged to two patients. The first victim...
Missing Naples kayaker's friends: 'We are devastated and remain optimistic'
As officials call off the search for a missing Naples kayaker off Fort Myers Beach, a longtime friend and business partner says he remains hopeful missing kayaker Kenneth Humiston will turn up. A bystander person reported Wednesday they found an unmanned, adrift kayak approximately 2 miles southwest of Big Carlos Pass, on Fort...
Chunk of Space Hardware Rips Through Florida Man’s Home
Last month in Naples, Florida, resident Alejandro Otero received a distressing phone call from his nineteen-year-old son about an unidentified object, about the size of a soda can, had crashed through the roof of their house and ripped through multiple hardwood floors. Otero’s son was home alone during the incident and was luckily uninjured from the event. A month later, NASA confirmed the object had come from space. Raising some questions about the object’s descent.
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