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I POLICE BEATv: Siphoning Suspect Caught~ Stand Lng ut a closed gas station at 3 a.m. with a bucket- an^® h°seIsn't exactly a normal, every day sight,II . • So when a deputy sees it, he stops for a look.: That’s how the sheriffs department said David HarryHolland, 24, who gives a local address at 452') Gulfstream Drive and another |n Bradenton, got caught Sunday, t The deputy was cruslng along at 3 a.m. when at a gas station on Davis Boulevard and Airport Hoad, he saw the man, (he hose and a bucket of gas.. According to the sheriffs department and court •. records, a five-gallon bucketful o! gas was on the trunk : lid of a car parked at the service station, a 5'l-\nch hose *; led from the bucket down to the filler cap on the car. The v gas was flowing from the bucket Into the svspect's car.^ On the ground next to the suspect, the deputy found an Wdnch hose that he said hftd been used ta extract gas T from a truck parked at the station. The suspect put the „• gas from the truck into the budget, then from the bucket Into his car,* When the suspect spotted the deputy, he dropped the I bucket, spilling gas on himself.The suspect was booked into the county jail at 4 a.m. Sunday on a charge of petty larceny. Deputies Hocused him of stealing five gallons of gas.Thief Suspect NabbedA suspected gas thief wasn’t Hie only arrest made by patTOllng officers this weekend. A Naples policeman crossing the Park Shore area at almost lhc same lime lhe deputy was crowing Davis Boulevard — 3 a.m. — spnLted a car with lumber sticking out of the trunk and more lumber sticking out nf the rear side windows.It was because the officer's curies!ty was arrouscd that Craig W. Chamberlin, 21, of 3475 Benbury St, was booked into jail on a charge of possession, of stolen properly.The lumber, it turned out, had been stolen from the site of an. exclusive condominium under construction on. Gulf- Shore Boulevard North, court records state..»• According to those records, the officer cn routine patrol saw the car heading east from the bridge on Park Shore Drive. He saw the lumber sticking out and noticed ; the time — 3 a.m.He stopped the car on Old Trail Drive at Relair Lane.. Investigation revealed the lumber had been taken from- the construction site.The suspect wanted the lumber, worth $50, lo remodel . his sister's house, the officer said.Chamberlin was released from jail after posting a $150 bond.Gate Crasher Suspect ArrestedIt wasn't a good day Sunday for Stephen Alan Widzlcki,HofTWUlbSLN. 1First, the sherlfl rs department soid, he ran through the Alligator Alley toll gate without stopping to pay the toll. Then he got caught and the deputy noticed hfs Inspection sticker bsd expired. Then while searching the car the deputy found narcotic paraphernalia.He was booked into the county jail. Bond was set al $1,650, which be pasted u short time later nnd was released.The incidents occurred at about 4 a.m. Sunday.! * According to depulies and court records, the sheriff's • department received u report from the toll taker that -' car with nut headlights traveling al a high rate Of speed ; ran the toll gate without paying. A deputy spotted a : speeding car heading west on Davis Boulevard, docking ; I it going 73 miles per hour in the 45 mph xone.He stopped the car and c ited the driver for speeding in• exo^ss of 25 mph over the posted limit. He noticed the inspection sticker had expired in February and cited hfm for tot, too. While searching the car prior to tt being towed away, the deputy said he found narcotic- * paraphernal la under the sent nnd in a false glove com-1 - partment.; - Charges of reckless driving, nmmng a toll booth and ; * petty larceny for not paying the toll arc pending, depu-■ ties said.Car Hits Trees, FleesA car heading sauth on Eighth Street South near FifthAvenue was traveling at a high rale ol speed, left Lhe road, struck two trees, slopped for a moment and left the scene, police said.I Damage to Che trees owned by the city fs estimated at; »2C0.| Police said the trees were uprooted by the Impact at i.8:40p.m. Saturday.!' The car had Its lights on when It struck the trees, but : its lights were off when it fled, it was trailing water.'' The car is a wh! Ce Ford Torino.{ An eyewitness saw the entire Incident, police said.Shoplift Suspect Caught• A 5S-year-old man was arrested on a charge ol I shoplifting two sprinkler fittings worth less than $1 from ; a North Trail hardware store, police said.; Booked Into the county j all was Eli Tuska of the Naples *• Land Yacht Harbor.I. Police laid he was seen by a store employe placing the ! fittings into his pocket, then walking out of the store : without paying for them. He was stopped outside.- He was released from jail after posting a $156 ensh • bond.■ •■ •;; Two Hurt in WreckA mother and her son were I nj ured Saturday when the ; car they were in collided with a car on rhe Tamlaml Trail North between Cuaslland Center and Naples Shopping •; Center,I- Treated at Naples Community Hospital were Joan ;; Fleming. 42, of 74610th St, N. and John Fleming III, II,;; a hospital spokesman said.•• According to police, they were in a car driven by John ■* Neville Fleming, 50, of the same address. It was south*;; bound on the Trail when a car driven by Gaiy Lee tshnm,; 22, of 1515 Curlew Ave., pulled out from the median orea* In front of li. Fleming braked, but couldn’t avoid bitting* the I sham car pol ice said.,; isham. police said, was mterr pttng to make a left turn ; from the median. His view was obstructed, however, by »a recreational vehicle. He pulled out into the through 1 fane, saw lhe Fleming enr coming and couldn't back up ! in time Cc avoid being si ruck, police said.;; Isham was charged with failing to yield the right-of-way..Utilities* ( Front Page OnrT)b«4•I mJy Jwo jnonlhs each year jbat developers in the future can file to he included In the city service area. The !; declared service areas can be amended by passing a new ; city law.• |f the ordinance gains final approval, developers of ;• land outside fhe city service area can’t file n request for ;j Naples wiler or serwer service until January 1978.Following (hat, it would be July 1978 before 1hc next •*jime period enabling developers to file for.city water or■ 'sewer seivlces.The cffy council,would make a ruling fn February and August on requests.
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