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Browsing Posts published on December 5, 2008

They listen to the scanner for the worst of the worse calls for emergency responders, heading to scenes of struggling heart beats, bloodshed and trauma. They are roving paramedics and Collier County has 12 of them now, two per 12-hour shift but they work solo driving SUV’s. Shortly, a third and maybe a fourth will be added to the shifts

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Lee County leaders thought they had a way to pay for a new Boston Red Sox spring training facility by shifting money from other areas.

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A man brutally beat a seven-week-old child, leaving her in critical condition, because she wouldn’t stop crying, according to police.

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The pumping has begun again to open up a popular Southwest Florida waterway. This time though, Lee County hopes the sand will stay away from Blind Pass.

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A driver slams into an 81-year-old bicyclist and sped away from the scene. As police try to track down the driver, we spoke to the victim from his hospital bed.

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For sixty terrifying seconds, Rich Corrado came face to face with a pair of desperate jewel theft suspects inside his home – one pointing a gun at his head.

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Two men charged with robbing a Downtown Fort Myers bank admitted to the crime Friday afternoon in federal court.

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The Collier County Sheriff’s Office wants to make sure you know how to keep your holiday gifts safe from potential thieves and they offered a list of tips you can follow to do just that.

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Boston Red Sox spring training tickets go on sale Saturday at City of Palms Park and die hard fans are already there, a full day early, just to make sure they get the best seats for the best games.

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The fun starts at 6:10 p.m. from the Northeast end of the island. The cheerful crowds gather around and on the Sky Bridge to view the spectacle.

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Deputies say a woman was working as a hooker in her North Fort Myers while her child was sleeping in the next room.

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O.J. Simpson has been sentenced to at least nine years and as many as 33 years in prison for a Las Vegas hotel armed robbery.

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A teenager was arrested on felony charges after firing a gun in a mobile home Thursday night.

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A young woman from the Philippines who had just moved to Oregon to join her fiancé was swept away by a huge wave just one week before her wedding day.

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Police are asking the public to help them find the driver who ran down an 81-year-old bicyclist.

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