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Jon 14 WS NAPLES DAILY NEWS A POLICE BEAT 22-year-old man and charged him with drunken driving and aggravated assault Michael John Barone of 559 Santiago Way Naples was also charged witBTeckless driving He is a laborer Police say he tried to run another person down in the 200 block of Fifth Avenue South The victim then called Naples police on his cellular phone while he followed Barone Police officers then found Barone driving recklessly on Goodlette-Frank Road ana arrested him on Golden Gate Parkway Road East Naples on Thursday Damage was estimated at $4500 Drunken-driving arrests John Petty 21 of Waco Texas was arrested Friday by the Florida Highway Patrol on Goodlette-Frank Road Charles James Goodwin 37 of 618 105th AveN North Naples was arrested Friday by deputies on Lakeland Avenue (Pofco Baal It oonpbd and written by Naplea Daly News staff tom oral and written nporta by the Naples Poloa Department tha CoKar County ShartTa Offloa and other agandea Arrests Meats auaptlon of crime not gultj Rose Apple Lane in East Naples and removed several items on Thursday A burglar broke into the home of Paul Bailey of the 800 block of Swallow Pointe in North say what was stolen A purse wallet and cash totaling around 840 were reported stolen from David Vaughn of the 800 block of Swallow Pointe in North Naples on Wednesday Sheriffs deputies say someone stole a washer and dryer from Bermuda Greens at 13060 Hamilton Harbour Drive North Naples on Thursday or Friday The Cape Coral Police Department recovered the appliances reports say Someone stole a set of professional golf clubs from the trunk of a vehicle belonging to Michael Leskew of Canada on say Naples oo Wednesday or Thursday Reports Thursday or Friday reports To repofTe crime or my euspfctaui ectM-! ty In your netttoortiood cal toe Naptaa Poicm Dsoartmant at 4344848 or toe Coker County Sherifft Office at 7744434 You do not have to gfva your nama NAPLES POLICE Two charged with grand theft Two people were arrested Friday and charged with stealing hundreds of dollars worth of clothes from three department stores at Coastland Center mall Naples police arrested Shanae Griffin 19 of Fort Myers and her boyfriend Alonzo Lee Stewart 23 also of Fort Myers and charged them both with grand theft Stewart was also charged with driving with a suspended license Police say the two stole clothes from JC Penney Dillard's and Sears and tried to drive away from the mall Store security had videotaped the two taking the items and alerted police officers who arrested them in the parking lot Man charged with DUI assault Naples police arrested a The burglary happened somewhere between Naples and Tampa deputies say Vandalism reported Sheriffs deputies say someone threw rocks through the windows of five vehicles at Classic Oldsmobile Mazda at 8300 Radio auction ment under which the Fort Myers group would take over most day-to-day operations of the station Waterman Broadcasting Corp of Florida asked for an injunction that would force WNPL to broadcast programming supplied by Waterman Under the brokerage WNPL would lease its broadcasting facilities to Waterman so that the company could air its own programming Waterman would also assume responsibility for sales and marketing in connection with the programming In return Waterman would pay WNPL $35000 per month WNPL has refused to allow Waterman to broadcast its programming the suit alleged WNPL officials said leaving then returning led to a misunderstanding SMim: WNPL-TV may go up for paying $650000 for what was to be the last permit issued in South- Continued from 1A Warner Bros which launched its WB network last week The two The $35 million offer for the station was an handover cigarettes he had on school property he told the deputy that he was going to kill him He had to be handcuffed and restrained by deputies according to reports and was carrying marijuana and a 10-inch knife Domestic violence arrest Sheriff's deputies Friday arrested a Pennsylvania man and charged him with domestic violence after he reportedly threw some eggs at his wife and then spit on ter when she fell asleep at a restaurant Brian Thomas Vencil of Jacobus Penn was arrested He is apipefitter Reports say the two were traveling when they stopped at the Waffle House at Tollhouse Boulevard near the Alligator Alley toll gate There Vencil got angry when his wife fell asleep at the table reports say Deputies say he grabbed the eggs from her plate threw them at her and then spit at her Then she went to the restroom and locked herself inside but he pleaded with her to come out reports say When she came out and they walked to their car Vencil then reportedly started hitting her and choking her She then Jumped out alternative to the plan WNPL's short history has been rife with corporate in-fighting alleged criminal activity and a number of lawsuits Darling was among the original investors of Meycom Inc -which was granted a license to broadcast on UHF Channel 46 in July 1984 Four years later Darling filed suit against Felix Meyers Mey-com's president alleging haphazard bookkeeping and questionable business practices The suit was later dropped but Darling led stockholders in a corporate coup ousting Meyers and the board of directors in September 1988 Darling was installed as the head of a new board Soon afterward stockholders reportedly became disenchanted with the way Darling ran the station In January 1989 the station was placed into receivership over the objections of Meyers and other stockholders After the receiver sold what was a group Southwest Florida Telecommunications Inc outbid another group for the operating permit kILt nJiTL i SHERIFF'S OFFICE Teen charged with having knife at school A 15-year-old boy was arrested Thursday and charged with having a knife cm school property Jonathon Breakey of 1942 55th Terrace SW Golden Gate was charged with possession of a weapon on school property possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana and resisting arrest without violence He was arrested at Golden Gate Middle School Reports say when he refused to neophyte networks now compete with ABC NBC CBS and the relatively young Fox which was established in 1986 WNPL will be allotted three minutes of commercial time on each episode of Voyager said Rick Marker the stations general sales manager The station sells the time in 30-second blocks Marker wouldn't say how much advertisers are paying but said the station is 95 percent sold out for the first quarter can't even tell you how important this (affiliation) he said gives us an identityU-nited Paramount has every bit the potential to pass Both Marker and Darling however said the station had begun to show a profit even without the affiliation SFT last May submitted a five-year plan to the bankruptcy court detailing how the station could quadruple its gross revenue to $44 million Darling had resigned as general manager several months before the bankruptcy but returned to help formulate the plan and run the station Advertising revenue soon rose to $85000 per month up from a low of $15000 according to court documents of the car and ran to the Shell gas station and told the people there to call for help Man charged with domestic violence hitting officer A man who allef i wno allegedly argued with his wife and closed a car door on her leg several times and then pulled the car keys from her hands was arrested on Thursday night- Kristian Meredith Larkins 35 of 696 102nd AveN North Naples was charged with domestic violence resisting arrest with violence and battery on a law enforcement officer He did not list a job on reports While In the patrol car Larkins reportedly kicked a deputy in the jaw Burglaries and thefts Robert Read of the 200 block of Rose Apple Lane in East Naples reported that someone stole a 14-inch gas-powered chain saw a hedge trimmer and an electric outboard motor from his home on Thursday Sheriffs deputies say someone broke into the home of Penny Miura of the 200 block of west Florida After a number of proposed on-air dates came and went WNPL began broadcasting test signals in September 1990 About a week before however the station was sued by a Naples businessman who charged that it defaulted on lease payments for editing and field equipment In June 1992 farmer general manager for technical operations was arrested and charged with stealing thousands of dollars of equipment from Palmer Cable-vision and using some of it to outfit a station production van A few months later the US Department of Labor investigated charges that the station was not paying its employees properly Along the way a number of companies filed suits when the station was unable to pay them Just prior to filing for bankruptcy station was hit with a suit by the parent company of WBBH-TV Channel 20 which claimed that WNPL reneged on a agree kf StS A fine Among the expected bidders are couple of players in (Naples)" he said without identifying them If the station sells for the 'amounts mentioned all creditors would be paid nearly 100 cents on their dollar Miller said Share- holders might not receive anything for their shares but many happen to be creditors and would te paid in that regard Darling for instance has loaned the station $396000 over the four years preceding the bank-Iruptcy Much of WNPL's turnaround lean be attributed to its affiliation with United Paramount (UPN) a new broadcast network set to launch on Monday UPN's keystone is the television series the latest 'progeny of Trek" The two- hour premiere episode is set to air at 8 pm Monday Subsequent -shows will be an hour long UPN will offer two hours of original programming on Mondays and Tuesdays A two-hour movie will run Saturday afternoons and a hjerun of each Monday's Voyager will air Saturday nights The network has about 100 af-r filiates including ones in New i York and Iff Angeles WNPL also was approached by OLD TIME WATCH REPAIR ntrMn Naples fertilizer! 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