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To report a crime or suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Naples Police and Fire Department at 213-4844, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office at 774-4434 or the Marco Island Police Department at 389-5050.

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Deputies: Man had girlfriend pawn rented TV

A man was arrested Wednesday on felony charges after authorities say he had his girlfriend pawn a television he had rented.

Michael Lafferty, 38, 813 95th Avenue, Naples Park, was charged with defrauding a pawnbroker and dealing in stolen property.

George Beauzieux of Rent-A-Center, 8951 Bonita Beach Road, Bonita Springs, told deputies he received a phone call from Jennifer Augustyn on July 14, telling him that she had pawned a TV that Lafferty, her boyfriend, had rented, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office reported. She told him the TV could be located at First Pawn Jewelry and Pawn, 889 Airport-Pulling Road, East Naples, reports said.

Deputies conducted a pawn check and located the TV at that location, deputies said.

Lafferty had rented the 32 inch Sony LCD TV, valued at $1,249.50, on May 13. An investigation showed Augustyn pawned the TV at First Pawn on June 12 in exchange for $300, reports said.

Augustyn told deputies she did not know the TV was a rental when Lafferty asked her to pawn it, reports said. When she later discovered it was from Rent-A-Center she called the store to report it had been pawned.

Fraud arrest

Patrick Edward Barrett, 26, whose exact address on Gulfstream Boulevard in East Naples was not released, was arrested Wednesday at 5150 U.S. 41 N. He was charged with stealing checks from his employer, Keith Miller, cashing six checks for $1,510 and attempting to cash a seventh for $307.

DUI arrest

Russell A. Berghuis, 56, 8329 Ocotillo Court, East Naples, was arrested Wednesday at Albertson’s, 3350 U.S. 41 E.

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DUI arrest

Jamie Kane Williams, 24, 3676 14th St. N., Naples, was arrested Wednesday at 1200 Frank Whiteman Blvd.

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Police Beat is compiled and written by the Naples Daily News staff from oral and written reports by Naples police, Collier Sheriff‘s Office, Marco police and other agencies. Arrests indicate suspicion of crime, not guilt.