Thursday, October 30, 2008

Deputies: It Was A Picture Perfect Arrest

A North Naples man was arrested Wednesday minutes after deputies say he stole four cameras from Wal-Mart.

Louis Civille, 29, 835 104th Ave. N., was charged with grand theft. Civille also was wanted on warrants out of Lee County.

According to reports, a deputy saw Civille riding his bicycle near cars parked along the south side of the Wal-Mart at the corner of 111th Avenue and U.S. 41 North at 2:48 p.m. The deputy became suspicious due to a recent increase in car break-ins in North Naples. He followed Civille and stopped him after Civille rode across 111th Avenue while the pedestrian crossing signal was red, according to reports.

The deputy conducted a warrants check and discovered that Civille was wanted in Lee County for felony violation of probation. In Civille’s pockets the deputy found three cameras, a camcorder, four owner’s manuals and five computer cables, according to reports.

Wal-Mart employees later identified the items as store merchandise that had been cut from locked display pegs. Store surveillance footage showed a person matching Civille’s description cutting the cameras from the pegs at 2:33 p.m.