Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Traffic Confrontation Ends In Arrest

An East Naples man was arrested on a felony charge Monday after deputies say he pointed a handgun at the occupants of a vehicle during a traffic confrontation.

David Martinez Ortega, 19, 5342 Jennings St., was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill.

An occupant of the car, Jorge Calderin Moreno, 20, 2371 55th St. S.W., Golden Gate, was charged with possession of marijuana.

Reports give the following account of what happened:

Kristina Ramirez was parked in an alley behind some Collier Boulevard businesses in Golden Gate on Monday afternoon when a silver BMW pulled up behind her. When the driver of the BMW honked at Ramirez she got out of her truck and told him to drive around her.

At that point Ortega reached behind the seat and pulled out a handgun. Calderin Moreno grabbed Ortega’s arm and told him, “No.”

Ramirez got back in her car. She and her passengers, David Miguel and Jonathan Gragert, followed the car and got its license plate number. She reported the incident to deputies, who found the BMW in the parking lot of Discount Auto on Collier Boulevard. Ortega and Calderin Moreno were located inside the store.

When they searched the vehicle deputies found a BB pistol, a pellet rifle and scope and a shotgun. They also discovered a plastic bag containing marijuana near where Calderin Moreno had been sitting.

Ortega's photograph is not available.














Jorge Calderin Moreno