Vincent Angiolillo

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Misdemeanor charges filed in October against a candidate for Collier County sheriff were recently dismissed in court.

Details about why the charges were dismissed against Vincent “Vinny” Angiolillo, 56, 9666 Moonlit Court, North Naples, were not included in court records.

The charges were dismissed on June 4, in front of Judge Eugene C. Turner, records indicate. Angiolillo’s attorney, Domenic Lucarelli, did not want to discuss why the case was dismissed, either.

“It’s in the past. It’s dead. It shouldn’t come back,” Lucarelli said. “He probably needs to move on with his campaign and forget about this.”

On Oct. 15, one week after announcing his candidacy for Collier County sheriff, Angiolillo was arrested on two misdemeanor counts of violating an injunction against repeat or dating violence.

Court records indicate that at the time of the arrest, a woman identified only as Crystal had an injunction for protection against Angiolillo, and that he had a similar injunction against her. Angiolillo, the owner of Class Act Limousine in North Naples, said he got his injunction after a business deal with Crystal went bad.

According to an incident report, on May 12, 2007, Crystal, who is a Realtor, received calls on her cell phone and a voice mail from a woman expressing interest in a real estate listing. When Crystal returned the call, someone picked up but didn’t say hello, reports said.

Crystal reported hearing clapping, whistling and cheering, and Angiolillo say, “Got her. ... That’s it. We got her.” She said she recorded the rest of the call on her cell phone.

It is a violation of Crystal’s injunction for Angiolillo to contact her.

In a motion filed in court on Jan. 17, Angiolillo’s then-attorney Lee Hollander argued that it was actually Crystal who called Angiolillo, and then intercepted and recorded a conversation. Angiolillo argues that Crystal used an intercepting device, and he never consented to be recorded.

In Florida, a “two-party consent state,” it is against the law to record another person without notifying them.

Also, on May 26, 2007, Crystal told authorities that two people in the parking lot of J.D. Jags Sports Bar, 2650 Immokalee Road, saw Angiolillo drive by the bar in his Mercury Grand Marquis attempting to look inside, reports said. Angiolillo was forbidden by the injunction against going inside J.D. Jags or coming within 500 feet of the bar.

Angiolillo argues that he did not violate the injunction on that date either. He said he was “definitely happy” the charges against him were dismissed.

The warrant for his arrest was issued the day Angiolillo filed paperwork declaring his candidacy. In October, State Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Samantha Syoen said the warrant had nothing to do with politics.

“The warrant was signed the day I applied for my candidacy, five months after the incident slash incidents,” Angiolillo said. “I don’t believe it is coincidental at all. I believe the air of questionability has now been alleviated, but I am going to pursue all options when it comes to the way that everything was handled.”