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NAPLES — 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 attempted to purchase drugs from undercover cop

Collier County sheriff’s deputies arrested a 47-year-old Marco Island man Wednesday after they say he attempted to purchase Oxycontin pills from an undercover investigator.

Edward Leroy Orr, 29 Madagascar Court, was charged with attempting to purchase a controlled substance, a third-degree felony.

Around 5:45 p.m. the undercover investigator met Orr at the Freedom Square Plaza at the intersection of Collier Boulevard and U.S. 41, the Sheriff’s Office reported. The investigator negotiated to sell Orr nine placebo Oxycontin pills for $120.

Orr handed the investigator $118 in exchange for the placebo pills, reports said. He was then arrested.

Arcadia man illegally carrying fuel, authorities say

An Arcadia man is facing felony charges after Collier County sheriff’s deputies say he was illegally carrying diesel fuel in his utility truck following a traffic stop in a North Naples industrial park late Wednesday.

Christopher Wayne Rottger, 24, was charged with unlawful conveyance of fuel, a felony, and possession of burglary tools and loitering and prowling, both misdemeanors.

Two other people who were with Rottger, including a 16-year-old boy, were also arrested. They were charged with loitering and prowling and possession of burglary tools.

Rottger was driving a white Chevrolet flatbed utility truck on J&C Boulevard around 10:15 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office reported. The truck was carrying a rectangular metal fuel transfer tank in the open cargo area, report said.

Deputies patrolling the area became suspicious when the truck stopped in the driveway of a closed business with its lights turned off for several seconds and then proceeded east on J&C Boulevard.

Deputies conducted a traffic stop.

Rottger, the driver, and his two passengers, Richard Landford and the 16-year-old, both of Arcadia, were all wearing black clothing, reports said. They each gave conflicting accounts of why they were in an industrial park where all of the businesses were closed.

There have been several burglaries and thefts of equipment and off-road diesel fuel in that area in recent weeks, reports said.

The tank in the bed of the truck contained approximately 50 gallons of diesel fuel. The container was not approved by the state Department of Transportation.

Inside the truck were items commonly used to commit burglaries and fuel thefts, including a saw, flashlight, a jack, tires, four concrete blocks and an external fuel pump, deputies said.

The boy, who is not being named because he was charged with a misdemeanor, was released to the custody of the state Department of Juvenile Justice.

Drug arrests

■ Charles C. Gardner, 39, 601 W. Delaware Ave., Unit D19, Immokalee, was arrested Wednesday at home. He was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of cocaine with intent to sell after deputies were called to a disturbance at his apartment.

■ Sean Christopher Hancock, 25, 1340 28th Ave. N., Naples, was arrested Wednesday at the intersection of Pine Ridge Road and Interstate 75. He was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of narcotics paraphernalia, and failure to appear at a court hearing.

■ Derrojn G. Smith, 44, 2859 50th St. S.W., Golden Gate, was arrested Wednesday at 4250 Gulfstream Drive, No. 1. He was charged with probation violation and possession of narcotics paraphernalia after he failed a drug test during a probation check.

DUI arrests

■ Joseph H. Hison III, 33, 2461 Dorset Court, East Naples, was arrested Wednesday at 1355 Fifth Ave. S.

■ Eric Allyn Delano, 36, 13030 Amberly Court, No. 401, Bonita Springs, was arrested Wednesday at the intersection of U.S. 41 North and 105th Avenue North. He was also charged with violating his driver license restrictions.

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.