PORT CHARLOTTE — Authorities arrested a local woman Thursday after she allegedly tried to run over her boyfriend with a Ford Excursion SUV, according to a Charlotte County Sheriff’s report.

Nellie Angelica Roman, 37, of the 18300 block of Yale Avenue, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill.

According to the report, Roman returned home from an area bar and suspected her boyfriend was talking with another woman on the phone. When she confronted her boyfriend, he left Roman’s residence and started walking back to his own residence.

Roman began following her boyfriend in her SUV, the report states, and he then became alarmed and started cutting through different properties in an effort to avoid Roman.

When the boyfriend reached a home located on the 18400 block of Timothy Avenue, he started to cut through the yard when Roman allegedly began driving toward him at a very high rate of speed. The boyfriend jumped over a fence to protect himself from being hit, but Roman continued driving and smashed through the fence, with the vehicle coming to rest on top of it, the report shows.

Roman allegedly told deputies that her boyfriend became physically abusive toward her after she returned from the area bar, and that she drove away hoping to escape him. Authorities didn’t believe Roman’s tale, and she was arrested and transported to the Charlotte County Jail. She was released Friday after posting $4,500 bond.

Report: Man
broke in, threw paint on ex’s car

PORT CHARLOTTE — A man was arrested after authorities say he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s garage Thursday and spilled paint on her new car, according to a Charlotte County Sheriff’s report.

Leroy Campbell IV, 26, of the 400 block of North Polk Avenue, Arcadia, was charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling, criminal mischief, contempt of court/violation of an injunction and battery.

According to the report, Campbell was waiting for his ex-girlfriend at her residence on Isobar Avenue in Port Charlotte, when she returned home from work. He reportedly walked into the garage, grabbed her shirt and attempted to restrain her so she could not leave. She was able to break free and take refuge in her car, the report states, and then Campbell allegedly scratched and threw white paint on her car.

His actions also violated an existing domestic violence no-contact order, wherein he was not supposed to be around the victim, the report shows.

Campbell was arrested and transported to the Charlotte County Jail, where he was released Friday after posting $22,000 bond.

Man charged with burglary, battery over phone

NORTH PORT — A Port Charlotte man has been charged with two counts of burglary with battery over a phone, according to a North Port police report.

The report states officers responded to an apartment on the 3900 block of South Sumter Boulevard just before 9:15 p.m. Thursday and met with the victims, a 31-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man. The male victim told police he went to his neighbor’s apartment and borrowed a telephone from Kenneth Raymond Campbell, 54, of the 17900 block of Murdock Circle, Port Charlotte, who was at the neighbor’s apartment. The man was back in his apartment when Campbell knocked on the door and asked for the phone back.

The female victim answered the door, and the male victim told officers Campbell was very angry, yelling at the woman. According to the report, the female victim said Campbell cursed and threatened to beat the male victim, and that Campbell pushed his way into the apartment and mentioned a firearm. The male victim also reportedly heard Campbell mention something about a gun.

A woman who lives opposite the victims told police she heard yelling, and when she opened her door, saw Campbell force his way into the victim’s apartment still yelling about a phone. She pulled Campbell out of the apartment at the same time the female victim was pushing him out, the report shows. The witness told Campbell to go home, and he reportedly went into the next apartment.

The report states Campbell admitted to loaning the male victim a phone and going into the apartment uninvited to retrieve it, but said he only went into the apartment after the female victim pushed him.

Campbell was charged with two counts of burglary with assault or battery. He remained at the Sarasota County Jail on $15,000 bond.

The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests:

• Bailey Vanlyn McNabb, 23, 24000 block of Madaca Lane, Port Charlotte. Charge: driving with a suspended license. Bond: $500.

• Jamie Lee Marie Scott, 24, 400 block of Notson Terrace, Port Charlotte. Charge: out-of-state fugitive from justice warrant. Bond: none.

• Rachel Elizabeth Stueber, 21, of Oviedo, Fla. Charge: violation of probation (original charge: aggravated assault). Bond: none.

• Richard Charles Denoncour, 46, 6000 block of Spinnaker Blvd., Englewood. Charges: battery by strangulation, and battery. Bond: none.

• David Harry Lau Jr., 23, of Cape Coral. Charge: violation of probation (original charges: two counts of petty theft, failure to appear and fraudulent use of a credit card). Bond: none.

• Andrew James Schramm, 21, 4400 block of Conway Blvd., Port Charlotte. Charge: dealing in stolen property. Bond: none.

• Joshua James Mohr, 24, 21900 block of Felton Ave., Port Charlotte. Charges: possession of marijuana and possession of narcotic equipment. Bond: $2,000.

• Douglas John Dunne Jr., 23, 23100 block of Beverly Ave., Port Charlotte. Charge: dealing in stolen property. Bond: none.

The Punta Gorda Police Department reported the following arrest:

• Terry William Maxfield, 57, 400 block of W. Ann St., Punta Gorda. Charge: out-of-state fugitive from justice warrant. Bond: none.

— Compiled by Drew Winchester and Anne Klockenkemper