NAPLES, Fla. -- A Collier County man and woman were arrested and charged Friday morning in two recent burglaries, and may be connected to other robberies this month.
34-year-old Jeremiah Vasquez of East Naples and 28-year-old Crystal Pages are each charged with armed robbery and grand theft in connection with June 18 robbery of the 7 Food Mart in Golden Gate.
Vasquez also faces charges of armed robbery, grand theft and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in connection with the Rose’s Food Mart robbery Thursday night. That's where employee said two men armed with handguns entered the store. One of them struck an employee in the head with a gun. The men then demanded money. The employee complied and the suspects ran out of the store, making off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Detectives are investigating whether Vasquez and Pages are linked to a June 10 armed robbery at Rose Supermarket on Radio Road in East Naples and a June 12 armed robbery at K Square Food Mart, on U.S. 41 E. in East Naples.
One other suspect remains at large.
