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Friday, July 19, 2002 By JANINE A. ZEITLIN, jazeitlin@naplesnews.com Marco Island police and Collier County court officials are at odds over who was to blame for the swift departure of a Saudi Arabian government official from the United States this week after his arrest on charges of sexual assault of a Marco girl. Court officials say Collier Circuit Judge Ted Brousseau had no way of knowing Dr. Farouk Murad, 66, was a flight risk when the judge set a $50,000 bond Sunday. Brousseau didn't seize Murad's passport. The only address listed on police reports of Murad's arrest was a post...

Man accused of sexually assaulting girl out on bond Tuesday, July 16, 2002 By VICTOR A. HILL, vahill@naplesnews.com A man police say sexually molested a 12-year-old girl and held her against her will Saturday at a resort on Marco Island was released on bond Monday afternoon, despite a recommendation from Marco police that bond be denied. Collier County Circuit Judge Ted Brousseau set a $50,000 bond for Farouk Murad, 66, at a hearing Monday and Farouk posted $50,000 in cash Monday afternoon, Collier County sheriff's officials said. Murad was charged early Sunday with lewd lascivious battery-sexual act with a person...

MFH? How are you? What is the latest with the Marco Island rape ? Are you ok? All of these things are being answered in this post with the exclusive news as of tonight. So here it goes. I thank all of you for your support and kind thoughts and prayers.All of one other person on here knows exactly what was and has been going on with me. But I feel a little bit more confident in speaking now. As of 6-27-02 the I.N.S. made a clean sweep of the Marco Island Hilton Resort and Spa. All visa's for visiting...