News Notes: Tyler Perry Offers $100,000 Reward In Florida Cold Cases [VIDEO]

Media mogul Tyler Perry is offering a $100,000 reward for information in the decade-old case of two men who went missing after separate encounters with a sheriff’s deputy in southwestern Florida.

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Felipe Santos, 23, and Terrance Williams, 27, disappeared three months apart in the Naples area in 2003 after crossing paths with Collier County Sheriff’s Deputy Steven Calkins. Calkins was never charged but was fired the following year.

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Tyler Perry joined the Rev. Al Sharpton and Ben Jealous of the NAACP at a news conference Thursday in Naples to discuss the missing-person investigations of Santos and Williams.

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Perry said media outlets weren’t paying enough attention to missing-person cases involving minorities. Williams was black and Santos was an illegal immigrant from Mexico.

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Sharpton said Perry called him and asked, “Why aren’t you civil rights leaders dealing with missing persons cases?”

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“This kind of issue requires all of us … to come together,” Sharpton said. “It’s not about pointing fingers; this is about joining hands.”

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Perry shared with the Naples crowd that he learned about the case through the Discovery Channel. He has offered a $100,000 reward for anyone with information about the men.

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“It is beyond offensive that someone, a deputy – someone who is entrusted by us, the community – and two people both put in his car and disappeared,” Perry said.

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The Williams and Santos families, along with the Collier County Sherriff’s Office, are hoping Thursday’s renewed attention on the cases will encourage people to come forward with information.

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“This is injustice and we have the power to change this; we have the power to see someone brought to justice,” Perry said.

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“Sometimes you have to catch bees with honey. Tyler Perry has brought the honey,” Rev. Sharpton said.

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