Enough fentanyl to kill half a million people was making its way through the mail in Lee County before it was recovered by law enforcement.
Just a few hundred feet from a Lehigh Acres neighborhood with two churches, children, families and the Lehigh Acres Elementary school is where a package of 1.6 kilograms of fentanyl was set to be delivered to a home. But authorities discovered the drugs at a Lee County mail facility first, so they delivered it themselves.
According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, deputies found a package of fentanyl was to be delivered to 43-year-old Stasia Lynn Bolitho’s home at 203 3rd St East, so they brought it to her home and staked out her place. Bolitho was seen retrieving the package. She then took it into a car and drove off. Law enforcement officers followed her and stopped her in the car and arrested her.
After the discovery at the sorting center, detectives staked out her home and caught Bolitho red-handed.
Neighbors hope there are no more deliveries like this one in their neighborhood.
Bolitho faces charges for Drug Trafficking and Opium Or Derivative Distribution (Within 1,000 feet of a Place of Worship, Business or School).
Bolitho posted $30,000 bond and is due in court in October.