On February 6, 2020, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office East District Selective Enforcement Team conducted an operation in the area of Colin Avenue South and Meadow Road following a string of vehicle burglaries.
While deputies were conducting the operation, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Aviation Unit advised that they spotted a suspicious individual pulling on vehicle door handles in the area, attempting to burglarize the vehicles. Immediately, deputies established a perimeter and called for K9 unit back-up.
Working quickly and tactically, detectives, deputies and the K9 unit made contact with the suspect who attempted to flee the area. Shortly after, the suspect, later identified as Jeremy Ra’Sheed Ponds (5/4/1996), was detained.
Detectives conducted an extensive investigation connecting Ponds to numerous conveyance burglaries over the last few days. Lee County Sheriff’s Office East District deputies and Criminal Investigations Division detectives executed a search warrant on Pond’s residence, resulting in the recovery of several items to include three firearms. At the conclusion of the investigation, detectives arrested and charged Ponds with five counts of Burglary of a Conveyance, one count of Petit theft, and one count of Resisting Officer without Violence.