{"id":10990,"date":"2012-07-27T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=10990"},"modified":"2012-07-27T13:00:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T18:00:31","slug":"weekly-narcotics-arrest-update-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/07\/weekly-narcotics-arrest-update-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Narcotics Arrest Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The illegal sale, use and distribution of narcotics is recognized as a significant contributor to violent crimes, burglaries and thefts which can dramatically affect the quality of life in our community. Therefore, the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is making every effort to take drugs off the street by targeting individuals who are active participants in this unsavory underworld. This is being accomplished through aggressive patrol, undercover operations and interagency investigations with local, state and federal drug enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>In the past week the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office made a total of\u00a0<strong>24<\/strong>\u00a0drug arrests. To educate and enhance awareness of the Sheriff\u2019s Office daily activities in this endeavor the following arrests are being listed:<!--more--><\/p>\n<table width=\"98%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Arrest Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"19%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Name \/ Address<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"9%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Birth Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"39%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Charge(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"19%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Incident Location<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012-07-16<br \/>\n4:03 AM<\/td>\n<td>Mitchel Ernest Vanwy<br \/>\n3104 Eddie Ave South<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<td>1992-09-20<\/td>\n<td>Felony &#8211; DRUGS-POSSESS (CNTRL SUB WO PRESCRIPTION);<br \/>\nMisdemeanor &#8211; DRUG EQUIP-POSSESS (AND OR USE);<\/td>\n<td>6431 Bayshore Rd<br \/>\nN Fort Myers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012-07-19<br \/>\n8:53 PM<\/td>\n<td>Omar Munoz<br \/>\n5320 2nd St W<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<td>1982-01-10<\/td>\n<td>Felony &#8211; NONMOVING TRAFFIC VIOL (DRIVE WHILE LIC SUSP HABITUAL OFFENDER);<br \/>\nMisdemeanor &#8211; HIT AND RUN (LEAVE SCENE OF CRASH INVOLVE DAMAGE TO PROP);<br \/>\nMisdemeanor &#8211; MARIJUANA-POSSESS (NOT MORE THAN 20 GRAMS);<br \/>\nMisdemeanor &#8211; DRUG EQUIP-POSSESS (AND OR USE);<\/td>\n<td>Lee Blvd \/ Lee St<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Illegal drugs cost everyone: they ruin families, destroy neighborhoods, increase incidents of crime and can ultimately end in death. If citizens observe street sales taking place they can report it by calling the Sheriff\u2019s Office at\u00a0<a href=\"tel:%28239%29%20477-1000\" target=\"_blank\">(239) 477-1000<\/a>\u00a0or ask to be connected with our Narcotics Section. Anonymous tips can be provided to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477). Callers are eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000. Tips may also be made online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swflcrimestoppers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.swflcrimestoppers.org<\/a>, via text to CRIMES (274637) Keyword: REWARD or through the TipSubmit app on any Smart phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The illegal sale, use and distribution of narcotics is recognized as a significant contributor to violent crimes, burglaries and thefts which can dramatically affect the quality of life in our&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}