{"id":42738,"date":"2019-05-08T18:13:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T22:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=42738"},"modified":"2019-05-08T18:17:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T22:17:22","slug":"operation-spring-mayhem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2019\/05\/operation-spring-mayhem\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Spring MAYhem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 8, 2019, the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Narcotics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC_0090-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC_0090-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC_0090-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC_0090-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The unit concluded a three-month-long investigation dubbed &#8220;Spring MAYhem\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Narcotics Unit, Fugitive Warrants Unit, Highway Interdiction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unit, Gang\/Intelligence Unit, Special Operations Unit, and Patrol Bureau executed four search warrants at the following homes in Lee County:<br> \u20224391 Cortina Circle, #232, Fort Myers<br> \u202236 Cypress Street, North Fort Myers<br> \u20228219 Bartholomew Drive, North Fort Myers<br> \u20224805 7th Street West, Lehigh Acres<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4805-7th-St-W.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4805-7th-St-W.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4805-7th-St-W-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Items from  4805 7th Street West, Lehigh Acres <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br> Execution of the warrants and subsequent roundup resulted in the arrest of 19 individuals, the seizure of one DPMS AR 15 .223 rifle, one Hi-Point 9mm pistol (reported stolen), one SCCY 9mm pistol (reported<br> stolen), one Draco AK 47 pistol, one Bersa .380 pistol, and one Glock 19 9mm pistol. A total of $18,808 in United States currency, 309.98 grams of Cocaine, 394.29 grams of Crack Cocaine, 369.79 grams of Fentanyl, 125.4 grams of Heroin, 590.8 grams of Methamphetamine, 1.7 grams of Buprenorphine, 26.4 grams of Hydromorphine and a total of 35 grams of Opiate pills were seized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs part of the ongoing Opioid and Narcotics initiative, our team completed another lengthy investigation that resulted in the arrest of 15 drug dealers here in Lee County,\u201d stated Sheriff Carmine Marceno. \u201cThese investigations and sweeps will continue and I\u2019ll use whatever resources necessary until all drug dealers get the message that if you peddle poison in Lee County, we will put you behind bars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC_0116-1024x621.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC_0116-1024x621.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC_0116-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC_0116-768x466.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 8, 2019, the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Narcotics The unit concluded a three-month-long investigation dubbed &#8220;Spring MAYhem\u201d. 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