{"id":57998,"date":"2023-05-25T23:59:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T03:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=57998"},"modified":"2023-05-25T23:59:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T03:59:51","slug":"lehigh-acres-man-found-guilty-of-conspiracy-to-traffic-fentanyl-possession-of-pill-presses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2023\/05\/lehigh-acres-man-found-guilty-of-conspiracy-to-traffic-fentanyl-possession-of-pill-presses\/","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Acres man found guilty of conspiracy to traffic fentanyl &#038; possession of pill presses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Lehigh Acres man was found guilty of conspiracy to traffic fentanyl and possession of pill presses, following a trial in Lee County.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-27-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-27-7.png 279w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-27-7-269x300.png 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>According to the State Attorney\u2019s Office, 30-year-old Jesse Grassmuck is the first to be tried from Operation Woot-de-Woot, the second NETFORCE operation created to crack down on long-term crime across Southwest Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operation Woot-de-Woot took place in 2021 and 2022, resulting in the arrest of 29 people \u2014 including Grassmuck. Cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, marijuana, oxycodone, guns and money involved with illegal drug sales were seized during the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grassmuck conspired to buy seven grams of fentanyl from a co-conspirator who has since died of a fentanyl overdose. A search warrant at Grassmuck\u2019s home led to the discovery of several pill-pressing machines and bags with powders used for selling illegal drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grassmuck\u2019s sentencing has been scheduled for June 5, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Lehigh Acres man was found guilty of conspiracy to traffic fentanyl and possession of pill presses, following a trial in Lee County. According to the State Attorney\u2019s Office, 30-year-old&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":57999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[2343],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57998"}],"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=57998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58000,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57998\/revisions\/58000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}