{"id":6638,"date":"2012-04-13T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=6638"},"modified":"2012-04-13T11:09:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T16:09:46","slug":"weekly-narcotics-arrest-update-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/04\/weekly-narcotics-arrest-update-6\/","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.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the past week the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office made a total of\u00a034\u00a0drug arrests. To educate and enhance awareness of the Sheriff\u2019s Office daily activities in this endeavor the following arrests are being listed:<\/p>\n<table width=\"98%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">Arrest Date<\/td>\n<td width=\"19%\">Name \/ Address<\/td>\n<td width=\"9%\">Birth Date<\/td>\n<td width=\"39%\">Charge(s)<\/td>\n<td width=\"19%\">Incident Location<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012-04-02<br \/>\n2:05 AM<\/td>\n<td>Kevin Dwayne Leggett<br \/>\n724 Hightower Ave<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<td>1989-05-13<\/td>\n<td>Felony &#8211; COCAINE-POSSESS (POSSESS COCAINE);<\/td>\n<td>724 Hightower Ave<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012-04-04<br \/>\n12:40 PM<\/td>\n<td>Trisha Ashley Turcotte<br \/>\n306 Ludlow Ave<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<td>1978-01-06<\/td>\n<td>Felony &#8211; DRUGS-TRAFFIC (4 GRAMS LESS 30 KG OTHER CNTRL SUBST);<br \/>\nMisdemeanor &#8211; LARC (PETIT THEFT 1ST DEGREE 100 LESS 300 DOLS);<\/td>\n<td>306 Ludlow Ave<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012-04-04<br \/>\n9:23 PM<\/td>\n<td>Ivan Leon Bell<br \/>\n1119 Vineyard St<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<td>1979-06-13<\/td>\n<td>Felony &#8211; COCAINE-POSSESS (POSSESS COCAINE);<br \/>\nMisdemeanor &#8211; CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPON (ELECTRIC WEAPON OR DEVICE);<br \/>\nMisdemeanor &#8211; RESIST OFFICER (OBSTRUCT WO VIOLENCE);<br \/>\nMisdemeanor &#8211; DRUG EQUIP-POSSESS (AND OR USE);<\/td>\n<td>45 N Alabama Rd<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012-04-04<br \/>\n9:41 PM<\/td>\n<td>Trina Nelson Oshea<br \/>\n3414 Sw 15 St<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<td>1966-11-01<\/td>\n<td>Felony &#8211; FRAUD (CONCEAL INFO TO OBTAIN PRESCRIPTION);<br \/>\nFelony &#8211; FRAUD (CONCEAL INFO TO OBTAIN PRESCRIPTION);<br \/>\nFelony &#8211; FRAUD (CONCEAL INFO TO OBTAIN PRESCRIPTION);<br \/>\nFelony &#8211; FRAUD (CONCEAL INFO TO OBTAIN PRESCRIPTION);<br \/>\nFelony &#8211; FRAUD (CONCEAL INFO TO OBTAIN PRESCRIPTION);<br \/>\nFelony &#8211; FRAUD (CONCEAL INFO TO OBTAIN PRESCRIPTION);<br \/>\nFelony &#8211; FRAUD (CONCEAL INFO TO OBTAIN PRESCRIPTION);<\/td>\n<td>2115 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd<br \/>\nFort Myers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012-04-04<br \/>\n10:10 PM<\/td>\n<td>Paul T Bowen<br \/>\n10750 Lemontree Ct<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<td>1988-05-05<\/td>\n<td>Misdemeanor &#8211; MARIJUANA-POSSESS (NOT MORE THAN 20 GRAMS);<\/td>\n<td>E 3rd St\/Fifth Ave<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012-04-06<br \/>\n1:12 PM<\/td>\n<td>Edward Lewis<br \/>\n1821 Wellington Ave<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<td>1971-01-12<\/td>\n<td>Misdemeanor &#8211; DRUG EQUIP-POSSESS (AND OR USE);<br \/>\nFelony &#8211; COCAINE-POSSESS &#8211; POSSESS COCAINE;<\/td>\n<td>1821 Wellington Ave<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012-04-07<br \/>\n5:19 AM<\/td>\n<td>Ronald Edward Wilk<br \/>\n37 Ne Alabama Rd<br \/>\nLehigh Acres<\/td>\n<td>1993-10-16<\/td>\n<td>Felony &#8211; FAILURE TO APPEAR (FAILURE TO APPEAR FOR FELONY OFFENSE);<br \/>\nFelony &#8211; MARIJUANA-POSSESS &#8211; POSSESS MARIJUANA OVER 20 GRAMS;<\/td>\n<td>1153 Estero BLVD<br \/>\nFort Myers Beach<\/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 Crimes 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>\u00a0or by texting a tip to CRIMES (274637) Keyword: REWARD.<\/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\/6638"}],"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=6638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}