Drugs recovered, five arrested and charged in Punta Gorda narcotics bust
On the morning of September 11, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant at 15524 Lime Drive in Punta Gorda, Florida. The warrant was obtained after a lengthy investigation by detectives with the Narcotics Unit into drug activity at the residence.
A trap door was located inside the residence. The door provided exit from the home by way of the crawl space.
Multiple subjects were inside the home at the time of the warrant service. After a thorough search of the residence, five were arrested and charged with drug violations. One suspect was additionally charged with possession of ammunition as a convicted felon. The suspects and their charges are listed below.
Dustin T. Badke
- Possession of Drug paraphernalia
Nicholas M. Bores
- Possession of Methamphetamine
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- Resisting without violence
Peggy D. Ford
- Possession of Methamphetamine
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- Possession of Ammunition by Convicted Felon
Gregory J. Bores
- Possession of Methamphetamine
- Possession of Controlled Substance (Oxycodone)
- Possession of Controlled Substance (Buprenorphine Hydrochloride & Nalaxone Hydrochloride)
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- Resisting without violence
Heather C. Vernacatola
- Possession of Methamphetamine
- Possession of Controlled Substance (Oxycodone)
- Possession of Controlled Substance (Buprenorphine Hydrochloride & Nalaxone Hydrochloride)
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- Resisting without violence
Sheriff Prummell of the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office is working to eliminate drug addiction in that community through the Drug Recovery Initiative. Through this initiative, those seeking assistance can bring their user amount of drugs to any district office or call deputies to your location. Through partnership with Charlotte Behavioral Health Care, deputies will bring the caller to detox free of charge, without fear of arrest.
“Our Narcotics Unit detectives continue to work diligently to identify and arrest drug dealers in Charlotte County,” states Sheriff Prummell. “In addition to ensuring recovery assistance is available to those addicted, eradicating these dealers from our neighborhoods is another step toward overdose prevention.”
Anonymous tips about dealers or drug use in your area can be submitted online by visiting www.ccso.org.
(Source and Image credits: Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office)
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