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LCSO operation targets crack cocaine dealers

By Staff | Mar 14, 2011

On Thursday, March 10, 2011, investigators with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit executed search warrants on three separate homes in east Fort Myers. The operation was a result of a multiple month long investigation into the distribution of crack cocaine.

The first home was located at 3983 Manassas Court, Fort Myers. Inside the home investigators recovered nearly thirty grams of crack cocaine, nearly eighty grams of marijuana, seventeen grams of powder cocaine, Xanax, morphine and several additional prescription medications, a firearm, ammunition and paraphernalia used to sell and package narcotics. The operation resulted in the arrest of David Lee Simmons (DOB 8/3/70). He was taken into custody without incident.

Detectives also arrested Joe Nathan Johnson (DOB 9/10/78) during the operation. Johnson is a convicted felon and was found to be in possession of ammunition, drug paraphernalia, prescription medications and paraphernalia which contained cocaine residue. He was also taken into custody without incident.

The second home was located at 748 Adams Avenue, Fort Myers. Since November, investigators had been targeting Kurn Lee Williams (DOB 8/11/60), suspected of being a crack cocaine dealer. Following multiple narcotics transactions over the past few months, investigators served a warrant and entered the home. The operation resulted in the arrest of Williams and the recovery of more than thirty grams of powder cocaine, multiple bottles containing Vicodin, Oxycodone and Hydrocodone, more than nine grams of crack and a Taser. Jeremy Jermaine Williams (DOB 1/27/79) was also arrested during the incident.

The final home was located at 576 Ione Avenue, Fort Myers. Investigators arrested Graviel Sanchez (DOB 10/31/65) and recovered one gram of crack cocaine and five grams of marijuana.

All individuals are charged as follows:

David Lee Simmons, of 3983 Matansas Court, Fort Myers; Charged with one count of Cocaine Trafficking, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Xanax, Possession of Cocaine, Felony Violation of Probation

Joe Nathan Johnson, of 3983 Matansas Court, Fort Myers; Charged with one count of Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, two counts of Possession of a Schedule IV Drug, Possession of an Opiate

Kurn Lee Williams, of 748 Adams Avenue, Fort Myers; Charged with three counts Possession of Cocaine, one count Trafficking Cocaine, three counts Trafficking Opiates, one count Possession of an Electronic Device by a Convicted Felon, two counts Possession of a Legend Drug

Graviel Vega Sanchez, of 576 Ione Avenue, Fort Myers; Charged with two counts Possession of Cocaine within 1000 Feet of a School, one count Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Marijuana

All individuals were transported to the Lee County Jail. Inmate photos and additional information are available on the Sheriff’s Office website at www.sheriffleefl.org.