{"id":135515,"date":"2026-01-28T22:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135515\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T22:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:02:07","slug":"fort-myers-and-cape-coral-fentanyl-dealers-face-murder-charges-in-deaths-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135515\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Myers and Cape Coral fentanyl dealers face murder charges in deaths | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">FORT MYERS, Fla.\u2014Two men in Southwest Florida faced first-degree murder charges for allegedly selling fentanyl that resulted in three deaths.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">State Attorney Amira Fox announced the indictments, highlighting a firm stance against drug dealers in the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Joseph Henry Roberts of Fort Myers was indicted for selling fentanyl to a woman who died in October 2025. Meanwhile, Vadim Manolov of Cape Coral was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and multiple drug offenses related to fentanyl sales in 2024.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Prosecutors said two people died and a third overdosed after being sold fentanyl by Manolov.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Fox emphasized the commitment to holding drug dealers accountable.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We will catch you, and then we will continue to charge you with the highest crime available, first-degree murder,&#8221; said Fox. &#8220;We will not back down from this, and that&#8217;s a promise. We will continue to seek justice for victims who are who have left us, who have died, and for their families and friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Both cases will proceed through the court system. Prosecutors said they aim to pursue the toughest possible charges in fentanyl-related deaths.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS, Fla.\u2014Two men in Southwest Florida faced first-degree murder charges for allegedly selling fentanyl that resulted in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325],"class_list":{"0":"post-135515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news","11":"tag-collaborator_gen_stories","12":"tag-lee"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}