{"id":224867,"date":"2026-04-09T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224867\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:01:09","slug":"swat-arrests-suspect-for-selling-drugs-near-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224867\/","title":{"rendered":"SWAT Arrests Suspect for Selling Drugs Near Elementary School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764950231_728_News-Release-Header-NEW-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cape Coral, FL\u00a0\u2013 On April 8th, 2026 at around 11:47 AM, the Cape Coral Police Department SWAT Team executed a search warrant at 235 SW 33rd Ter, Cape Coral, Florida, resulting in the\u00a0arrest\u00a0of Andrew Lee Horner (DOB 05\/31\/1993) on multiple narcotics sale charges, including Sale of a Controlled Substance within 1000 feet of a School.<\/p>\n<p>These charges stemmed from an investigation spanning several weeks. The Cape Coral Police Department Narcotics Unit received a tip that Horner was selling narcotics and began investigating.<\/p>\n<p>In March of 2026, during an undercover controlled drug transaction at his residence (235 SW 33rd Terrace), Horner sold 6 grams of meth and 1.6 grams of MDMA.<\/p>\n<p>Measurements taken via UAV estimated the\u00a0distance\u00a0between the home and Pelican Elementary School is 975 feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During a second undercover controlled drug transaction with Horner at his residence, he sold 50 Xanax pills.<\/p>\n<p>On April 8th, 2026, while executing the search warrant at the home, the Cape Coral Police Department SWAT Team located multiple items, including:<\/p>\n<p>LSD tabs (1.9 grams)Amphetamine pills (4.4 grams)Xanax pills (6.6 grams)Psychopsilocybin mushrooms (28.2 grams)Methamphetamines (1.3 grams)Small plastic baggies, the same ones used by Horner during the sales<\/p>\n<p>While searching the home, detectives located a\u00a0purse\u00a0belonging to Hanna Wheeler (DOB: 07\/31\/1999). A glass pipe was found inside. Her ID was also found in the purse. The pipe field-tested positive for methamphetamines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Lee Horner (DOB 05\/31\/1993)\u00a0was taken to the\u00a0Lee\u00a0County Jail on the following charges:<\/p>\n<p>1 count of\u00a0Sale of a Controlled Substance within 1000 feet of a Specified Area, to wit: Methamphetamines1 count of\u00a0Possession of a Controlled Substance, to wit: Methamphetamines1 count of\u00a0Sale of a Controlled Substance, to wit: MDMA1 count of Possession of a Controlled Substance, to wit: MDMA1 count of\u00a0Sale of a Controlled Substance, to wit: Xanax1 count of Possession of a Controlled Substance, to wit: Xanax1 count of\u00a0Possession of a Controlled Substance w\/ Intent to Sell, to wit: Methamphetamines1 count of Possession of a Controlled Substance, to wit: Amphetamine pills1 count of Possession of a Controlled Substance, to wit: Psychopsilocybin mushrooms1 count of Possession of a Controlled Substance w\/ Intent to Sell, to wit: Xanax Pills1 count of Possession of a Paraphernalia<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Wheeler (DOB: 07\/31\/1999) was taken to the Lee County Jail on the following charge:<\/p>\n<p>1 count of Possession of a Paraphernalia<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NR-Mugshot-Template-28-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-14693\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"NR Mugshot Template (28)\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cape Coral, FL\u00a0\u2013 On April 8th, 2026 at around 11:47 AM, the Cape Coral Police Department SWAT Team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-224867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224867","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=224867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}