ST. LUCIE COUNTY \u2013 Seven adults and one juvenile were arrested on June 11 by St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Fort Pierce Police as part of Operation Summer Heat, a collaborative crime suppression initiative focused on reducing violent crime, targeting gang activity, removing illegal firearms, and combating narcotics activity throughout our community, according to a sheriff\u2019s office Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
The initiative, which also included drug and firearm seizures, is in partnership with the FBI; Drug Enforcement Administration; and Homeland Security Investigations.<\/p>\n
Arrested were:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Samuel Savilus, 31, trafficking in fentanyl; fleeing to elude; and possession of drug paraphernalia;<\/p>\n
\u2022 Billy Banks, 50, trafficking in MDPV; and possession of drug paraphernalia;<\/p>\n
\u2022 Cynthia Lawrence, 61, possession of cocaine; and possession of drug paraphernalia;<\/p>\n
\u2022 Juvenile, charged with tampering with evidence; grand theft auto; and burglary of an unoccupied conveyance;<\/p>\n
\u2022 Simon Pierre, 65, outstanding warrant for fraud-criminal use of personal identification;<\/p>\n
\u2022 Alvin Slater, 56, outstanding warrant for order revoking pre-trial release-possession of MDMA;<\/p>\n
\u2022 Miguel Angel Ascencio, 26, possession of ccaine<\/p>\n
\u2022 Trawon Shemar Weathers, 27, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.<\/p>\n
In addition, one firearm was seized.<\/p>\n
According to the Facebook posting, after four days of coordinated enforcement efforts, Operation Summer Heat has produced the following results:<\/p>\n
\u2022 20 adult arrests;<\/p>\n
\u2022 Four juvenile arrests;<\/p>\n
\u2022 Seven firearms recovered;<\/p>\n
\u2022 One illegal machine gun conversion device (\u201cSwitch\u201d) recovered;<\/p>\n
\u2022 One AR-15 style pistol with altered serial numbers recovered.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Fort Pierce Police Department, and participating law enforcement partners remain committed to identifying and apprehending violent offenders, disrupting criminal activity, and removing illegal weapons and drugs from our streets,\u201d according to a statement on the sheriff\u2019s office Facebook page. \u201cThrough continued cooperation and proactive enforcement, these agencies will remain focused on enhancing public safety and improving the quality of life for the residents of St. Lucie County.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY \u2013 Seven adults and one juvenile were arrested on June 11 by St. Lucie County…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172,563],"class_list":["post-304200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-st_lucie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304200","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=304200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}