ST. LUCIE COUNTY \u2013 A 43-year-old Miami man who St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s officials say supplied a fentanyl user with a fatal overdose was arrested on Oct. 13, according to a sheriff\u2019s office Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
A weeks-long narcotics investigation by the sheriff\u2019s office Special Investigations Division (SID) resulted in the arrest of James Arthur Green, 43, of Miami, according to the Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
Through multiple undercover purchases of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and crack cocaine, detectives developed evidence identifying Green as the suspected supplier of fentanyl to the individual who subsequently died from an overdose.<\/p>\n
On Oct. 13, investigators used the deceased victim\u2019s cellular phone during another controlled narcotics operation to place an order for fentanyl, according to the Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
Green allegedly returned to the victim\u2019s residence, delivered approximately two grams of fentanyl, and even sent a photograph showing where he left it, according to the Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
Later that day, during a separate undercover operation, Green allegedly participated in another controlled narcotics transaction involving approximately two ounces of fentanyl and one pound of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n
When detectives moved in to arrest him, Green fled, striking an unmarked sheriff detective car before entering southbound I-95, according to the Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
What followed was a pursuit reaching approximately 115 mph, during which Green was seen throwing suspected narcotics and a cell phone from his vehicle.<\/p>\n
The Florida Highway Patrol, Palm Beach and Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office joined the pursuit as it entered Martin County. FHP successfully deployed stop sticks before a trooper performed a PIT maneuver near Kanner Highway near Stuart, bringing the pursuit to an end and with Green in custody, according to the Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
Following his arrest, the SLCSO SWAT Team executed a search warrant at Green\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n
Narcotics recovered during the Oct. 13 investigation included:<\/p>\n
\u2022 about one pound of methamphetamine and two ounces of fentanyl associated with the controlled purchase;<\/p>\n
\u2022 22 additional grams of methamphetamine;<\/p>\n
\u2022 two grams of crack cocaine;<\/p>\n
\u2022 one gram of fentanyl.<\/p>\n
Green faces charges by the sheriff\u2019s office in trafficking in fentanyl; trafficking in cocaine; sale of cocaine; four counts of trafficking in methamphetamine; and unlawful use of a two-way communications device.<\/p>\n
FHP filed additional charges, including two counts each of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer and fleeing and eluding; one count each of trafficking in fentanyl, trafficking in methamphetamine, tampering with evidence, reckless driving, dangerous excessive speeding of 100 mph or higher and resisting an officer without violence.<\/p>\n
Green, who was already out on bond in connection with unrelated charges in Miami-Dade County, remains incarcerated in the St. Lucie County Jail on a $440,000 bond, according to the jail web site.<\/p>\n
The fatal overdose investigation remains active.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY \u2013 A 43-year-old Miami man who St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s officials say supplied a fentanyl…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172,563],"class_list":["post-427855","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\/427855","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=427855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}