(Fort Myers, FL: December 3, 2010) - On Friday, December 3, 2010, the Fort Myers Police Department’s Special Investigations Group with the assistance of uniformed officers conducted a buy-bust operation in the parking lot of the 7-11 gas station located at 2549 Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. During the investigation the Special Investigations group recovered sixty (60) MDMA (ecstasy) pills with a street value of $900.00. Police arrested the following people:
- Chantel Marie Pynckel (d.o.b. 02/04/1985) was arrested for trafficking in MDMA (ecstasy), criminal conspiracy, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
- Edward Jones (d.o.b. 02/08/1985) was arrested for trafficking in MDMA (ecstasy), criminal conspiracy, resisting arrest without violence. The department’s COPE Unit responded and charged Jones with violation of probation as well.
