The State Attorney’s Office released new details on two active cases, both involving murder charges against the suspects.
A grand jury indicted Michael John Maree, 66, from Fort Myers on a first-degree capital murder charge because of a deadly drug deal.
Lee County Sheriff’s OfficeAmira Fox, State Attorney, says Maree sold drugs that were laced with Fentanyl.
Fox says a person died after taking the drugs and the autopsy found the cause of death to be acute Fentanyl poisoning.
“We know that every time someone uses, 7 out of 10 times on the street it’s going to be a dose of Fentanyl, don’t know how much but it’s a potentially lethal dose,” said Carmine Marceno, Lee County Sheriff.
The grand jury also hit Maree with the sale and delivery of a controlled substance, a second-degree felony.
The next murder charge involved a shooting… Courtney Juarez Parchman, 31, of Fort Myers.
Lee County Sheriff’s OfficeFox says Parchman is the person who shot a security guard during an armed robbery at the Royal Jacks Arcade in North Fort Myers.