The Punta Gorda P.D. returns
Four arrested in MySpace operation:
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the Punta Gorda, Florida Police Department and their amazing record of MySpace drug busts. Well they’re back and they’re back in style.
Punta Gorda Police Detectives Thomas Lewis, Tray Federici and Harvey Ayers and Officer Katie Mendel arranged a drug buy over the popular social networking Web site MySpace.com by pretending to be a drug buyer, a PGPD statement said. At 8:55 p.m., unmarked cars descended upon a Toyota parked in the rendezvous spot — the parking lot of a Sweetbay supermarket. Kirsten M. Jones, 17, the driver of the Toyota, sped away, hitting a police car in the process. According to the statement, Jones threw drugs from the car as she led police on a chase north on Tamiami Trail, finally sliding into a median near Monaco Drive. Police had to pull her from the car, the statement said.
Here we have Kirsten Jones’ MySpace.
But wait, there’s more.
Also in the car were Douglas Neal “Hell Dog” Hellman, 20, and Andrew Christopher Williams, 23. Plus a backpack containing a scale, plastic bags and pot residue.
I would love to know what excuse they tried when the cops pulled them out of the car.
My fedora is off to you once more Punta Gorda P.D.
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3 opinions for The Punta Gorda P.D. returns
Frank Pratt
Dec 7, 2007 at 6:47 pm
I can tell you from living down the road from Punta Gorda for 18 years, the cops in Southwest Florida overall really do their job, albeit sometimes people down there swear that you sneeze the wrong way, you’re gonna get pulled over. Trust me, there’s alot of good cops down there, but there’s some that abuse the badge.
Soobs
Dec 7, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Looks like the Punta Gorda police department has found it’s niche. :-)
S.Ross
Apr 2, 2008 at 2:36 pm
It sounds like if it wasn’t for myspace the Punta Gorda Police would be out of a job, that or they would have to get “real” training…..cop that has training…..wow
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