CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A crash involving a Cape Coral Police Department cruiser on Thursday evening is part of a larger drug enforcement operation.
The police cruiser somehow crashed into a blue Lamborghini SUV on El Dorado Parkway East near Malibu Court. The side of the suspect’s SUV was smashed in while the front of the police cruiser was damaged and the airbags were deployed.
According to law enforcement officials on the scene, this was part of a much larger narcotics operation known as the NETFORCE Task Force. The task force focuses on getting drugs off the streets and is a collaborative effort.
The Cape Coral Police Department arrested five people last night on the following charges:
- Sebastian Toledo (18)
- Marijuana possession with intent to sell or deliver
- Jeffery Estimond (18)
- Marijuana possession with intent to sell or deliver
- Cocaine possession
- Jordan Octavien (20)
- Marijuana possession with intent to sell or deliver
- Kendrick Etienne (25)
- Marijuana possession with intent to sell or deliver
- Felipe Otalvaro (18)
- Flee/elude police
- Marijuana possession with intent to sell or deliver
Involved in Thursday’s operation were the Cape Coral Police Department, Lee County Sheriff’s Office, State Attorney’s Office, and Homeland Security.
It’s unclear what led up to the crash, but law enforcement agents at the scene said there was not a chase.
Lee Anne Ledoyen heard the crash that ended in a yard adjacent to her home.
“I was feeding the pups, and I heard a loud crash. Ran outside, and I saw a blue car,” she said. “Hearing them screaming at them, ‘We’re going to let the dog loose if you don’t.’ I mean, shields, guns drawn and were yelling at the boys in the car.”
ABC7 inquired about the condition of the officer involved in the crash.
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