The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant this morning at 15524 Lime Drive in Punta Gorda. The warrant was obtained after a lengthy investigation by detectives with the Narcotics Unit into drug activity at the residence.
A trap door was located inside the residence. The door provided exit from the home by way of the crawl space.
Multiple subjects were inside the home at the time of the warrant service. After a thorough search of the residence, five were arrested and charged with drug violations. One suspect was additionally charged with possession of ammunition as a convicted felon. The suspects and their charges are listed below. Their mugshots are from previous arrests. Current mugshots are pending their processing at the jail.
Dustin Badke 
Nicholas Bores 
Peggy Ford 
Gregory Bores 
Heather Vernacatola
Dustin T. Badke (1/11/91)
Possession of Drug paraphernalia
Nicholas M. Bores (9/10/93)
Possession of Methamphetamine
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Resisting without violence
Peggy D. Ford (7/11/82)
Possession of Methamphetamine
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Possession of Ammunition by Convicted Felon
Gregory J. Bores (4/15/65)
Possession of Methamphetamine
Possession of Controlled Substance (Oxycodone)
Possession of Controlled Substance (Buprenorphine Hydrochloride & Nalaxone Hydrochloride)
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Resisting without violence
Heather C. Vernacatola (7/10/68)
Possession of Methamphetamine
Possession of Controlled Substance (Oxycodone)
Possession of Controlled Substance (Buprenorphine Hydrochloride & Nalaxone Hydrochloride)
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Resisting without violence
Sheriff Prummell is working to eliminate drug addiction in our community through the Drug Recovery Initiative. Through this initiative, those seeking assistance can bring their user amount of drugs to any district office or call deputies to your location. Through partnership with Charlotte Behavioral Health Care, deputies will bring the caller to detox free of charge, without fear of arrest.
“Our Narcotics Unit detectives continue to work diligently to identify and arrest drug dealers in Charlotte County,” states Sheriff Prummell. “In addition to ensuring recovery assistance is available to those addicted, eradicating these dealers from our neighborhoods is another step toward overdose prevention.”
Anonymous tips about dealers or drug use in your area can be submitted online by visiting www.ccso.org or through our mobile app, available on Apple and Android markets.
Thank you.!
Buprenorphine Hydrochloride & Nalaxone Hydrochloride Really? It reads like your office is busting people in proximity while they’re trying to get clean. When you’re posting things like that, maybe show they were tested for drugs otherwise the community blames them for being under the influence and not just having people they care about around them at the time of your “bust”!
Thank you for help
Great job!! Thank you for your service. Much respect.
Great Work. The Sheriff’s Department is doing more to get people clean then people are doing for themselves. No Excuses! Buprenorphine Hydrochloride & Nalaxone Hydrochloride are prescribed medications. No prescription means a crime and the people are playing with fire. Buprenorphine is an opioid and therefore has abuse potential and risk of fatal overdose from respiratory failure. It’s a pain killer and abused for that reason even though it is also used UNDER A DOCTOR’S SUPERVISION for stronger opioid withdrawal. Naloxone Hydrochloride Injection is indicated for the complete or partial reversal of opioid overdose. However, Nalaxone used illegally by addicts when overdose occurs and without the proper knowledge and followup care can be fatal. Having these drugs without prescriptions ARE NOT PEOPLE TRYING TO GET CLEAN, they are people trying to keep using at all cost. They should not be commended based on someone idea of “The Active Addict Drugged Thinking Guide to Getting Clean” using street Buprenorphine Hydrochloride & Nalaxone Hydrochlorideing.