Overview
- Deputies say a black Mercedes failed to yield near State Road 29 and Kaicasa Lane, and a search followed after Venegas allegedly made furtive movements.
- Tests noted fentanyl on a Chase debit card bearing his name and on a cut straw, with a gray bag also containing a Zolpidem pill and residue.
- Venegas, 24, is booked at Collier County Jail on a drug paraphernalia charge stemming from the Dec. 31 traffic stop.
- The driver, identified as Olivia Dubois, was arrested on drug charges related to unprescribed Zolpidem.
- Court records list a Jan. 21 arraignment, and a February 2025 case over an altered-serial handgun remains pending after related drug counts were dropped.