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Island Boys’ Franky Venegas Held Without Bond After Fentanyl Found on Debit Card in New Year’s Eve Stop

His no-bond hold ties to an unresolved February firearm case.

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.