Sheriff’s Office S.E.T. team helping reduce crime in Lehigh
Lee County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Ed Tamayo told members of the Lehigh Acres Chamber of Commerce Tuesday that the Bravo District’s newly formed Selective Enforcement Team (S.E.T.) “has been instrumental in helping reduce crime in Lehigh Acres.”
Tamayo reported the team is credited with approximately 120 arrests in February alone. Those arrests helped to produce a 15 percent drop in crime in Zone 5 and a 34 percent drop in Zone 4 in burglary, auto theft and robbery related crimes from January to February, according to the department.
“Bravo District (Lehigh Acres) is enjoying an unprecedented decline in the number of crimes committed,” Tamayo said as a result of the S.E.T. efforts. The team targets repeat and juvenile offenders and has made significant arrests involving prowlers, sex offenders, burglars, felony dumping and illegal narcotics.
S.E.T. team members Sgt. Mike Rakestraw, Sgt. John Greene, Deputies Josh Quaintance, Frank Pooser, Nora Galloway, Mike Dziuba, Ken Sherman, Nick Vutsinas, George Camacho and David Brown were presented certificates of appreciation by the chamber at its monthly luncheon on March 31.