Fort Myers Drug Trafficker Convicted Following Bench Trial

Fort Myers, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Nicholas P. Smith (45, Fort Myers) has been found guilty of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance following a bench trial before United States District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell. Smith faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for November 18, 2024. 

According to evidence presented at trial, on September 5, 2023, officers with the Fort Myers Police Department stopped Smith for multiple traffic infractions near Winkler Avenue and Fowler Street in Fort Myers. During a subsequent search of Smith, officers retrieved a large plastic bag containing 11 smaller bags of a pink powdery substance that later tested positive for Para-fluorofentanyl and fentanyl.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Fort Myers Police Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick L. Darcey.