A South Carolina man was arrested Monday after deputies said he sold suspected drugs to an undercover agent in Altamonte Springs.[1] Yeriel Fortunato, 35, was arrested on 9 November following an undercover drug operation in Altamonte Springs, according to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office.[1] Fortunato told investigators he attended all three days of the Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Orlando, which took place at Tinker Field over the weekend.[1] He faces 18 charges, including methamphetamine trafficking, possession of several controlled substances with intent to sell and conspiracy offenses, according to a Seminole County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.[1]
Investigators said a confidential informant arranged a drug purchase through electronic messages.[1] Fortunato arrived at the meeting location in a rented Nissan Sentra and invited the undercover agent into the vehicle, according to the report.[1] The agent paid Fortunato $1,100 for a bag containing a white crystalline substance.[1] Agents then arrested him without incident.[1] A search of the vehicle uncovered substances that field-tested presumptively positive for cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, ketamine, LSD, cannabis and psilocybin mushrooms.[1] The substance purchased by the undercover agent weighed 36.9 grams with packaging and field-tested presumptively positive for amphetamines, according to the report.[1]
Investigators used a noncertified scale, and the arrest report included no confirmatory laboratory results.[1] Agents also recovered the $1,100 used in the transaction, investigators said.[1] Fortunato told investigators he lives in Greenville, South Carolina, and had been staying at a rental property in Kissimmee for the festival.[1] He declined to disclose how he obtained the drugs, according to the report.[1] Fortunato was taken to the John E. Polk Correctional Facility.[1]
