CLEWISTON, FL. -- Cheri Ann Durance, of Clewiston, has been adjudicated guilty and sentenced to 14 years in prison, for Trafficking in Illegal Drugs, Heroin – 4 Grams or More. She was also adjudicated guilty of two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Paraphernalia, and Driving While License Suspended (Habitual Revocation). She was also ordered to pay a $50,000 fine for the drug trafficking charge.
Assistant State Attorney Kyle Bermingham prosecuted the case.
On September 9, 2021, the Hendry County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a suspicious incident at a home in LaBelle. A resident said a car pulled into her driveway and a man rang her doorbell, saying he needed a water hose.
When law enforcement arrived, they say the car, a red Ford Fusion, was driving on State Road 80. The driver was not following traffic laws, so a traffic stop was conducted.
The woman driving was the defendant, Cheri Durance. There was a man in the passenger seat.
Durance admitted to the Sergeant, that she had drugs in her car. She was detained and a search was done of the car. Inside the defendant’s purse, was a large amount and variety of drugs. There were also multiple items identifying the bag as belonging to the defendant including her ID. She also had $1,356 in cash.
A trafficking amount of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and synthetic cannabis was in her possession. There were also numerous bags containing residue, consistent with baggies used to distribute drugs. The defendant was also driving on a suspended license.
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