Cape Police with the Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence Unit have arrested an employee of Publix Supermarket for selling prescription pills after undercover detectives made two buys from the suspect. Lise Jacques (DOB: 11/28/1964) was charged with selling 35 Oxycodone tablets while she worked the meat department at the Publix located at 2420 Santa Barbara Boulevard South.



The arrest of Jacques resulted from a two-month investigation following a tip that she was selling her prescription pills at the store. In mid-October, arrangements were made for an undercover detective to purchase 15 Oxycodone tablets for $300. The detective met Jacques outside the meat department and was directed to a small hallway leading to an emergency exit at the rear of the store. Jacques pulled a pill bottle from her purse, retrieved a plastic baggie from the bottle and handed it to the detective. The baggie contained the 15 Oxycodone tablets.



A second buy was arranged when undercover detectives met Jacques on her meal break just outside the Publix. Jacques told the detectives to follow her vehicle to the Target parking lot just west of the Publix store where she sold them 20 Oxycodone tablets for $350.

Both drug sales were within 1,000 feet of Cape Coral High School.

At 5 p.m., Cape officers with the Street Crimes Unit arrested Jacques at the Publix Supermarket. Officers discovered Oxycodone, Vicodin and Xanax in her Jacques possession. She did not have a valid prescription for the Vicodin or Xanax and was charged with possession. She was booked and transported to the Lee County Jail.