City of Fernandina Beach Press Release
Submitted by James Hurley, Chief of Police
“A June 29th narcotics operation by Fernandina Beach Police resulted in the arrest of a Jacksonville man at Main Beach for trafficking in prescription narcotics.
Robert Edward Simmons Jr., thirty-one years of age, was arrested at the scene after he sold sixty (60) hydrocodone pills and (10) ten additional (still unknown) pills to a confidential informant. Simmons traveled to Fernandina Beach from Duval County and delivered the illegal prescription pills to the police informant for $440, claiming that they were “pain killers.”
Fernandina Beach detectives took Simmons into custody at 5:15 PM without incident in the north parking lot at Main Beach. Simmons was charged with drug trafficking of illegal prescription medications.
July 2, 2012 5:35 p.m.
Simmons is currently being held at the Nassau County Jail on a $50,002.00 bond.