Fort Myers father accused of providing his children with acid, narcotics

FORT MYERS, Fla. —

A Fort Myers father was arrested on Wednesday after he was accused of giving his child acid.

According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a call at around 4:45 a.m. of a disoriented child lying in a Fort Myers grocery store parking lot.

The child was transported to a local hospital, where they told deputies their father had given them acid.

Deputies began to investigate and spoke to other children who told deputies their father would pressure them into using narcotics and would provide them with drugs, LCSO said.

Deputies located the father, Jeffrey Rivenburgh, 38, at a hotel on Marketplace Road. According to LCSO, in the hotel room, deputies discovered fentanyl, LSD, cocaine and marijuana.

Rivenburgh was arrested and faces charges of two counts of child neglect without causing great bodily harm, trafficking fentanyl, trafficking LSD, possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana.

According to LCSO, Rivenburgh has been booked more than 30 times for a variety of charges, including multiple drug offenses.

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