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Law Enforcement in the MAGA Farmer’s Home and Business
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Law Enforcement in the MAGA Farmer’s Home and Business

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Federal and state police vehicles surrounded celebrities farmer/grocer Alfie Oakes North Naples home and Immokalee businesses Thursday.

Part grocery store, part bakery, part butcher shop, part bar, Oakes’ more than $30 million From seed to table It is the hangout for local Republicans. Ala Make America Great Again as well as for the area Foodies drawn to organic broccoli and craft beer.

Reached by phone, Oakes declined to comment, saying only: “We’re looking into it, but everything is fine.”

A man standing in the driveway in front of an Oakes metal building in Immokalee Thursday afternoon was wearing a DCIS (Defense Criminal Investigative Service) badge, indicating he is a member of the Department of Defense agency that investigates terrorism, cybercrime and fraud, where vehicles from Oakes Farms were seen entering Thursday, although some were turned away. The man’s shirt is labeled “firearms instructor.”

Earlier in the day, many Florida Highway Patrol vehicles were at both the home and the business, according to WINK News, but the FHP directed questions to the U.S. Secret Service.

John Meo, chairman of the Collier County Republican Executive Committee, fears this is a military use of federal law enforcement.

“We know that they showed up and took some material,” he said. “It’s kind of funny that they’re doing it now. I think they want to get information on January 6.”

In 2021, Oakes covered two busloads of Trump supporters heading to Washington, DC on January 6, 2021 to which Oakes called “The most peaceful and beautiful demonstration of over 1 million people I have ever witnessed.”

Oakes previously served as a Republican county committeeman. until you enter a high profile fight with Collier Supervisor of Elections Melissa Blazier for a late filing and not being allowed to participate in the primary ballot.

Federal Mother: “Investigation in progress”

The Secret Service declined to comment.

“The United States Secret Service will not confirm the existence or status of an investigation,” the agency said by email.

However, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General spokeswoman Mollie Halpern confirmed Thursday afternoon that DCIS agents are actively conducting law enforcement activities in Naples.

“I have no additional information to provide at this time as this is an open investigation,” he said.

DCIS is the law enforcement arm of the DOD. DCIS special agents deploy around the world to conduct investigations that significantly impact DOD operations, ranging from cybercrimes to bribery, fraud, terrorism, public corruption and procurement fraud, Halpern said. “We play an integral role in protecting America’s war fighters.”

(This story has been updated to add new information, including a photo gallery.)