Federal agents raided the Florida home of businessman and farmer Alfie Oakes, a vocal supporter of President-elect Donald Trump, on Thursday.
Law enforcement was seen at Oakes’ residence in the Villages of Monterey community in North Naples and at an agricultural packing plant in Immokalee, according to NBC2 News.
Several unmarked law enforcement vehicles were seen coming and going from Oakes’ residence throughout the morning and afternoon, according to the outlet. Agents were observed entering through the garage and carrying boxes.
A man wearing an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) shirt was seen carrying a computer out of Oakes’ house, the outlet reported.
Other agencies involved in the raid included the U.S. Secret Service, the IRS and the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, WINK News reported.
Oakes told the outlet that “everything is all good” and said he was “not sure” why his home was being raided. He then reportedly drove away from the property in a blue Range Rover covered in Trump decals, smiling and telling the outlet, “Go Trump!” (RELATED: ‘God Spared my Life For A Reason’: Donald Trump Speaks After Winning 2024 Election)
Federal agents from the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) were present at the packing plant, according to NBC2 News. The agency investigates cases of fraud, bribery and corruption, including cybercrimes and computer intrusions.
Footage captured by the outlet showed Oakes walking into his house as law enforcement vehicles were parked outside. Officers reportedly arrived around 11:00 a.m. with a battering ram while Oakes’ wife and daughters were home.
“Right around the corner over here, we just heard, ‘Open the door.’ And that’s all I really heard. I don’t think they kicked the door in. I think his wife, I heard, let them in,” Oakes’ neighbor told the outlet.
The Florida Highway Patrol said they secured the scene for other law enforcement agencies, the outlet reported.
Oakes is the founder and CEO of Oakes Farms and the Seed to Table supermarket. He made headlines in 2021 for defying COVID-19 mandates by keeping his stores mask-free.
As #Flordia fights community spread of COVID on a massive scale, this is a 15-second snapshot of a supermarket in Naples. Many employees and customers- even older ones- with no masks on inside. Store sign outside cites “medical exemptions,” we can’t ask questions. @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/rNUSOPLjeB
— Sam Brock (@SamBrockNBC) February 3, 2021
“That’s total hogwash,” Oakes told NBC News at the time. “Why don’t we shut the world down because of the heart attacks? Why don’t we lock down cities because of heart attacks?”
Oakes recently served as the Collier County Republican State Committeeman from 2020 to 2024.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
