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    Federal and state law enforcement vehicles surrounded celebrities farmer/grocer of Alfie Oakes Naples North House and Immokalee Business Thursday.

    Part grocery, part bakery, part butcher, part bar, Oakes’ $30 million+ Seed to table is the popular hangout for local GOPs Make America Great Again wing as well as for the area foodies drawn to organic broccoli and craft beer.

    Reached by phone, Oakes declined to comment other than to say, “We’re looking into it, but everything is fine.”

    A man standing in the driveway outside an Oakes metal building in Immokalee on Thursday afternoon was wearing a DCIS (Defense Criminal Investigative Service) badge, indicating he is a member of the Defense Department agency that investigates terrorism, cybercrime and fraud, ​​​​where Oakes Farms Vehicles 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 homes and businesses, according to WINK News, but FHP referred questions to the U.S. Secret Service.

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

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

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

    Oakes previously served as a county GOP committeeman to the entrance a high profile fight with Collier Elections Supervisor Melissa Blazier due to a late filing and was not allowed to participate in the primary ballot.

    Federal mother: ‘Investigation ongoing’

    The Secret Service declined to comment.

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

    Who is Alfie Oakes? Love it, hate it, the MAGA grocer has Collier County’s attention

    However, Defense Inspector General Office 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 it is an open investigation,” she said.

    DCIS is the law enforcement arm of the DOD. DCIS special agents deploy around the world to conduct investigations that have a significant impact on DOD operations, from cybercrime, to bribery, fraud, terrorism, public corruption and procurement fraud, Halpern said. “We play a critical role in protecting America’s warfighters.”

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

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