Florida deputies find, guns, drugs, cash and more in home raid as man arrested

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]>> IF YOU RECOGNIZE THE DOG, PLEASE CALL CAPE CORAL POLICE.

[00:00:07]>> YOU'RE WATCHING THE MOMENT.

[00:00:10]CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES, RUSSIA SUSPECTED DRUG DEALERS.

[00:00:13]HOUSE DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND POUNDS OF DRUGS INSIDE MATTHEW TAYLOR, SANDALWOOD HOME.

[00:00:18]DETECTIVES SAY THEY WATCHED HIM SELL THE DRUGS ALMOST EVERY DAY WHILE BUILDING THEIR CASE. GULF COAST NEWS REPORTER EDWARD FRANCO SPOKE TO NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE DANGEROUS DISCOVERY.

[00:00:28]>> RED AND BLUE LIGHTS FILLED THIS ENGLEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD TUESDAY AS CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR A DRUG BUST AT A HOME ON MICHAEL STREET IN GULF STREAM BOULEVARD, DETECTIVES ARRESTED 30 YEAR-OLD MATTHEW TAYLOR, WHO THEY SAY WAS SUPPLYING COCAINE ACROSS CHARLOTTE COUNTY. DEPUTIES SAY INSIDE THE HOME THEY FOUND MORE THAN A POUND AND A HALF OF COCAINE OVER 8 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA OUT A ROLE PILLS.

[00:00:58]NEARLY $22,000 IN CASH, MONEY, COUNTING MACHINE SCALES, BAGGIES AND A RIFLE. COCAINE.

[00:01:04]A SINGLE POINT ASKED UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES FIRST CONNECTED TAYLOR TO THE INVESTIGATION DURING AN OPERATION EARLIER THIS YEAR.

[00:01:12]>> ACROSS THE STREET THAN DUKE WITNESS DEPUTIES AND K 9 UNITS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. I'VE GOT.

[00:01:20]>> GREAT KIDS GREAT GRANDKIDS SEEING IT.

[00:01:23]>> AND IMAGE THAT'S GOING ON IN NEIGHBORHOODS. NEIGHBORS TELL ME THEY NOW FEEL SAFER KNOWING THAT TAYLOR WAS ARRESTED, ESPECIALLY AFTER DEPUTIES SAY ALL THOSE DRUGS ARE BEING SUPPLIED JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM 2 SCHOOLS. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HEAD TO STREETS BLOCK OF A THEY WOULD LET KIDS BECAUSE THEY COME FROM STREET. THE EMPTY HOME NOW SITS WITH SENATORS ON SOME WINDOWS. BUT DEPUTIES SAY THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ACTIVE AND ADDITIONAL ARRESTS COULD STILL