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BREAKING NEWSTags:&nbsp;Sign up for our NewslettersTags:&nbsp;PALMETTO BAY, Fla. – A search warrant was executed Wednesday morning at the home of former Florida Sen. Frank Artiles as part of the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office’s investigation into whether he illegally funded a planted candidate in the November election.Sources say the warrant involves the search of his electronics, including his cell phone and computer, and the contents of a safe in Artiles’ Palmetto Bay house.Investigators are looking for evidence of Artiles’ possible communication with Alex Rodriguez, , and whether there is proof Artiles illegally paid for and paid off the sham candidate.News of the raid, first reported by Local 10 News, dropped as a bombshell in Tallahassee.🚨Breaking: search warrant raid right now at home of resigned Sen. Frank Artiles re shill candidate he planted, Alex Rodriguez.re: scheme to dupe voters/manipulate a Nov 2020 FL senate election.Much to come... Background⏩ — Glenna Milberg (@GlennaWPLG)Rodriguez, a third-party candidate in that race, has the same last name as the Democratic incumbent Jose Javier Rodriguez, who narrowly . shortly after the election found that Alex Rodriguez, a deep-in-debt machinery rep in Boca Raton, falsified his address on his campaign filing form, and that he didn’t fundraise or campaign for the position he was on the ballot for. He also lied to Local 10 News in November when we asked him to explain his curious no-show, no-party campaign and suspicious campaign finance records.Masterminding a sham candidate is not illegal, but financing one is.Prosecutors have been working the case for months, following the money and communications between Artiles and Alex Rodriguez.They may have been done in by their digital footprints. Rodriguez was keeping his apparent handler Artiles informed of his progress as a candidate.And sudden changes to his campaign donor list trace back to Artiles’ home IP address.Artiles, now a lobbyist, resigned his state Senate seat in 2017 and amid reports that a former Hooters calendar girl and a Playboy model with no political experience The raid at Artiles’ home wrapped up before noon, and the former state senator was spotted inside the house with his attorney.Neither had a comment Wednesday.Garcia won the District 37 race by just 32 votes over Jose Javier Rodriguez. Shill candidate Alex Rodriguez got over 6,000 votes.There is no evidence that suggests Garcia was involved or had any knowledge of the shill being planted in the race.Copyright 2021 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.About the Authors:

BREAKING NEWSTags:&nbsp;Sign up for our NewslettersTags:&nbsp;PALMETTO BAY, Fla. – A search warrant was executed Wednesday morning at the home of former Florida Sen. Frank Artiles as part of the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office’s investigation into whether he illegally funded a planted candidate in the November election.Sources say the warrant involves the search of his electronics, including his cell phone and computer, and the contents of a safe in Artiles’ Palmetto Bay house.Investigators are looking for evidence of Artiles’ possible communication with Alex Rodriguez, , and whether...

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