Crime

Former officer caught trafficking fentanyl in Florida Keys, deputies say

David Disgdiertt, a former law enforcement officer, is facing charges of selling fentanyl in the Florida Keys, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said.
David Disgdiertt, a former law enforcement officer, is facing charges of selling fentanyl in the Florida Keys, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said.

A former law enforcement officer is behind bars for allegedly trafficking fentanyl in the Florida Keys, deputies said.

David Allen Disgdiertt, a 60-year-old from Homestead, is facing charges of trafficking fentanyl, sale of a synthetic narcotic and the use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony. As of Saturday, he was still in jail on a $55,000 bond, jail records showed.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office received a tip that Disgdiertt was selling fentanyl in the county and began to surveil him.

The sheriff’s office Special Investigations Division observed Disgdiertt conducting a drug transaction in Tavernier, a community on Key Largo, deputies said.

Detectives stopped him when he was driving away from the sale.

Disgdiertt had about five grams of fentanyl and $1,062 worth of suspected drug money in his car, the sheriff’s office said.

Devoun Cetoute
Miami Herald
Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.
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