MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — What began as a home invasion and homicide investigation has turned into what prosecutors say is a record-breaking drug seizure worth nearly $5 million.
Anthony Gordon and his girlfriend, Danette Young, appeared before a judge Wednesday after prosecutors said the case led to the largest drug seizure in the history of the Miami Gardens Police Department.
Police officers arrested Gordon after detectives with a search warrant found $1.3 million in cash and about 42 kilograms of drugs at his home, according to the Miami Gardens Police Department.
“What began as a home invasion robbery investigation quickly revealed a major narcotics operation hidden in plain sight,” Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said in a statement.
Police officers also arrested Danette Young shortly before 12:4 p.m. on Tuesday at the house along Northwest 174 Street, near 37 Avenue, according to a police officer’s arrest report.
The case stems from a deadly shooting at the couple’s Miami Gardens home. Police said a man attempted to rob Gordon. Investigators said Young ran to a neighbor for help, and that neighbor shot and killed the suspect.
Miami-Dade corrections booked Gordon, a convicted felon, and Young, 58, on Wednesday morning at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.
Gordon, also known as “Peanut,” was last released from prison on Dec. 2, 2020, after seven convictions in Miami-Dade and one in Broward — all related to drug trafficking in 2013 and 2014, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
Gordon faced 16 charges: Dealing in stolen property, cocaine trafficking, fentanyl trafficking, amphetamine trafficking, Oxycodone trafficking, illegal drugs trafficking while armed, 10 counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon, and possession of drugs without a prescription.
Young faced eight charges: Cocaine trafficking, trafficking marijuana while armed, trafficking Oxycodone while armed, amphetamine trafficking, dealing in stolen property, fentanyl trafficking, illegal drugs trafficking while armed, and possession of drugs without a prescription.
Both Gordon and Young remained in jail Wednesday night.
Police have not identified the man who was killed or the neighbor who intervened.
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