Deputies execute search warrant on Port Charlotte home, find almost 60g of fentanyl; woman arrested

According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, deputies, with the assistance of SWAT, Traffic, Marine and Community Policing Units, served a search warrant at a home on Marshall Avenue in Port Charlotte.

Inside the home, deputies said they located:

During the search warrant, Melton had her two children, ages 12 and 2, in the home, as well as a dog, CCSO said. Animal Control took possession of the dog and the Department of Children and Families responded to conduct an independent investigation.

As a result of the search warrant, Elizabeth Melton, 37, was arrested and faces the following charges:

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