https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2019/04/10/taylor-mayor-richard-rick-sollars-fbi-raid-search-warrant/3428920002/

Taylor — FBI search warrant records released Wednesday reveal new information about an ongoing public corruption investigation involving the mayor of Taylor.

During a Feb. 19 raid of the City Hall office of Mayor Richard Sollars, located at 23555 Goddard Road, the FBI searched for records linking the mayor to property management owner Shady Awad, records involving the mayor's personal and campaign finances, and his casino activity, the warrants show.

The FBI searched Sollars' office for documents related to "work contracted or done by Realty Transition LLC" and 40 other companies owned or controlled by Awad. They also seized all electronic equipment used by Sollars or by the Committee to Elect Richard Sollars, along with records pertaining to the committee.

Federal agents also searched for records linking Fiore Enterprises, Fiore LLC, likely related to imprisoned towing titan Gasper Fiore

Federal agents also searched for records related to Sollars' casino activity including betting slips, casino player cards and ledgers of money won or lost along with any locked safes.

On Feb. 19, FBI agents were spotted carting documents and other evidence from Sollars' home in the 22000 block of Hunter Circle in Taylor. Simultaneously, an FBI team searched the mayor's $300,000 vacation chalet overlooking Silver Lake, about 80 miles west of Detroit and near Michigan International Speedway.