Matthew Allen Waggle, 33, was booked into the Indian River County Jail on October 5, 2026, on a first-degree murder allegation, according to the Indian River County Sheriff's Office booking record.

The retained sheriff's booking page lists a booking time of 5:20 a.m., identifies the Sheriff's Office as the arresting agency and records the bond entry as "No Bond." Those entries describe the booking record; they do not establish a finding of guilt or a later custody decision.

The page identifies booking number 2026-00003416 and separately labels 2026-00008500 as its case number. The latter is a sheriff-record identifier; it has not been independently verified as a court docket number.

The roster's sole charge label is "1ST DEG MURDER." It supplies no statute citation or subsection. As general legal context, section 782.04(1) of the 2026 Florida Statutes defines first-degree murder to include an unlawful killing carried out with a premeditated plan, a killing during certain specified felonies, or a death caused by certain unlawful drug distributions. The law classifies first-degree murder as a capital felony. The roster label alone does not identify which legal theory is alleged in this booking, and this statutory explanation does not assign one.

A booking is not a conviction. No final court disposition is recorded in the materials reviewed for this article. Court records were not independently searched for this editorial, and the absence of a recorded outcome here does not establish that no court case exists. Waggle is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.