Thread: SWAT team launch dawn raid on family home to collect unpaid

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A little over the top?: SWAT team launch dawn raid on family home to collect unpaid student loans

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 5:30 PM on 8th June 2011

A father was dragged from his home and handcuffed in front of his children by a SWAT team looking for his estranged wife - to collect her unpaid student loans.

A stunned Kenneth Wright had his front door kicked in by the raiding party at 6 am yesterday before being dragged onto his front porch, handcuffed and led to a police car with his three children.

He says he was then detained for six hours while officers looked for his wife - who no longer lives at the house.

Shocked: Mr Wright stands in front of his home with the warrant issued to him by the SWAT team


Dragged: Mr Wright was hauled form his door step and cuffed by officers


Hunt: Mr Wright's unnamed wife apparently owes authorities a large sum in unpaid student fees

The Department for Education refused to comment on the incident, saying they would not do so until the case was closed.

They did however confirm that their Office of the Inspector General had issued the search warrant.

The office has its own branch of federal agents that carry out search warrants and investigations.

Mr Wright is now trying to get compensation for the destroyed door.

Speaking to ABC, he demonstrated that although the door had been patched up, the handle no longer worked.

He said: 'They busted down my door for this.

'It wasn't even me.

'All I want is an apology for me and my kids and for them to get me a new door.'

He even had words of advice for anyone thinking of skipping paying their college bills.

He added: 'People who have student loans , pay your bills, take care of your credit.

'If you don't belive me, this could be you one morning 6 o'clock.'

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Beyond Bizzare..............

This goes to show you how our Government works for WE THE PEOPLE we have illegal immigrants comes here illegally used false identity gets in-state tuition they are not entitle to also have Housing HUD welfare, food stamp Medi-cal, free hospital serves breaking all kind of laws and American Citizen get treated like a criminal for not paying his bills... something is wrong here!!!!!

Watch for the accusations of racism now because this was a black man it happened to.

I agree however, that it was totally uncalled for and I feel sad for this family.

POLICE STATE, USA

SWAT team breaks down door over student loans

'He had his knee on my back and I had no idea why they were there'--KXTV-TV, Stockton

WEB ONLY: Stockton man tells his story about search warrant

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Stockton resident Kenneth Wright tells News10 his side of the story when federal agents served a search warrant at his home.

VIDEO: http://www.news10.net/video/default.asp ... 3856954001

Questions surround feds' raid of Stockton home

3:44 PM, Jun 8, 2011

Video at the Link: http://www.news10.net/news/local/story. ... yid=141108

STOCKTON, CA - A federal education official Wednesday morning offered little information as to why federal agents raided a Stockton man's home Tuesday.

DOCUMENT: Search Warrant http://www.news10.net/news/pdf/Ed-dept- ... 060711.pdf

The resident, Kenneth Wright, does not have a criminal record and he had no reason to believe why what he thought was a S.W.A.T team would be breaking down his door at 6 in the morning.

"I look out of my window and I see 15 police officers," Wright said.

As Wright came downstairs in his boxer shorts, he said the officers barged through his front door. Wright said an officer grabbed him by the neck and led him outside on his front lawn.

"He had his knee on my back and I had no idea why they were there," Wright said.

According to Wright, officers also woke his three young children, ages 3, 7, and 11, and put them in a Stockton police patrol car with him. Officers then searched his house.

"They put me in handcuffs in that hot patrol car for six hours, traumatizing my kids," Wright said.

As it turned out, the person law enforcement was looking for - Wright's estranged wife - was not there.

Wright said he later went to Stockton Mayor Ann Johnston and Stockton Police Department, but learned the city of Stockton had nothing to do with the search warrant.

U.S. Department of Education spokesman Justin Hamilton confirmed for News10 Wednesday morning federal agents with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), not local S.W.A.T., served the search warrant. Hamilton would not say specifically why the raid took place except that it was part of an ongoing criminal investigation.

Hamilton said the search was not related to student loans in default as reported in the local media.

OIG is a semi-independent branch of the education department that executes warrants for criminal offenses such as student aid fraud, embezzlement of federal aid and bribery, according to Hamilton. The agency serves 30 to 35 search warrants a year.

"They busted down my door for this," Wright said. "It wasn't even me."

The Stockton Police Department said it was asked by federal agents to provide one officer and one patrol car just for a police presence when carrying out the search warrant.

Police officers did not participate in breaking Wright's door, handcuffing him, or searching his home.

"All I want is an apology for me and my kids and for them to get me a new door," Wright said.

News10/KXTV

http://www.news10.net/news/local/story. ... yid=141108

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