The Dept. of Homeland Security, along with local law enforcement, raided a flea market this past weekend near Lawrence, Mass., arresting 40 people for selling counterfeit goods.
Since when is DHS suppose to be raiding flea markets? Aren’t they suppose to be tracking down terrorists? Oh wait, that’s what the Muslim Brotherhood organization considers Americans to be.
LAWRENCE — Police, joined by agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, arrested 40 people for selling counterfeit items at two flea markets yesterday.
“This is an effort to support local, legitimate businesses who have complained of these individuals selling bogus merchandise,” Interim Lawrence Police Chief James Fitzpatrick said of the sweep last night.
“Over the course of several months, we targeted individual selling counterfeit goods and counterfeit intellectual property. Our investigation culminated with the arrests of over 40 people involved in selling these illicit items,” he said. “In recent history, I believe this is probably the largest raid in Massachusetts involving counterfeit goods.”
The raids began at about 11 a.m. yesterday and lasted through late afternoon. The raids took place at Don Flea Market at 85 Manchester St., and Lawrence Flea Market and Auction House at 468 N. Canal St, near the Falls Bridge, according to Fitzpatrick. The Police Department used several vans, some of them loaned by the Essex County Sheriff’s Department, to transport the defendants to the Lawrence Police Department, where they were being booked last night.
Fitzpatrick said he believed that most of those charged were from out of town.
“The Department of Homeland Security was the lead with Lawrence Police Department,” said Carrie Kimball-Monahan, spokeswoman for Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett’s office.
“We were part of the investigation and we will prosecute,” she said.
Police referred all comments on the raid to federal authorities. Calls to the U.S. Attorney’s office and Homeland Security were not returned.
Fitzpatrick said federal agents planned to wait until tomorrow before issuing a press release about yesterday’s raids.
“There’s a great deal of evidence that needs to be cataloged,” Fitzpatrick said of the items seized. Some of the counterfeit items sold were fake lines of clothing, he said.
Counterfeit brand name goods can be seized. I though the US Customs service was responsible for enforcing these laws. Not DHS.
Tracking down terrorists is the least of their concerns, they let them enter our Country freely and illegally at will. But raiding flea markets is a very important thing to them, no wonder our Country is going down, down. No leadership………..
They’re not equipped to handle terrorists. They’ve got to pick on people their own size (even though they have all of the military equipment returned from overseas). They wanted to shop that day …. leave’em alone and pay them well. It is for our own benefit, right? At least we won’t get a f**e Fenton. At least they didn’t drive those huge machines through this flea market and knock all of the Fentons off of their tables.
DHS personnel are in training to be Obamas Gestapo.
Every branch of “Law Enforcement” in the Nation is turning against the American Citizens, it’s a sad day in the U S A
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DHS does everything except what they are supposed to do that’s why it needs to be abolished
There was so little work for them they had to take second jobs !!!
Don’t you know that common everyday American citizens are the new domestic terrorist according to Obama.
These guys have so much time on there hands. Why arnt they helping guard the border?