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.
a bit of over reaching Govt.
GO ARREST OBAMA AND THE REST OF THEM FOR GMO FOODS DUMB ASSES
Practice. It’s safer to live practice on a crowd that’s not a threat
WAKE UP AMERICA!!
US Customs is under DHS and is involved in the import and export of goods. Don’t blow a gasket and add to the fire, do some research and stay vigilant.
What counterfeit items? It doesn’t mention, but it does mention that a local business wants you to buy from them and not get a better deal from flea market. And get arrested ? Hey Liberal Mass, hope people move out of that state.
Not only is the government not enforcing the law , they are now attacking people for trying to make a living , since the government has killed so many jobs !
WHEN WE THE PEOPLE STARTS TO FEAR THE GOVERNMENT AND THE POLICE STATE THAT LIES WITH IN. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE POLICE STATE THEY ENPOWERED STOPS FEARING WE THE PEOPLE,WE THE PEOPLE NEEDS TO BAND TOGETHER TO FORM A NEW GOVENMENT AND BRING TO JUSTICE THE VERY ONES THAT HAS INSLAVED US..
I think it might have ben easier than chasing thugs through Washington D.C. In Washington they might have caught the President and his Cabinet in the raid. He! He! He!
Following leader and practicing with Americans