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.
For what?????????????
Be prepared we are less than a month away from a total economic collapse. Stock up on water and canned foods that’s the first place our government will hit us.
We are under a terrorist allert and the only depart. Of at hls can dterroro is. Raid flee market this why we will never win. The terror war at home
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I say we storm the bunkers we paid for for the government and the extreamly rich people to live in while the rest of us are suppose to just die and be satisfied with that the rich bastards deserve to be put out on their asses for what they are doing to the ones that bought their items that made them rich where is the appreciation at it sure isn’t from them
It’s a pity this photo is so often appropriate.
guess since they aren’t securing the borders they have extra man power sitting idle might as well har$#%&!@* the population in flea markets — far be it to gather up illegals and deport them or something closer to their job description
I found this meme on a liberal site. I thought it was eye opening that liberals were congratulating obama for abandoning Israel. Thought I’d share.
I found this meme on a liberal site. It was eye opening that liberals were congratulating obama for standing against Israel. Thought I’d share.
Under what cause and Authority ?
They are looking for black market baby parts.