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.
how many illegals were arrested by the DHS
Brown Shirts of America.
You can thank George Bush for Homeland security and the patriot act.
You can thank Ronald Ragan for FEMA.
Actually, for all of you that are uninformed, they are enforcing Intellectual Property Rights. How would you feel if you designed and produced a doohickey and was making a living off of it, only to find somebody else stole your idea, sent it to China and had them make it for so much less than you can and now are selling the same thing for much less than you can afford?
That’s what this is about.
Do you know that China has no laws regarding Patents? They do not honor any patents from anywhere. If and when they can steal an idea, they do. You as a business owner or patent holder have no ability to stop them from making and selling a copy of your item. Enjoy the fruits of your labor going to someone else.
our government is now the threat to our liberty and freedoms
its not about counterfeit goods eric garner found out the hard way they want you to pay taxes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency
And you wonder how 11 million illegals snuck into America
hey roger guess who was president in 1978 when fema was created , no not reagan it was jimmy carter look it up
You can thank Obama for using all government people for things that are not their jobs. He uses all of them for the sole purpose of helping him to destroy America.