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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2011 11:01:53 GMT -5
FED. GOV‘T SWAT TEAM BUSTS DOWN MAN’S DOOR OVER ESTRANGED WIFE’S STUDENT LOANS Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:40am
You may want to go make sure your federal government student loans are in good order right now. That’s because, as a Stockton, CA mean just learned, the federal government will bust down your door to get its money. Or even the door of your estranged spouse.
Kenneth Wright was home with his three children early Tuesday morning. He hadn’t even gotten dressed for the day yet, and was still in his boxers. That’s when he looked outside and got a surprise.
“I look out of my window and I see 15 police officers,” Wright told News10. Then, the SWAT team busted down his door, allegedly grabbed him by the neck and put him in a police car for six hours, and even roused his children (ages 3,7, and 11) out of bed.
But there’s just one problem. The police weren’t after Wright. They were after his estranged wife. Not surprisingly, they didn’t find her:
To add insult to injury, officers put a large, clunky board over the hole they created in the door and said it was fixed.
“The hole is the least of my worries,” Wright said. Wright said he later went to the mayor and Stockton Police Department, but the City of Stockton had nothing to do with Wright’s search warrant. The U.S. Department of Education issued the search and called in the S.W.A.T for his wife’s defaulted student loans. “They busted down my door for this,” Wright said. “It wasn’t even me.” According to the Department of Education’s Office of the Inspector General, the case can’t be discussed publicly until it is closed, but a spokesperson did confirm that the department did issue the search warrant at Wright’s home. The Office of the Inspector General has a law enforcement branch of federal agents that carry out search warrants and investigations. 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. Stockton police did not participate in breaking Wright’s door, handcuffing him, or searching his home.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2011 11:04:48 GMT -5
Video in link of the guy, the house, etc...
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Post by fairlycrazy23 on Jun 8, 2011 11:17:12 GMT -5
Is this part of the
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Post by pepper112765 on Jun 8, 2011 11:25:56 GMT -5
Maybe there was some type of criminal fraud involved....
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Post by ugonow on Jun 8, 2011 11:26:38 GMT -5
I have to believe there is more to this.Why out of the millions of outstanding loans would the swat team be sent out to collect on this one,even holding the estranged spouse for 6 hours?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2011 11:31:29 GMT -5
I dunno. This is the bizzaro story of the day. The guy sure didn't seem to be scared of cops or anything on the video in the link. Even if there is some kind of fraud by his ex-- whoever heard of Dept. of Ed sending out SWAT teams?? Man-- they could bust a lot of welfare fraud in Tucson with that battering ram thing..
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Post by Driftr on Jun 8, 2011 11:50:24 GMT -5
I bet he's glad he didn't have a dog or it'd probably be dead right about now.
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Post by ugonow on Jun 8, 2011 13:22:55 GMT -5
Update: The report has been revised to say that the agents was not a local SWAT team, but rather federal agents with the Office of the Inspector General, a “semi-independent branch of the U.S. Department of Education” that investigates things like student aid fraud.
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Post by Angel! on Jun 8, 2011 13:34:03 GMT -5
Update: The report has been revised to say that the agents was not a local SWAT team, but rather federal agents with the Office of the Inspector General, a “semi-independent branch of the U.S. Department of Education” that investigates things like student aid fraud. This makes a little more sense. Who ever heard of SWAT getting sent for owing student loans. Why send SWAT when the govt will eventually get you anyway - with the ability to seize assets, take tax refunds, take SS, & take your licenses - the govt doesn't need SWAT.
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Post by Politically_Incorrect12 on Jun 8, 2011 13:40:09 GMT -5
Seems a little extreme to break down the door for student loan default. Generally people send a collection agency to bug you....
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Post by pepper112765 on Jun 8, 2011 14:03:49 GMT -5
Probably ran a "trade school" that have students get aid money and then close their doors and run.
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Post by marshabar1 on Jun 8, 2011 14:09:19 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2011 14:11:13 GMT -5
Sometimes you have to pay for poor choices that you make in life. Even wives. Goodness knows that I paid (& paid, & paid) because I was once married to the ex.
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Post by marshabar1 on Jun 8, 2011 14:13:44 GMT -5
Sometimes you have to pay for poor choices that you make in life. Even wives. Goodness knows that I paid (& paid, & paid) because I was once married to the ex. I feel for you, tex. Some people can be a real adventure.
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Post by Opti on Jun 8, 2011 14:44:22 GMT -5
This is crazy. Even if its fraud I don't understand why they couldn't have used normal search warrant procedures, knock on the door and then if refused entry break down the door.
I hope the guy gets a new door and a few bucks for the hassle. Wonder if he missed work that day?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2011 15:19:05 GMT -5
This, on top of the guy in Tucson slammed to death by swat bullets, sure makes me wonder. Dept of Ed? Really??
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Jun 8, 2011 15:29:58 GMT -5
Who knew the Department of Education even HAD a S.W.A.T. team?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2011 15:31:58 GMT -5
Crazy sheet!!!
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 8, 2011 15:33:28 GMT -5
FED. GOV‘T SWAT TEAM BUSTS DOWN MAN’S DOOR OVER ESTRANGED WIFE’S STUDENT LOANS Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:40am You may want to go make sure your federal government student loans are in good order right now. That’s because, as a Stockton, CA mean just learned, the federal government will bust down your door to get its money. Or even the door of your estranged spouse. Kenneth Wright was home with his three children early Tuesday morning. He hadn’t even gotten dressed for the day yet, and was still in his boxers. That’s when he looked outside and got a surprise. “I look out of my window and I see 15 police officers,” Wright told News10. Then, the SWAT team busted down his door, allegedly grabbed him by the neck and put him in a police car for six hours, and even roused his children (ages 3,7, and 11) out of bed. But there’s just one problem. The police weren’t after Wright. They were after his estranged wife. Not surprisingly, they didn’t find her: To add insult to injury, officers put a large, clunky board over the hole they created in the door and said it was fixed. “The hole is the least of my worries,” Wright said. Wright said he later went to the mayor and Stockton Police Department, but the City of Stockton had nothing to do with Wright’s search warrant. The U.S. Department of Education issued the search and called in the S.W.A.T for his wife’s defaulted student loans. “They busted down my door for this,” Wright said. “It wasn’t even me.” According to the Department of Education’s Office of the Inspector General, the case can’t be discussed publicly until it is closed, but a spokesperson did confirm that the department did issue the search warrant at Wright’s home. The Office of the Inspector General has a law enforcement branch of federal agents that carry out search warrants and investigations. 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. Stockton police did not participate in breaking Wright’s door, handcuffing him, or searching his home. What?!? No Democrats Chuckie Schumer, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi demanding protections such as the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act?
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Post by marshabar1 on Jun 8, 2011 15:34:33 GMT -5
Who knew the DOE really was nazi-ish? Who knew the DOE could swear out warrants?
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Post by ugonow on Jun 8, 2011 15:42:38 GMT -5
But in reality, it is a criminal case,and it seems it is only right leaning posters are upset.
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Post by pappyjohn99 on Jun 8, 2011 20:07:30 GMT -5
not a local SWAT team, but rather federal agents with the Office of the Inspector General, a “semi-independent branch of the U.S. Department of Education”
Did that phrase send a chill down anyone Else's back?
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Post by cme1201 on Jun 8, 2011 20:08:44 GMT -5
I have been thinking on it pappyjohn99, Semi-Independant what does it really mean?
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Post by pappyjohn99 on Jun 8, 2011 20:12:03 GMT -5
I read that and thought "Whoa" WTF?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2011 5:05:10 GMT -5
I agree. This is weird..
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Post by ChiTownVenture on Jun 9, 2011 8:21:44 GMT -5
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Post by ugonow on Jun 9, 2011 8:26:34 GMT -5
About OIG About Us Since its 1976 establishment, the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has been at the forefront of the Nation's efforts to fight waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid and more than 300 other HHS programs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ So now we are going to make them the criminals?
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Post by ChiTownVenture on Jun 9, 2011 8:27:33 GMT -5
I bet if the guy had a gun in his home he would have been thrown in jail and those kids would have been taken away.
I've witnessed a raid of a business, it was interesting because a bunch of white vans pulled up along with the sheriffs department, secured the building, removed the people and started loading the vans with file cabinets and computers. They sealed up the doors with plywood and left.
The owners knew the raid was coming, I wonder if this guy knew that his house was going to be searched. It will be interesting to get more info if it is revealed.
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Post by cme1201 on Jun 9, 2011 8:29:00 GMT -5
Wouldn't have been a construction company in Gainesville Fl would it?
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