Folks living near several homes in Dayton, Ohio that were raided by the Department of Homeland Security tactical teams in July tell WHIO the houses have been noticeably quieter since then, with fewer people coming and going and the windows usually dark when there had been activity before.
“So since the raid, I think it was a SWAT raid that occurred. Things have gone quiet over there,” said Mary, who lives and works near on of the homes on Irving Avenue. But lately however there has been an increase in work done at the house. “We’re noticing a lot of construction, we’ve noticed carpet sort of being hauled out.” Another neighbor of a different house visited by DHS agents agreed. “We noticed perhaps in the last month or so that they started doing some work on the property that involved cleaning up some of the landscape and repairing things,” Miami Township resident Greg Jump said. “So something, you know, obviously, has been going on.”
DHS officials would not give any specifics about the raids that occurred three months ago, with one special agent saying only “Our investigation is focused on allegations of financial crime, money laundering, labor exploitation, and potential human smuggling violations.” But whatever, it was just an army of feds ripping apart a bunch of houses that seem to be getting rented out to new tenants.