A Felony Warrant Service in St. Paul, MN
Yesterday morning at about 5 AM, I was awakened by loud noises and the sound of breaking glass. My wife was already up and came into the bedroom to tell me that something was happening at the house almost across the street from ours. She said that she was afraid to look outside, because people were yelling, etc.
So, I got up, pulled on my jeans and headed to the living room for a peek. About 2 dozen cops were there, along with a SWAT wagon and numerous unmarked vehicles. Some of the police were in camos and were carrying AR-15 type weapons. The house's front window was broken, and there was a small amount of smoke. I suspect that one of the loud noises was a flash-bang going off inside the house.
Clearly, this was a pre-dawn warrant service raid on that house, which has been visited on more than one other occasion by groups of police officers. One of the occasional residents of the house has a warrant out on him for a long series of burglaries and armed robberies. He's there sometimes, and not there at other times. He is a decidedly unfriendly person, to say the least, so I have little to do with him. Apparently, he was staying there the previous night.
The regular residents of the house are always involved in some sort of questionable activities. The woman who owns the house is someone I've seen in ads for a "Gentleman's Club," and the house does get some short visits by cars at night that stay for about 30-45 minutes and then leave. The other regular resident is a guy in his late 20s who apparently does some sort of handyman work. I don't know. We don't snoop too closely on this neighbor's house. It's a worry, though, since the police seem to show up more frequently than my wife and I would prefer. They also have two large, noisy dogs.
Anyhow, I took my seat where I could watch the goings on. More cops showed up, including one State Police car. In and out of the house people went. K9 units arrived, and the dogs went in, too. Shortly, the two regular residents appeared, in handcuffs, outside, and the occasional resident, also in handcuffs, was loaded into a police car and taken away. A couple of hours passed. A tow truck came and hauled off two of the vehicles there, while leaving the handyman guy's pickup behind. The two regular residents were un-cuffed and released, and all of the cops left.
Nobody was shot. The dogs were not shot. They were led into the fenced backyard and released by the police. A window was broken and the kitchen door was kicked in. The handyman resident boarded up the front window and repaired the door so it could be closed. I haven't seen the woman who owns the house since the raid. Perhaps she is staying elsewhere for the time being. She wasn't arrested, though.
More than that I do not know. I'd like to see a For Sale sign on the house, but I doubt that will happen. I suppose the police will return there at some point. It's more than a little uncomfortable, really, but the St. Paul Police Department seems to handle these situations without any unnecessary violence or destruction. Fortunately, these things happen only once a year or so.
Life in the big city.
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I hadn't thought of it that way before. I've only seen events like that on tv, and the description seemed kinda routine. I'll rethink that. 
and asking question. When the ATF raid came and 20 black SUVs went down the drive we all knew what was going on. 
Except him. Our sheriff just stayed parked across the drive, we took him over some coffee since it was a long morning.
General Discussion. I described a current event. You're welcome to alert on my OP on SOP grounds, though. The hosts will decide whether it fits the GD SOP.
In fact, I encourage you to do just that.
